End of an Era

Four years ago to the day (April 19 2010), Noah had his last b***feeding. Today, April 19 2014, Maya just had her last feeding. She took some formula and then drank her "maman milk" and went to sleep. The end of an era for her and for me and the beginning of a new and exciting chapter. Bye bye baby Maya. Hello little girl Maya.

Last Feeding Today

Tonight (April 19 2014) will probably be Maya's last time b****feeding and probably my last time b****feeding ever. Crazy crazy. Overall, she has been dealing well with switching to formula. She seems aware of the change but has been drinking her formula. This last week she had a minor stomach bug (she threw up once - her first time) though and refused her morning formula and said "maman" and signed milk. I put down the cup and a little bit later she drank it up without any fuss. 

Maya at the zoo

Seth took the morning off from work and we took Maya to the zoo (April 17). But before that...

Morning shenanigans - girlie trying on some glasses

Checking out the monkeys

She loved watching them and later on she

 signed "car, car, monkey, monkey" - or we think, let's take

 the car to go see the monkeys...

Riding on maman's shoulders

Drumming on Passover

For passover this year, we went to the UHC as usual where the kids got to do some drumming in additional to singing and eating yummy food.

Maya trying it out (she was sick that evening and had

 already changed out of two outfits by the time this picture was taken!)

Noah drumming

He loved it...

Noah Swims!

Noah started swim classes young but because of his ear problems, he stopped classes for almost a year. When he started again, he had become scared to let go of the edge or the board. After much effort (and some tears), he overcame his fear and during his swim class on Friday (April 11 2014), Noah swam across the width of the pool and back.

He repeated the feat the next day.... (see video below):

And below, jumping in and swimming to the edge.

jump and swim

As an incentive and something to look forward to once he could swim, we had promised him a pool party when he was able to swim the width and back on his own. So, as promised, just after his swim, we sent out some last minute evites and rounded up some of his friends for a pool and pizza party on Sunday. He had a blast and already is so much more comfortable jumping and swimming than in the videos above.  It is so great to see him playing in the water happily without wings or boards or ear molds. Congrats Noah!

From 2 to 1

Today (April 11), Maya had her last daytime b***feed. She only has one feed before bed now. From two... to 1. Baby Maya is growing up...

Last morning feed - she likes to hold my hand when she drinks

Drinking while checking out Daddy with the camera

Also today is Grandpa's birthday so Happy Birthday Grandpa Steve. Miss you.

River Safari and More

When Mamie and Papy were here, we did some walks and went to some nice restaurants... and returned to the river safari to see the pandas and other animals. The fourth and most recent of the Singapore zoos, the river safari is great in the rain as the walkways are all covered.

The kids on the turtle (4.4.14)

Maya playing at home  (see above video) - she has started saying "oui" 

to questions she wants to answer in the affirmative (7.4.14)

Breakfast at Starbucks - 

she almost looks tall in this picture!