Damien Goes to Maya's Birthday Party

Damien went to Maya's 1st birthday party - his first birthday party. Maya held a cupcake themed party in Damien's favorite park totland. He had a blast. He was fashionably late to the party because the party started at 2pm, when he goes down for his second nap, but he helped bring the party to a close in style.

"Sharing" paper plates.

Chasing after girls already.

Lovin the push car.

And the swings, always a hit.

Damien Plays with His Girlfriend Maya

Damien had a few more (play) dates with his girlfriend Maya. For one of their dates, the two met up at Totland in Berkeley, which is a great park for kids under 5. They have swings, play structures, and lots of toys for the kids. Damien hadn't been there for many months because of mommy's bad back (and back to work schedule). Damien had a BLAST, he loved playing with Maya as always and loved riding in the car. On another date, Damien hosted Maya at his house where they played with Damien's toys and shared an avocado in the yard. They are so cute together.

Bumper cars - in color coordinated cars!

Whoa, check out all that traffic out there.

Damien loves to touch Maya.

And take any toy out of her hand, luckily she doesn't mind Damien's aggressive ways.

Who knew the floor foam parts would be their favorite toy!

Damien's pure glee when Maya is over.

The more advanced Maya using Damien to pull up.

Hugs!

Maya and Odessa, a beautiful pair.

Damien Plays at Cal with His Pals

Damien met up with his very first friends (dating back to when they were all in utero) on the Cal campus for a little afternoon fun in the gorgeous Berkeley weather. Since he usually just gets together with Maya and Lucas for stroller walks, this was the first time that we got a photo of the three of them together. Since Damien and Lucas both consider Maya their girlfriend (none of them apparently had the exclusivity talk with her) they were a little wary about sharing her! So, the boys both tried to impress her with tummy time prowess.

Damien: "Lucas, get your hand off my girlfriend."
Lucas: "She's mine dude, she was mine first!"
Maya: "Oh boy, here they go again."

Damien: "That's better. Although I don't know if this threesome is going to work."
Lucas: "I'm gonna play hard to get, I hear the ladies love that."
Maya: "Oh this is going to get so old."

Look how high I can hold my head up!

Oh yeah, I can do it to. And look at this cool panda hat I am sporting.

The lovely Maya and her mom Odessa

The handsome Lucas and his mom Lauri

Damien Hosts a Baby Party

Damien is taking after his Momma and being quite the social bug. Damien decided to welcome some of his baby friends into his home for some playtime on his new playmat with some of his new toys. Momma baked cupcakes for the first time since Damien was born and some Banana Chocolate-Chip bread and made mimosas for the Mommies. Apart from Jack (who is 5 months and good sized himself) Damien was the biggest baby but also the youngest!!! It was a fun and successful party, Damien said he would love to host another one real soon. =)

Damien plays with Elyse (the older woman - by a few days!).

Damien shows off his tummy time skills while Elyse and Jack play with their mommies.

Jack (with Mommy Emily) shares with Elyse.

Lauri with her son Lucas (born a week before Damien).

Lucas and Damien meet again - the boys had a lot to say to each other this time.

Odessa and the other older woman Maya (a month older than Damien) - love how Maya is eying the mimosa!

Kristin and sweet little Elyse

Damien's First Play Dates

Damien has been on several walks with his pals Maya and Lucas and their mommies, but this week he had his first "play dates" indoors. The first, with Lucas, was after a nice walk which went a little too long for Damien's comfort. So, Lucas invited Damien inside to have some milk, which Damien happily accepted. After his bottle (of Mommy's milk) Damien noticed Lucas for the first time sitting on the couch next to him on Lucas' mommy's lap. Man the look on Damien's face was priceless, he was like "what the heck is that!" After a good long stare, Damien was on to more important things, like taking care of business! It was a brief, but fun play date (at least the mommies found it hilarious).

Later in the week, little Maya and her mother Odessa came over for tea and cookies (which little D helped mommy make). Maya was showing off her napping skills (an area in which Damien is having some challenges). Damien was not impressed, however, and was more than happy to be the baby of the hour. Eventually, Damien got bored with Mommy and Odessa's conversations about work and childcare and other such things and finally fell asleep. But, not willing to let Maya have the last laugh, Damien was sure to wake up first (much to mommy's chagrin).

All bundled up for a walk outside of Lucas' house in North Berkeley.

Completely enjoying his play date with Maya.