Maya - 21 Months

I blinked and I no longer have a baby. We removed the baby gates yesterday and donated several bags of baby clothes, as our baby days are no more. Instead of a baby, we have a very curious, climbing, inspecting, creative little girl on our hands.

Climbing on top of Daddy and the Christmas box to suspend herself in air

Maya has always acted older than she actually is, boycotting several naps a day even as an infant. Now as she approaches two, Maya has practically skipped the toddler days too as shs has already given up playing with baby toys, and surrounds herself with tiny Playmobil, Barbie and Lego pieces instead.

Sentences are forming quickly now and she is able to repeat nearly anything we ask her to try. Over the past few months, Maya has slowly become a vegetarian, refusing to try any form of meat. So, she fills up on peanuts (as she refuses peanut butter), almonds and lots of fruit and vegetables. Favorite foods include; blueberries, oranges, almonds, popcorn and of course candy!

 To further prove Maya is no longer a baby, she requests, daily in fact, for a shower. She strips down, and walks into the shower with me where she sits down and plays in the water spray, bubbles and steam for the duration of my shower. If I even mention a shower, Maya starts taking off her clothes and begins yelling, "SHOWER!!!" and leads the way. 

Coloring big kid style...

Maya's favorite color is proving to be pink, as she gets giddy excited whenever she sees the color and yells PINK repeatedly until we acknowledge that she is correct. Good thing we thought ahead and painted her nursery pink all those months ago. :)

 Maya loves to practice her mothering skills and frequently has several babies all lined up, ready to mother. She loves her baby doll and frequently carries her with her wherever she goes.

These little girls are ALWAYS up for an adventure

Just a few of my favorite things you are currently doing:

• LOVE cereal with milk, but refuse to use a spoon. In fact, if there is a spoon in your cereal...you won't eat it. 
• Your language is improving greatly and even is grammatically correct, which I LOVE!
• Will eat almost any vegetable or fruit given
• I can offer you something 1,000 times and have you refuse. If you try it on your own, you tend to like it. Stubborn little booger! 
• Love to play with Barbies, Playmobil and big kid legos. Little pieces have nothing on you as your dexterity is truly amazing as you manipulate the tiny pieces. 
• Will happily color sprawled out on the floor of nearly any environment (home, large parties, you name it)
• Definitely becoming an introvert, preferring small groups or even solitary over large groups. 
• Could be confused with Mommy's shadow, as you are always by my side.