March Fun

Oh, we've had a great March!  We got to celebrate Brandon's birthday and St. Patrick's Day this month!

Happy Birthday to Daddy!  We decorated the house (favorite birthday tradition),
and that night Brandon and I went on a date: out to dinner and to see WWE.

On St. Patty's Day Eve, we made sure Maya was decked out in green
pajamas - so there was no way she could get pinched! :-)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
We celebrated with a fun family party for our nieces birthday!

Last Sunday we went on a fun little family adventure to feed the ducks.  Maya LOVED it and kept trying to call the ducks to her with something that sounded a lot like "Come Here", Oh, so cute!

Happy March everyone!

This-n-That

Oh, we've had fun since the new year!  It's gone by too quickly for our liking, but we're sure enjoying ourselves and our BEAUTIFUL girl!  Life can't get any better than this!

9 month check-up in January - Dr. reports that she's "Perfect, as always."

Maya and Lucy - best friends. 

Maya has 8 teeth - they all decided to come at once, it seems!

This girl is ALWAYS on her feet!  She walked before she crawled!
She took her very first steps on January 1st - great way to start the year!
She cruises furniture and walks short distances between furniture and people!

Did I mention that she's unstoppable?  Her and the cat love climbing the stairs together!
See the video below.

Our little Valentine enjoyed her first Valentine's Day!
She even got her very first rose -- from her daddy. 

Here she is with most of her Valentine loot!

And for your viewing pleasure - a little "I love you!"

Maya's First Christmas!

Oh what a Merry Christmas we had this year!  We wish you the merriest Christmas too!  This Christmas was a very special one for our little family because it was Maya's very first Christmas!  She sure loved every minute of it!

On Christmas Eve we got to start some new family traditions!
* Maya opened a present which had some new pajamas for her to wear that night.
* Maya opened a second present which included 2 Christmas books for us to read together.
* We re-told the nativity story as a family with Maya's new nativity. 

On Christmas morning Maya came out to see what Santa brought, then Rachael's
parents came for breakfast, and she opened the rest of her presents.  Then we went
to Rachael's parents' house for lunch and more presents! 

It was the perfect day!  We are so blessed to have Maya!  She is our whole world and she really makes every day a celebration for our little family!
Merry Christmas!

Countdown to Christmas

To say we are extremely excited for Christmas this year is an understatement ... and to say Maya is getting spoiled rotten this year (by everyone) is also an understatement. :-)  We can't wait!

I love dressing Maya for the season!  I even found this Christmas sweater I wore as a baby!
I'm sure my sisters wore it too!

Picking out our Christmas Tree in the snow

We found the perfect tree for us!

Maya insisted on being right by her daddy while he set up the tree!

My side of the family had a "Ugly Sweater and Mustache Christmas party" - it was a hoot!  Maya didn't have an ugly sweater to wear, so we put her in this cute one -- but she rocked the mustache on her binky!

Ready for the party!

Brandon grew his own mustache, I had to improvise!  And my ugly sweater had flashing lights!

The tree is up and lights are on!  And (again) I love putting Maya in a few of my old clothes!

Maya loves to play by the tree (with the cat always watching). 

Checking out her very own nativity. 

Not too sure about Santa - but no tears either!  What a girl!

Merry Christmas!