Malia Camille

June Picture of the Month

maliacamille — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:56:02 +0000

Beautiful day in Fort Greene Park at the PATH Family Mixer

Coney Island Tastes Good

maliacamille — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:26:00 +0000

So Malia had her first adventures at the beach. We went to the New York Aquarium in Coney Island Brooklyn today (not spectacular at all) and stopped at the beach on the way back to the train. After slathering Malia with sunscreen and tying on her sun hat, I took her over to the water. She seemed mesmerized by the sound of the ocean. I let her feet touch the sand and then I let the water wash over her little feetsies. She didn’t seem to mind at all, and the water was pretty cold. She kept trying to “walk” further out. Of course, I was trying to keep her off of the sand and clean but she had other plans and kept buckling her legs, which is apparently code for “let me go”. As soon as I let her down she was off, crawling back and forth across the sand. And then it happened…she ate her first handful! I of course was mortified, but Malia seemed to enjoy it as she licked clump after clump of Brooklyn sand off of her fingers. By the time we were ready to go, she was covered head to toe in sand and had probably eaten half of the beach. The great news is that she seems to love the beach as much as I do and now I’m excited to go visit Bran in Virginia Beach in a few weeks. The bad news is that she will apparently have sandy poop for several weeks to come! Ouch!!

May Picture of the Month

maliacamille — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Knocked out (almost 7 months old)

April Picture of the Month

maliacamille — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:25:00 +0000

What did you say?? (6 months old)

Balloons!

maliacamille — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:59:00 +0000

Malia had her first exposure to balloons today at her buddy Sascha’s 1st birthday party. She absolutely loved them, which I’m happy about because she will have a GREAT time scaring Auntie Laing with them. Over the years I have gotten such a kick out of scaring Laing with balloons and I know it will be one of my child’s favorite activities too

Malia Phelps (minus the bong!)

maliacamille — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:14:00 +0000

I signed Malia up for an 8 week swimming class to get her used to the water. The worst thing about the class is that it is Saturday mornings at 9:00 am!! That’s right you heard me! There is nothing worse than waking up early, getting your wriggling kid into a swim diaper and bathing suit, driving to Park Slope and plunging into “warm” water.

Malia seems to enjoy the class and doesn’t mind when I dunk her at the end of Ring Around the Rosey (We all Fall Down…splash!) We sing about 10 songs in the half hour class (believe me, 30 minutes is a longgggg time to be in a pool with a baby!) I roped Leeann into joining the class too because I wanted some early Saturday morning company. This also gave Malia and her buddy Zuri a chance to “hang out”.

Now for the worst part of the entire experience: The Locker Room! It is practically impossible to keep her still while I change first myself, then her. I see some parents laying the child on the floor but i find that gross so it takes me that much longer! The bench I get to work with is about 18 inches long…it truly is a nightmare! Which is why when this cycle ends I’m skipping the next 5 week cycle. I’ll start her back in July.

March Picture of the Month

maliacamille — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:21:00 +0000

Daddy’s girl (5.5 months old)

Introducing Solids

maliacamille — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:12:00 +0000

Malia: What is this stuff mommy?

Me: It’s brown rice cereal baby

Malia: I don’t think I like it and I’m not going to eat it!! I’m going to let it run down my face!

Me: But it will make you big and strong

Malia: This isn’t fair, I thought I was a good girl

Me: Just give it a chance, I think you’ll really like this eating thing

Malia: You know what, this might be kind of fun! I can spit it out, spray it everywhere when I sneeze, rub it in my hair, knock the bowl on the floor, grab the spoon out of your hand…oh the possibilities!

February Picture of the Month

maliacamille — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:10:00 +0000

Brown Sugar (4 months old)

January Picture of the Month

maliacamille — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:02:00 +0000

Please win the Superbowl for me (3.5 months old)