Spitty Face

Sometimes Deia spits/blows bubbles because she can and because she thinks it's really funny. Other times she does it to communicate extreme frustration. It's hard not to laugh when she is upset and spitting all over the place, repeatedly...for up to 30 minutes sometimes!

Oh Boyz

Guess Deia likes being one of the boys, or she is already a HUGE flirt. Well, she is a little cutesy with the lil guys, and the grown up ones too! In this photo...from her right shoulder clockwise, Cole, Noah, Bronx, Jacob and Noah. Bronx kinda had his eye on her that day. They even held hands :-)

Toddle Tunes

We started a class called Toddle Tunes! It's a great music class for kids and Deia seemed to really love it! This week was a timely tribute to Michael Jackson and the guys replaced some of the words in the songs to make them child friendly. ...for example, "Don't Hop Till You Get Enough" was jammin when they brought out a ton of stuffed froggies! They had a whole band set up, we clapped and danced, played with tambourines and xylophones and then the babies got to test out a keyboard and bass guitar! Very cute and very wonderful for the moms too! 

Sleeping Beauty

Aaaah, the peace, the quiet...the mobility of her naps! Over 8 months and she will still only nap during the day in her stroller, the car, the Ergo or on a person. Try to put her in her crib, not gonna work out for ya. Though there are times when we are home when the extra hour with my hands free would be wonderful, I have to say, I have come to be thankful for her hatred of the crib during the day because it allows me to be somewhat flexible and spontaneous with our time. It's wonderful to take a long walk on the beach with her sleeping soundly in the pack and we both get to enjoy the fresh air. And it's nice to walk her to and from lunch and her snooze is fulfilled in the sunshine. Even when she has to rest on the pillow on my lap, I get to enjoy watching her dream and catch up on bad tv or return some emails. It's not so bad.  ....but one day it will change. No toddler is going to be resting on my body when they get to those 3-4 hour stretches! 

Latest Stats

8.25 months and Deia weighs 20.3 pounds and is 28.5 inches long. She is in the 90th percentile for both, so big and proportionate! The doc loved her yesterday and said she was an extremely social and aware young lady. Apparently we are doing everything right, with food and sleeping etc. So that's always a relief to hear. The things up ahead....babyproofing because she is mobile, introducing meat and dairy into her diet and making sure her little teeth stay clean! 

Baby You Can Drive My Car

Here is Deia's new ride! It took her a minute to understand what was going on in there. But then she started Fred Flinstone-ing her feet in the water and, intently, used her imaginary side view mirror to put that car in reverse. She is a cautious driver for now. 

July 4th

Well, she's definitely our kid if she is reaching for a Corona on the beach! We had such a fun day on in Malibu on the 4th. Ian and Lindsey invited us to Molly's summer house for the day and we spent almost all of it on the sand and walking (aka nap time) up and down the beach. It was so fun to see all the people out on their decks and in the water, all the beautiful homes and the fun parties. Deia took it all in. She just chilled, loving the wind in her hair and, of course, kicked back with a cold one like the rest of us!

Teeth!

I FINALLY have a photo of Deia's first two bottom teeth! It was a struggle to get a good view for a while, but now she is moving her tongue (a lot and every which way) out of the way and those teeny little ridges are right there! I cannot wait to see what she will look like with her top teeth! No sign of them yet...