April (Maverick is 8 months)

 Maverick is crawling and pulling up to a standing position on things. He is energetic and doesn't like to stay still for long--much more physical than his sister was. His favorite sound is still a high pitch scream that he does when he is happy and excited...which is very frequently, eliciting strange looks from strangers in the grocery store.
We are still struggling with trying to figure out why he has a chronic cough and often has infected ears. He is also still a horrible sleeper at night and ends up nursing and sleeping in my bed throughout the night, which is probably because he isn't feeling good. My pediatrician thinks he has silent reflux and that is causing him to be congested. I decided to see a naturopath to get a second opinion and do some allergy testing. The test results indicated that neither Maverick or I are allergic to anything and she seems to think that his silent reflux is also causing him to cough and creating mucus that is backing his ears up. Poor little guy. In the middle of the night when we are laying in bed I can hear his choking down the acid in his stomach. It is usually right after that when he cries and wants me to nurse him. The doctors are not too worried because he is gaining weight (that is for sure!) and is a really happy baby. But, I would like to figure it out so that we can get some sleep and he can get some relief.

The Ahmers visited us for the day We met at Tilden Park and had a great time catching up and playing...

 Getting ready for a family nap together...my favorite.

 Mav asleep with his lovey...

 Liliana is SUCH a good big sis...

 Pax and Lila. It is so wonderful to have them living so close...

 Crazy hair day at school with Kayla...

 Mila and Liliana at Oakland Zoo

 Maverick's new favorite toy is this Ariel doll. He crawls all over the house with it.

 Liliana continues to love theatre. This is a trip to see Knuffle Bunny...

 While this move to the Bay Area has been an extremely difficult transition, I am so excited to be living in such a beautiful place. Here are a couple pics from a walk around the Lafayette Reservoir with Maverick...

 Maverick's play group at the Moraga Commons Park...

 Progress on our house in Burton Valley...

March (Maverick is 7 months)

Maverick is so close to crawling. He still scoots all over and is now getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth, but he hasn't figured out how to put it all together. He loves to go to the park and watch people and dogs. He says "dog" now and points them out wherever we go. He is happy and silly and wild. One of his favorite game is "wrastle" (as his Bomp named it, otherwise known as wrestling). He loves to play rough and wrestle, especially on soft beds with lots of pillows. Although he is rough and tumble, he is also a sweet cuddle bug who gives the best hugs and kisses. He isn't one to kiss on command (in fact, if you ask for one he often denies you), but he will lean in and plant a juicy one on your mouth every once in while which just melts me. His sister definitely gets the most kisses from him of anyone I know.

 wrastle...

 besos....

 almost crawling...

 Stella and Sarah came to visit us and we did spent an amazing day in Golden Gate Park...

 We went to the Dublin St. Patrick's Day Fair which was so much fun...

 Lovely walk with the babes in SF...

Lamorinda Easter Festival...

Dying eggs...

 Bunny Brunch with the Walters...

 Pre-Easter party with friends...

 Easter Sunday church with Dad...About a week before Easter, out of the blue, Liliana asked me, "why do only old people go to church?" I have no idea where she got that idea, but I assured her that people of all ages go to church and asked her if she wanted to go. She did and I thought that Easter Sunday would be the perfect day for her 1st church visit. When she got back she said it was kind of boring, but she liked the music and had the song, "Hallelujah" in her head for weeks afterwards.

 Easter brunch in Sausalito...after brunch we headed over to the Marina to enjoy the Easter festival they had going on complete with rides, games, and food. We had just met up with our friends and we were about to hit some rides when a train ride ran over Liliana's foot. It was a big ordeal and she was in a lo of pain but was being really brave. We had to take her to the hospital to have x-rays. She was fine. That night we had dinner at Uncle/B's and she was SO brave about her injury.

Our house that we bought in the Burton Valley neighborhood of Lafayette was knocked down to the ground for a BIG remodel. Here is how it looks this month. Liliana loves checking the progress and swinging the hammer.