Messy

Mary is getting better at feeding herself, but she still likes to use her fingers.

After rubbing her eye.

At least some food makes it into her mouth.

Computer or chair?

Getting down to business.

Hair care

Mary found my curlers and they entertained her for a solid 20 minutes.

She is sick of her straight hair already.

We may resort to using these instead of barrettes if we get desperate.

And of course the taste test.

Mary does Manhattan

We visited Aunt Anna and Uncle Einar in New York City this weekend and Mary had a blast.

Taking a turn pushing the stroller. Mary likes to do her part.

Trying out her new toy with a little help from Einar.

She may be putting her feet in the food, but at least her elbows aren't on the table.

Being so close to Wall Street Mary thought it only fitting that she impersonate her idol, Gordon Gekko.

Swinging the day away.

Surveying the playground.

Getting some make-up tips from Anna.

One last spin in the chair before our train ride home.

Money, money, money

Mary got her hands on money for the first time yesterday and she definitely liked the feel of it.

Little does she know that we only gave her ones and a five.

How generous, she's offering to share.

Playing with the froggy.

Feeding baby Maja.

Peek-a-boo

Mary never gets tired of peek-a-boo.

Eating won't get in the way of Mary's fun.

There she is! This is Mary's new smile for the camera.

Driving while hiding is not a good idea.

Peek-a-boo!

Fancy lady :).

Spoon-feeding

We've been giving Mary the chance to feed herself and she's getting better, although it's usually more playing than eating.

Two spoons are better than one.

Is she a lefty?

Or a righty?

On the move

Mary now enjoys pushing her Mary mobile around the apartment and we're glad to see she's getting closer to walking.

More than a little proud of herself.

Now that Mary has a getaway car she just needs to figure out how to open the door.

Taking her monkey for a ride.

Giving the monkey a piggyback ride. He's a VIP around here.

Now if only Mary would let me put barrettes in her hair so she can see.

Fountain Fun

Mary played in anther fountain on the Greenway with some friends the other day and she was much more into it than we expected.

Taking it all in at first.

Mary the fearless one.

Checking in with Mama to make sure I hadn't left her.

Smiles

A hint of a smile.

Almost a full smile.

And then she lets loose.

Chit chat

Mary loves playing with the phone and she got a nice surprise this morning when Amma was on the other end.

Updating Amma on all the juicy details of her life.

Talking on the phone and standing all by herself!

Pure joy riding Pabbi the horse. (Sorry for the blurriness.)

No wonder Mary needs a bath almost every night.

Cooling off

Mary got to play on in the fountain on the Greenway today.

Very refreshing!

There were some dogs nearby that Mary was very interested in.

Crawling around and making herself at home.

4th of July weekend

Mary had a great time Celebrating the 4th of July on Cape Cod.

Mary was off and running during our early morning visit to the beach.

She kept going and going . . .

. . . until she hit the ocean!

Taking a nap on Nana after a busy day.

Mary was in charge of dessert.

Mary couldn't have a margarita, but she didn't even notice because she had her phone.

Looking at flowers with Nana.

Breakfast on the deck.