Back On-line for real!

Thanks to a friendly reminder from Pete we'll be back online again.

My intent with the blog was twofold. One, to keep family and friends all over the world updated on Maya and, two, to create a journal for Maya to read when she gets older.

I really want to give Maya this gift of a photo journal when she gets older so I'm committed to making this happen. I will from now on post new events as well as update the last year that passed while I was just "intending" to get this done.

Fittingly enought I will start with Maya's 1 year birthday celebration and her 2 year celebration. Stay tuned for more....for real this time!

Back online!

Sorry for the silence on Maya's blog. We've had a hectic few weeks and blogging has been delayed. Here are my lame excuses:

• I was in Shanghai for 2 weeks.
• Maya moved into what used to be my office and our home computer is still in Maya's room. This means no late night blogging.
• Maya has been sick with a runny nose, fever, coughing and have been trowing up at night.
• I'm lazy.

Here's a puzzle for you until I get back with an update on doctor's visits and new adventures in Maya's life:

Can you find Maya in this picture? First person with the right answer wins a hug from Maya.

Visit to the doctor X 3 and a blood draw X 2

This month is full of doctor's visits. We saw Dr Rosen last week and she was very happy with Maya's development and growth. Maya is following the normal growth curve without compensation for prematurity.

We also did one blood test last week but had to go back again last night to do the test again since Dr Kidney wasn't happy with the results (and neither was mom and dad). It's time for all of you to again keep your fingers crossed, hall tummarna, pray, send positive thoughts etc for our little girl so the results come out better on Thursday when we go to see Dr Kidney.

The week after next we have a follow up with the Dr Development at the high-risk-infant-follow-up-clinic.

We'll keep you posted on the progress....

Playing in the sand

Farfar had some left over sand from a project at home which left a fun sand hill in the garden. Maya was having a great time playing in the sand with Malin and farmor.




I guess white pants are a bad idea when you play in the sand....

Visiting the godfather

Back to updates from Sweden...

Maya got to see her godfather, Johan, along with Karolina, Noa och Vera.


Maya had tons of fun with Noa & Vera. She really enjoyed playing with the big girls and didn't want it to end.


Noa's and Vera's slide was a favorite and she just threw herself down the slide over and over again. Fearless!!


Johan and Karolina have a really steep set of stairs that of course Maya thought was great fun to climb. Our house is one-story only but Maya figured out how to climb stairs right away.




Thanks Johan and Karolina for a great evening and sorry for keeping you up so late on a work day.

A dress from Bente

Farmor and farfar's very close friends, Bente & Gert, gave Maya this dress for Christmas. Bente is obviously a master seamstress as she made this outfit herself, with a matching ball which Maya loves to play with. We forgot to take pictures of Maya in this dress but finally got around to doing so. Get well soon Bente, we are all thinking of you.





We are not quite sure what Maya is doing here... stretching? or maybe trying to push the wall out of the way?

Horses and cats

Farfar and Maya went to check out the horses that are on summer break and left free to roam the meadows. Maya was probably less intimated by them than Lukas the dog. However, Lukas made a lasting impression so now whenever we show a picture of a dog Maya says "Woff, Woff" with great emphasis.











Maya and her loyal friend Felix taking a nap. Felix stuck closely to Maya most of the time and curled up next to her during nap time every day.