Yeah yeah yeah I know I haven't written a blog in a while and yeah yeah yeah I know there are no website updates. I'm disappointed too that there aren't any pictures updated but when someone takes pictures in RAW format and has to colour-correct everything first, then come up with witty captions to go with the pictures THEN update the website it tends to take a long time. Hopefully there will be some more pictures added by the time Matthew hits Kindergarten.
News in the House of Shmears: Maya is crawling and chasing after Matthew's stuff when he turns his head the other way. So the gate is up and now we're back to announcing "GATE'S OPEN" when we go downstairs for something. She's pulling herself up to standing now so we've lowered the crib mattress since she's trying to figure out a way to climb out of the crib already. She can clap to "If you're happy and you know it", and she's got her first tooth finally. Oh and she walks (albeit very slowly) around the furniture. She's also a big fan of Cheerios and now doesn't like being spoon-fed; she prefers to do it herself. I gotta go out and buy some of those fruit and veggie puffs so she can start feeding herself! I suppose I could see how well she does with a spoon but I'm not interested in cleaning up after her. I imagine the devastation would be not unlike a volcanic eruption; total destruction in less than 10 minutes!
Matthew continues to suffer from verbal diarrhea and won't shut up. It's cute at first, then wears on you, then ticks you off, then it's right back to cute (by this time he's sleeping of course. They're always much cuter when they're asleep).
Sibling rivalry has started already. Matthew likes to wave a toy in front of Maya and when she reaches for it he snaps it back and so "No Maya! This is not for babies!". She gets even by laughing at him when he cries. Or by stealing his blanket when he leaves it unattended while he runs to the bathroom. It's nice to see that they have something in common; unfortunately it's that they're both jerks.
