Someone had their first birthday today

[DFW]

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My very sly, demanding and very entertaining granddaughter Maya is now a year old.

To all one year old boys out there, I give fair warning.

(Hint--learn how to say "Malyenkaya Jambalaya Maya." It makes her smile)

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

1. Nothing better than a granddaughter ❤️

I have first-hand experience 😉😘

[DFW]

6. Ah, good!

Now I know whom to ask for pointers later on!

[Sucha NastyWoman]

13. I don't know

Grandsons are equally wonderful. At least n my case.

[DFW]

21. I'll have to take your word for it

We don't have any--yet!

Interestingly, my wife's father, who was gravely wounded and left a cripple at age 18 by a Soviet artillery shell in World War II, fervently hoped all his grandchildren would be girls, so that they would never be subject to compulsory military service--a wish fate was to grant him.

[LyndaG]

2. Beautiful!

Have lots of fun watching her grow up.

[DFW]

7. If I can last that long....

I intend to!

[Ohiogal]

3. What a beautiful child!

You must all be so proud!

Happy Birthday, little one. May you grow up to be as good and as smart as your grandpa.

[DFW]

8. I hope her beard isn't quite as prominent

If she is half as smart as her mama, she'll be twirling the world around her right pinkie in no time.

[Hortensis]

4. In a perfect world, every family would have a Maya. :)

[DFW]

9. Or half of them would

And the other half would have a boy that can keep her--if there are any!

[Hortensis]

28. Lol. Our 12-year-old grandsons are too old for her, but

they've both had girls chasing them for years. It's very cute. Two years ago the girls in one's subdivision suddenly turned into sophisticated bathing beauties on the pool-side lounges while the boys played in the water. Last year the boys struggled with insults as repartee with the circling girls, forced to try to play hopelessly over their heads. This year hormones have kicked into gear, but presumably on both sides. What else could account for the girls' flattering patience with these frequently painfully awkward clunks?



She's a sweetie. Years of fun ahead for you.

[DFW]

32. We've been through the whole cycle with our two girls

Where once they were like this:
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At ages 36 and 34, they now look like this:
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We're ready to sit in the audience this time!

[Hortensis]

40. :) Being the audience can be the best!

Your daughters are lovely, and of course your newest joy.

One of ours is with us this weekend. A delight, but we're mostly between babies and snuggling soft little bodies and kissing fuzzy little heads. This one, a big, stocky descendant of Danish Vikings, used to run and leap into my arms every time he saw me, not so long ago. Now we're developing opposite directions. Yesterday he hauled his ampa's kayak up some rapids for him.

[elleng]

5. Happy Birthday to ALL!!!

[DFW]

10. Thanks, Ellen!

We took her to an open air zoo up in the Taunus hills above Frankfurt.

[struggle4progress]

11. Has she started looking at colleges yet?

[DFW]

16. It's too early for that

She probably won't even graduate high school for at least five years...........

[struggle4progress]

23. +

[Dem2theMax]

12. She is adorable!

Happy birthday Maya! You were born into a wonderful family. How lucky you all are to have each other.

[mountain grammy]

14. Oh, how I love my granddaughters..

youngest now 12. Miss those baby years so much.

[DFW]

18. 11 years from now! We'll be 78 (if I make it that far)

Close to retirement age for me.

[snacker]

15. Enjoy every minute!

Happy Birthday, Maya!

[japple]

17. Sweeeeeet!!! What a doll. My friend who has a granddaughter named "Maya" always called

her "Maya Papaya." It caught on...

[DFW]

19. We'll have to give her some papaya and see how she likes it

My daughter gives her a lot of raw fruit and veggies, and so far she likes them all

[japple]

20. Haha! I'll bet she loves it. Most kids love everything fruit and veggie, then

then get into school and their food values fall victim to peer pressure. I am fortunate to have nieces and nephews who are in 4th-5th grade that still love almost all fruits & vegs. Then there is the 12 yr. old who only eats meat+bread+desserts.

[47of74]

22. My niece is almost 14 months old.

First birthdays are special

[Kurt V.]

24. oh my. she kicked one of her shoes off. That's all you need to know. ❤

[DFW]

33. "Loose, footloose, kick off your Sunday shoes...." n/t

[NBachers]

25. I posted pictures of my 2 year old grand daughter's birthday party. Everyone said, "What happened to

that little baby?" Her mom's from Sofia, so she's growing up at least bilingual. The baby's named after Mom's home town.

Cherish every moment- Grandma and grandpa are very important to the little ones.

She looks like she's already in charge. Girls definitely know how.

[DFW]

34. We meet a LOT of Bulgarians where we go in the summer

Provincetown, Massachusetts, to be exact. Some kind of student/exchange work program. Nice kids, all of them!

We know ALL about girls being in charge. That's all we had!

[NBachers]

38. Yes, my daughter-in-law was there and in Delaware on that program. My lucky son married way up.

[DFW]

39. We always get smiles from them when we're there

My three words of Bulgarian are still three words more than most Americans know!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

26. Beautiful granddaughter, DFW. Enjoy every minute while you can.

My only advice from a granddad of a now 12 year old granddaughter is to keep smart phones away as long as possible....

[DFW]

35. That ought to work until about age 2.......

Already she crawls up to the living room sound system, turns the thing on by herself, pulls herself upright and starts dancing to the music. "In my day," babies used to be nothing but babies, not one year old disco bunnies!

[Ligyron]

27. That's nice...

[MLAA]

29. Just adorable 🙂

[blueinredohio]

30. Beautiful grandchild hope she has a very happy birthday

Today is also my birthday but I'm a little older than that.

[DFW]

36. I can tell. Her typing skills are nowhere as sophisticated as yours are

The way things are going, I give that about another nine months!

[JudyM]

31. Super cute! What personality in that little smile!

Congrats to you and happy BD to her.

[DFW]

37. Thanks, Judy!

Her mom was quite a handful, too. But in the end, it was worth the effort!