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	<title>Maya's Meanderings</title>
	<link>http://mayaleigh.com</link>
	<description>Maya Leigh Burge - born September 23, 2004...Allison's experiences becoming a single mom</description>
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		<title>Burst of Craftiness</title>
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No, no&#8230;I&#8217;m not getting into trouble.  I&#8217;m just *making* things.
After debating what to get/use for a changing table for baby #2 (I&#8217;d sold the one I had for Maya, but still have the crib), we picked out a dresser-changer combo.  It arrived, and in a flurry of do-it-yourselfiness, I got it assembled. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/11/10/burst-of-craftiness/</link>
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		<title>Running conversation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maya to her brown bear and cat bus:
&#8220;You dry?  Did you pee on the potty?  Good.  Good, good, good!  You stay dry!&#8221;
Maya in general, to no one in particular:
&#8220;No more diapers for Maya!  Stay clean and dry and get FRUIT SNACKS!&#8221;
Maya to me, just after using the potty:
&#8220;I dry.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/11/04/running-conversation/</link>
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		<title>This-n-that</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, after watching Cinderella yet again, Maya started calling me &#8220;Mother.&#8221;  As in, the way Grisella or Anastasia might say it.  This morning, she asked me to talk like stepmother.
I&#8217;d find it outright disturbing, except that this morning, when Maya was play-acting to be me, I asked her what Mama says.  &#8220;Mmmm. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/11/04/this-n-that-3/</link>
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		<title>Oh, to be three.</title>
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The emotional rollercoaster of three is unlike anything I&#8217;ve ever encountered.  We missed out on Trick-or-Treating (as IF Maya needs more sweets?), but did indulge in a princess dress.  Maya was in preschooler heaven.  She spun in circles.  She admired her sparkle shoes.  She asked me to dance with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/11/02/oh-to-be-three/</link>
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		<title>Maya&#8217;s Current Favorite Movie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Princess Bride.  In the past few days, Maya has decided that she has no use for The Wiggles, but that Westley and Buttercup are her new best buds.  Guess I should pick up some Monty Python to see if she&#8217;ll dig that, too.

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		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/10/12/mayas-current-favorite-movie/</link>
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		<title>Oh, the ego&#8230;and the cuteness</title>
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The drawer where I keep Maya&#8217;s dresses is well within her reach.  The past few mornings, she&#8217;s grabbed a dress and pulled it on (usually inside out and/or backwards) over her jammies.
This morning, she came out, announcing to me, &#8220;Look at me!  Maya is BEA-YOU-TIFUL!&#8221;
A moment after I snapped this picture, she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/10/12/oh-the-egoand-the-cuteness/</link>
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		<title>She said what?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maya: I want THIS one. (Holding up Aladdin case.  We&#8217;ve watched Aladdin already at least 6-7x this week.  Ugh.)
Me: Maya, let&#8217;s do something else.  Mama&#8217;s tired of that movie.  How about Toy Story?
Maya: How about NO.
*snort*
I can&#8217;t complain.  She comes by it honestly.

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		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/06/11/she-said-what/</link>
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		<title>I broke it, apparently.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maya: Apple?  Apple?
Me: Sure, you can have an apple.
Maya: Whole apple!
Me: No, babe.  Last time we did that, you took five bites, then threw the rest away.  You can have apple slices.  (Sliced apple.)
Maya: APPPPPLLLLLE!  APPPPLLLLLE!
Me: Here it is.  (Handing her apple slices on a cutting board.)
Maya: NO!  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/06/08/i-broke-it-apparently/</link>
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		<title>Contact dermatitis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been particularly cautious about pre-washing Maya&#8217;s new clothing, but when I bought a bunch of new 3T pjs and whatnot last week, I washed every single piece, because my gut said so.
The dress Maya wore today, however, wasn&#8217;t part of that purchase; it had been sitting in the back of the closet for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/04/10/contact-dermatitis/</link>
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		<title>Girlie Girl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 

This is what happens when I let Maya choose her own clothing in the morning.  Purple dress?  Purple dress?
You want to wear this dress, Maya?
YEAH!
Note that her sunglasses are pink.  She chose those too, over the tortoiseshell ones I suggested.  Like it or not, I am most definitely the parent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/04/10/girlie-girl/</link>
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		<title>Sing.  Sing a song.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Making up your own lyrics is not only optional; it&#8217;s encouraged.


There&#8217;s something to be said for a 37-year-old man who had no exposure to kiddie shows/music until we met&#8230;and who now sings Wiggles songs even more than I do (even if he still doesn&#8217;t know the words, he sings them anyway).  I found a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/04/09/sing-sing-a-song/</link>
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		<title>Outdoorswoman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All of that early hiking has paid off &#8212; Maya *loves* to be outdoors, and at times will even go grab my Ergo carrier and hand it to me insisting, &#8220;Mama &#8212; Back!&#8221;
I did, however, recently discover that if we&#8217;re going hiking, I need to NOT mention it until we&#8217;re ready to go out the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/04/09/outdoorswoman/</link>
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		<title>Characters welcome.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, yes.  I&#8217;ve been quite the blog slacker, no?
Maya continues to morph into this amazing and astonishing creature.  She&#8217;s funny, smart as a whip, and can charm nearly anyone she meets.   That&#8217;s good, because with her current phase of yelling &#8220;NO! MINE!&#8221; at people who come near (No, Maya&#8230;that old gentleman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/04/09/characters-welcome/</link>
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		<title>For the record&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 

&#8230;boys aren&#8217;t icky.  Yet.


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		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/03/07/for-the-record/</link>
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		<title>Contemplation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 

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Hmmmm&#8230;what shall we do today?  The same thing we do every day: try to take over the world!


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		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/01/25/contemplation/</link>
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		<title>Well check with new pedi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, Maya had her first visit with a pediatrician here in Santa Fe.  I don&#8217;t adore him (yet) the way I did Dr. Dawson in Colorado Springs, but I don&#8217;t dislike him either.  I had to apologize to Maya for being *wrong* about no new shots.  She got her second flu [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2007/01/08/well-check-with-new-pedi/</link>
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		<title>No longer a single mom&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Allison &#038; MikeNovember 24, 2006

Why yes&#8230;we did go through with it!
Thanks a million to everyone who came to celebrate with us &#8212; you made it quite a memorable evening!
After I start to get professional photos (so far, all we have are snapshots captured by family), I&#8217;ll post a link to a slideshow on Flickr.
test

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		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2006/11/28/no-longer-a-single-mom/</link>
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		<title>Contact Information</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To those who actually know me and call me &#8212; I have a new cell phone number.  If you need/want it (along with my other current contact info), drop me a line via email: meanderwithme (at) gmail (dot) com.

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		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2006/11/27/contact-information/</link>
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		<title>Yeah. Okay.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[M: Wa hahs? Wa hahs?
(hey, she could certainly ask for worse things, right?)
A: You want to wash your hands, Maya?
M: Yeah.  (Then, as if it were my suggestion in the first place, rather than guessing what she was saying)  Okay.
As I listen to myself talk, I realize that this is a common thread. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2006/10/31/yeah-okay/</link>
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		<title>One day, I will be the parent of an adult.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I haven&#8217;t posted in ages&#8230;including photos from Maya&#8217;s birthday party!  I&#8217;ll start catching up before long, but this was just too good to not link.
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Mary P. wrote a post that I wish I&#8217;d written &#8212; about parents&#8217; attitudes toward their children and sex.
When I was a young married with a baby girl, our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2006/10/17/one-day-i-will-be-the-parent-of-an-adult/</link>
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		<title>Pick-me-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 

Amazing what three dollars&#8217; worth of flowers can do for a room, isn&#8217;t it?


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		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2006/09/20/pick-me-up/</link>
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		<title>Shoes to fill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 

Shhhhh is one of Maya&#8217;s current favorite sounds (good thing I don&#8217;t curse too often anymore, huh?).  New &#8220;hot&#8221; words: 

shower (and bye-bye shower! when I&#8217;m washing her hair)

show - when begging to watch yet another DVD

shoes




 

That last one was repeated as a mantra over and over as Maya tried to wear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2006/09/15/shoes-to-fill/</link>
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		<title>Just call me Bob.</title>
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After struggling for months, hoping that I wouldn&#8217;t have to cut Maya&#8217;s hair into bangs, I finally did it.  And you know what?  It&#8217;s pretty darned cute.
And now, I don&#8217;t have to fight her each and EVERY DAY to get her hair into either a barrette or a rubber band so it&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2006/09/14/just-call-me-bob/</link>
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		<title>On teaching manners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From It&#8217;s Not All Mary Poppins:
Nigel has all kinds of words, and we hear them a lot. All except &#8216;please&#8217; and &#8216;thank you&#8217;. Hmm. Now, I usually have more success with &#8216;please&#8217;, so I&#8217;ll often start with it. (Why is please easier? It&#8217;s all in the motivation. &#8220;Want this cookie? Say &#8216;please&#8217;!&#8221; You can see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2006/09/14/on-teaching-manners/</link>
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		<title>Cute, yet still annoying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Little Miss has decided that the computer is something I should share with her.  She asks up onto my lap, then says over and over again, &#8220;Baby! Please? Baby!&#8221;  This means &#8212; what else? &#8212; that she wants to see her own blog, especially the videos.
While I&#8217;m delighted she likes the blog, her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mayaleigh.com/2006/09/14/cute-yet-still-annoying/</link>
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