She turned 14 months on the 21st, but it's been so busy around here that I haven't caught up on this blog! Maleia is active, opinionated, determined, smart, and funny. She enjoys just about everything, but is still figuring out if the water is her enemy. We're hoping that she will embrace the water as we splish and splash this summer! She has fit right into her role as the little sister. She wants anything that Ellie and Calen have. She follows them around and copies them. She is still sleeping in the pack-n-play next to our bed and sometimes ends up cuddled next to us in the early morning hours. It's time to sleep train and get her into her crib, but I don't know if I'm ready for that! She loves beans, meat, pasta, and yogurt. She'll sample fruit, but doesn't devour it. Vegetables are the hardest thing to get her to eat. So far sweet potatoes are her favorite. She never really took to any other baby food. Ahhhh well.
We had our first shoe experience at Stride Rite. I've never been able to convince myself that tiny shoes were worth that much money. Maleia has been on her feet since about 10/11 months and is ALL over the place now. I always felt like I was squeezing her little feet into tiny shoes even though I measured her and the shoe was the right size. I have kept all of Ellie's gently used shoes and planned on Maleia using them! I decided to bite the bullet and just get her one pair of shoes that fit her well. So, $45 dollars later (yep, $45) we walked out with a tiny pair of 5 1/2 extra wide sandals. Yes, extra wide! Her feet aren't actually wide, but the height from the bottom of her foot over the top is tall. Armed with new information I went to Target and Payless to search for a more reasonable priced shoe. Voila. Found a pair at Payless for a third of the price! They carry wide shoes. I'll go back to Stride Rite when we have to do tennis shoes, but for now we're wearing sandals!
Oh, Maleia is talking a lot more! She says, Mama, Dada, Grandad, Nana, Grandma, Grandpa, hat, nose, op (open), no (crystal clear), up, ball, ba ba (bubbles), hep (help), hello, hi, bye bye, more, nigh night (night night), Ba (BOZ), and there may be a few more that I'm forgetting! She loves to wave and blow kisses. We love this precious little girl!!!
Can you tell I enjoy dressing her? She's so gorgeous.
Ellie was making Maleia laugh while Lam (Mom's Clubber) snapped this picture. Thanks Lam!
I love that the kids play so well together. I wish I could capture all that sweetness!
Too funny. Maleia isn't a fan of the grass. She lifts up anything that touches it! I think we wore Calen out. :)
Snuggle time with Daddy. I think he's loving it!!
One of the gang. There she is chewing on a crayon. Hee.
Memorial Day!
