It's Maya Time

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Photos from Feb 2009

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Happy Holidays!!!

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Happy Holidays from Tennessee. Maya and I flew down from Philly on the 23rd to spend Christmas with my parents and on the 3rd of January, Maya is going to be a flower girl in Valinda's wedding (one of my closest friends). We wish Adam could have come down too -
it was hard not having him around on Christmas, but it was very sweet of him to let us spend Christmas with my folks.
These are not all in order, the next three pictures were taken in Philly. That's Maya's cousin Jayden, who lives in Wilson, NY.
And there's Grandpaw all the way from Alaska!!!

Back in Tennessee now. . . there's Liam! He's 16 months now!
Uncle Eric, Aunt Erica, & Liam!

Christmas day! 2008
Papa!!!

Oma!
Ooh, presents?!

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Adam and Maya watching the opening ceremony for the Eagles/Cardinals game last night. Maya was mesmerized by the guy singing the Star Spangled Banner. 11-28-08

Thanksgiving Crew

Dinner time!

You'd think she'd wanna wait for everyone to get to the table with their food right?

Pajamas and V8

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Earlier this morning (11-25-08), Maya was rocking back and forth in the glider playing with her sippy cup full of V8 and just being all around the silly girl she is.

Sometimes I forget to get the camera when she's being silly, but this morning I remembered!

Oh, and incase you are raising an eyebrow at the V8, yes it's actually the real thing and she loves it!

A Day in the Park

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Adam, Maya, and myself went to the Pennypack division of Fairmount Park today and we walked around and had a mini photo-shoot. I thought it would be an excuse to get out the house, and also to capture some of the autumnal beauty the more rural areas Philadelphia has to offer.
11-09-08

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Usually never can get shots of Maya getting piggy-back rides from me, but it's a pretty common thing that occurs more than once daily. She's rubbing her eyes her due to allergies. 11-08-08

I don't remember what this contraption is called that Maya has her hand in, but it's pretty cool. It's for children to carry around and eat from it without spilling all the contents. Adam come home with it after an excusrsion to the store.

I found an old whistle lying around, picked it up and started blowing in it and of course Maya wouldn't let me just whistle at her. Maya HAD to have it (what else can you expect?). 11-08-08

I used to sit in front of the mirror at my Grandma and Grandpa Davis' and make all sorts of different faces. I guess she takes after me because that's seeming to become a favorite past time. 11-07-08

This was taken in the middle of a tickle attack. I was quick enough to get the camera without Maya know what I was up to. 11-07-08

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Adam took this photo of Maya and I out front on the steps. As you can see, she doesn't like to stay still for long. 11-1-08

This was taken a few seconds before the other one. She wasn't squirming quite so much. . .

Maya and John Ian. We went over there for Halloween and trick or treated in his neighborhood. Maya didn't know what to think of trick or treating. She was scared to walk; every time I put her down on the ground to walk, she screamed bloody murder and made me carry her from house to house. The only time she would let me put her down would be when she could grab candy. She wasn't shy about taking the candy either. She reached both hands in each candy dish and tried to take as much as she could.

Maya and John playing a composition on piano.

And of course, I forgot to mention (if you haven't noticed), Maya was a cat!

Happy Days

2008-10-28T08:30:00.000-07:00

Walking down the street in her purple fleece pants and jacket set! Stylin'! 10-29-08

I'm not exactly sure what she's doing right here, but whatever it is she seems pretty involved. 10-28-08

Please excuse the red eye. I will come back and edit this picture later.

This is Maya's "kissy face". She decides she is going to give kisses makes this face the whole time she walks across the room to whoever she is planning on kissing. Can't really help but smile.

Watching cartoons on her pillow.

That pillow was on the couch and she decided she wanted to use it as a cushion so she grabbed it off the couch and placed it on the floor and sat on it. 10-28-08

Maya's learned how to climb into her car seat on her own now and doesn't want any help doing so. I thought it would be appropriate so take some pictures.10-27-08

There's Maya on the steps, and once again, she's got one of those connectors she loves so much.

Putting Cheerios on her pajamas on purpose so she could eat them off herself (I don't know, don't ask why).

Maya in her highchair right after waking up. Eating a pretty common (but favorite) breakfast: Cheerios and bananas.

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Adam picked Maya up and spinned her 'round and 'round.

Up in Scranton at her PA Grandma and Grandpa's house. Maya's giving Grandma kisses. You can see Grandpa in the back taking the same picture with his camera.

Maya had just given her daddy a kiss.

As Adam says "there's the two brats in the family" (10-24-08)

Maya got startled by me sneaking up on her with the camera while she was playing with her toys.

Surfin' the web! Just like mommy!!!

These connectors are among Maya's top favorite toys.

Hanging out at Home

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Maya was throwing a fit because she wanted in the kitchen to help daddy make breakfast. As I was done taking this picture I told her I was going to put this on her blog.

Adam took this one of us, I was trying to get her to laugh, but she still just wanted in the kitchen.

This was a little while later, she was screaming just to hear herself scream.

And by the way, she's loud!

Adam and I hanging out at home while Maya takes a nap!

Got this Obama '08 shirt for Maya. . . she's swimming in it, but I think it's tooo cute for words. 10-17-08

Looks like her head is detached from her body! That glider is Maya's favorite chair!

See, I told you. She thinks it's her own personal slide. She must get her cookiness from her daddy. Ahem. . . err. .I mean her momma. . .

Pennypack Park and Washington DC

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Maya and Daddy playing in the park together. 10-05-08

Maya climbing back up the slide.

Adam pushing Maya!

Adam and Maya in front of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (I think that's what this one is of).
We went to DC to visit Adam and Eric's dad who flew down from Fairbanks, AK. He was in DC to do a presentation in remembrance of his father who was in the bomber squadron in WW2.

Maya and I in the Sculpture Garden.

The architecture of all the museums in D.C. blew me away! I was impressed. I don't have any photos of the one I was most impressed by; which was the National Museum of the American Indian, which was built to represent the cave dwellings in Arizona.

Taken on the steps in front of the National Air and Space Museum.

Pictured: Maya's Grandpaw, Uncle Eric, Aunt Marisa, Maya, and Adam

Adam and Maya, inside the National Air and Space Museum. This museum was incredible. I highly recommend checking it out and spending some time in there if you ever get a chance to go to DC.

Maya's Great-Aunt Jean, Daddy, and Maya

Maya and her Uncle Eric and Aunt Marisa

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Maya playing happily on the deck. We spent a lot of time out there during our latest visit to TN.

Me and my brother; Eric, my sister-in-law Erica, and nephew, Liam! It's going to be interesting seeing how Liam and Maya get along and play together as the years go by.

Heather (one of my best friends) with Maya. Heather and I have been friends since 7th grade (1995), soon after my parents, brother and I moved to Clarksville from Germany.

Maya and her Uncle Eric. (Yep, she really does have two Uncle Eric's!)

The two cousins.

My dad and I took Maya to Chuck E. Cheese, and my mom met us there for lunch. Before Maya would ride any rides or play any games, she wanted to eat and have her diaper changed. She was pretty wary of all the lights and noises at first.

There we go. A little happier now that we've eaten! Riding the carousel.

Maya just slid down the slide and Papa was there to swoop her up. She absolutely adores him! I think my dad is turning into a softie now that he's got grandkids (Don't tell him I said that). ;-)

Maya and her Papa on his riding lawnmower in Tennessee. She didn't know exactly what to think, but did pretty good. I guess she knew Papa would keep her safe! :-)

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Sunday 9-21-08
My mom and I took Maya to the pumpkin patch! We had a lot of fun watching her run around and discovering the wonderful world of pumpkins!

Maya and Oma posing for a picture (well, at least Oma is). I think Maya wanted to keep looking at the pumpkins.

We finally got her to stand still with me for a split second. Is she pointing at the camera or at a pumpkin?

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I adore Maya in this dress. I saw it and I just HAD to get it for her.

Maya and Valinda. Valinda is another one of my best friends! We met in 8th grade but did not like each other, then met after high school on a trip to six flags through a mutual friend, and the rest is history.

I think it's an unspoken rule amongst children to love Cheerios.

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Maya's hair is all wet from playing with ice and then wiping her hands in her hair. Taken in Clarksville, TN. 9/7/08

. . . here she is picking up the ice with her mouth on the back deck. Yes, I am proud.

And done!

Maya and Liam racing down the hallway at Oma and Papa's house.

I must admit that I did not take this awesome picture. I have to give this photo credit to my brother Eric. I love it!

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Adam took this picture of Maya and I dancing in the living room. I don't remember what we were listening to, but I know it was fun!

. . . and here she is dancing with her daddy!

Maya sitting on her changing table with her Pluto dog and baby doll. She rarely lets me put her up there so when she did today (8-22-08), I took advantage of the moment . . . I actually had the camera around my neck!

As you can see, I couldn't stop taking pictures. . .

. . and could not decide which one to post.

Brought Maya upstairs and she wandered into mine and Adam's bedroom since somebody (me) forgot to shut the door. She went in and wrapped herself up in a tapestry and smiled so big at me I couldn't resist taking this picture.

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Maya passed out after a week of company and playtime.

Uncle Chris, Aunt Alisa, Jayden, Maya, Uncle Eric, and Aunt Marisa

Jayden, Aunt Alisa, Uncle Eric, Maya

Maya and Jayden playing with their footballs on the glider.

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At the Philadelphia Folk Festival while Maya was with her Aunt and Uncle.

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This little cutie pie is Maya's cousin Liam. He is Angela's nephew, and lives in Tennessee. . . . Liam will be 1 on August 25. How cute is he? Taken July 2008. Photo credit: Astrid Davis

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My Aunt Birgit and Uncle Roland come from Germany for a 4 week vacation. . . they flew in to NYC, and spent four days there, then they were to drive to my parents house in Clarksville, TN. Since Philadelphia was on the way, we thought it would be great if they stayed a few days with us. It was Maya's first time meeting them, and my first time seeing them since I was 14.
These pictures were taken at the shore in NJ and in center city Philadelphia.

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Adam and Angela took a trip to Ithaca, NY over the weekend. We went to a Brewery and tasted some local beers, then went to Buttermilk Falls (where the pictures are taken), and then hung out downtown in the commons and shopped and ate Thai food. Maya stayed with her grandparents in Scranton.

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Maya has recently learned to eat with a fork. Taken Friday, July 25, 2008

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Pictures of Maya at the shore. June 2008
Long Beach Island, NJ

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Adam carrying Maya in the baby-backpack during a 4 mile hike. This was taken halfway through the hike and Maya was starting to squirm around and putting a nice strain on Daddy's back. I think the backpack carrier had it's last hurrah.

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Maya sitting in the new chair Charles gave her. We (Adam, me, and Maya) went camping at Blue Rocks with my Aunt Birgit and Uncle Roland from Germany, and a friend named Charles(and his son Cullen, and their dog Fritz).
This wasn't Maya's first camping trip, but it's her first camping trip since she's been mobile. What a difference it is going camping with a walking baby. By the time we got home, Maya had all kinds of scratches and bumps on her.

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Maya. Two days after getting her ears pierced. She was okay after the first ear, but the girl missed the mark (because Maya flinched) on the second ear, so we had to take that earring out and redo it. . . That was a huge ordeal. Maya kicked and screamed and head butted all of us. Once the second ear was finally done, the piercer held out a purple lollipop and Maya calmed down instantly.

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Midnight in Alaska. It looks like 8:30 p.m. in the "lower 48". You can see it in our eyes that we were leaving in a few hours.

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Maya playing in the dirt with a pretty dress on at the Fairbanks Folk Festival. Our last day there (sniff, sniff).

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The gang at a bar/restaurant celebrating Dale and Laura's anniversary. I had a portebella mushroom sandwich and an Aventinus to drink! Yum.

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Adam and Maya. We took a riverboat tour that day, we stopped and toured an Athabascan Indian village. June 13, 2008.

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Adam took this picture of me. Just having fun!

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There's the bull moose again!

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A big bull moose Adam and I saw during our overnight stay at the Chena Hot Springs. Dale and Laura baby-sat Maya, which was really nice!

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Angela, Adam and Maya
Stopped at a park on the way home from the town of North Pole.

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Snowy owls. Aren't they beautiful?

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A glacier fed stream, trees, mountains, what more could you ask for? Hmm, maybe a nice cold beer. :-)

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Our tour bus we took through the park.

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June 8, 2008
We didn't actually get to see Mt. McKinley (Denali) that day. There were too many clouds in the sky for us to see her, but that's okay. Just another excuse to go back.

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Maya running off to play. Daddy is smiling. What a view!
This place certainly gave me a new outlook on life. I'm just one little infinitesimal speck in the vast universe.

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Maya and her daddy looking at me from the inside of the bus as I take a picture of them.

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A ptarmigan we saw while on the bus tour though the park. Alaska's state bird.

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Like a true nature child. She was born to be wild.

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Maya was playing with stones before this picture was taken, and as you can see we were on our way to the next thing but Maya wanted to stay behind and play. (See Laura in the background laughing? hehe)

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The Denali Park entrance! This park is one of the most beautiful, majestic places I have ever been in my life. A piece of my heart stayed there when we left, but we will be back. It's so refreshing to see all the wildlife actually living in the wild. We saw grizzly bears, moose, owls, ground squirrels, a fox, ptarmigans, golden eagles, and much much more.

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Laura (Adam's step-mom), Adam, and Dale (Adam's dad)
Picture taken at a scenic stop on the drive to Denali National Park.

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Angela and Adam . . . in ALASKA! June 2008

We went on our first real family vacation to Fairbanks, AK. We stayed with Adam's dad and stepmom. Mine and Maya's first time meeting them. They were friendly, down to earth folks, and I felt like I had known them all my life after the first minutes of talking to them.

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The curious one is at it again. Early June 2008.

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Maya taking a breather after running around at the park. Doesn't she look tired? Taken Early May of 2008.

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Maya on her birthday!

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Maya and her Oma walking around in Washington Square here in Philadelphia on her birthday (4-16-08).

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Liam Davis. Taken in Clarksville, TN. Liam is my brothers son. He was born 8-25-07, so he's a little more than 4 months younger than Maya.

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Playing in the living room with her toys. February 2008.

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Maya playing outside in February in her pretty tie dyed dress her Grandpaw and Laura (from Alaska) got for her on a trip they took to Seattle.

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Maya with her Uncle Eric and Aunt Marisa. February 2008.

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An older picture of Maya and Adam from January 2008. It was a surprisingly warm day for January in Philadelphia (we still needed coats), so we loaded Maya up in the car and took her to the park.

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Maya swirling around and around in the "swivel chair". She absolutely loved this, and she loves the dizziness that came with it. I was a little nervous, I'm not trying to let my baby have head problems because she likes getting dizzy!

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She's trying to climb the slide! Taken at Elkins Park. June 2, 2008

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Maya playing in her swimming pool. The beach is only an hour and a half away, but it's hard to go more than once a week, and the swimming pool is nice to have on really hot days.

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Maya and her Oma. Taken in Clarksville, TN on May 31, 2008.

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Maya in her Vietnamese outfit that Aunt Glenda bought for her at Chinatown in New York. May 26, 2008

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Papa and Maya at Canton Lake. This was something her Papa said he wanted to do long before we took our trip to Oklahoma. He wanted to see Maya playing in the lake. And she loved it! She would have swam off if we would have let her!

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Maya and her Great Grandpa Davis, and her Papa. May 25, 2008.

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Oklahoma. "The guys!"

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Jennifer and Maya. Oklahoma. May 24, 2008. Jennifer, Maya, and I went on a walk.

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Taken in Eagle City, Oklahoma. Picture is of Maya, her Great Grandma Davis, and cousin Jennifer.

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Oma, Maya, and her cousin Liam. . . in Tennessee.

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This was taken at Maya's Oma and Papa's house in Tennessee on May 19th, 2008.

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Maya and her PA Grandma and Grandpa laying on the floor on the chair cushions. They probably did this for half an hour. It all started with me throwing one on the floor and laying my head on it, and Maya saw and thought it was funny and had to imitate me. And as you can see, we all got pretty into it.

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Here she is taking a bath at her Grandma and Grandpa's house in Scranton.

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Maya in Scranton, making a cute face. Taken May 10.

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This was taken at French Creek State Park in the beginning of May 2008.