Christmas Day In The Morning, and Evening....

A lovely sight on Christmas Day, Maya loves her Rowie.
I was so busy helping Maya open presents Christmas Day while Kyle shot video, that I didn't get any photos..boo. This is what Santa left her the night before.
These are all pictures from Christmas at Great Grandma and Grandpa's house. Maya opened "The Mystery Machine" and was done with presents. She literally refused to open anymore. Can you blame her? It's the freakin' Mystery Machine Man! Her princesses ride in it too.


A whole bunch o' candy face!!

Maya loved Great Grandma's Christmas displays of tiny little things..and she loves nativity sets. "Oh, here's the baby Jesus, let him in the barn." She let the cow, donkey, and sheep in first. And of course the wise men because they have beards like daddy.

Happy New Year!!

playing catch up, with ketchup

Sorry I've been a bad poster for the Maya updates. The past few months have flown in some ways (new house, never a moment to myself, extremely hot, etc), and dragged in others (still pregnant, extremely hot, did I mention being pregnant? The second time you want it over two months into it...)

Here are a few highlights that I haven't shown from Maya's summer. Hopefully, I'll do better keeping up with this now that our upstairs isn't 100+ degrees.

First we have Maya in the morning sunlight on one of our first mornings in the new house. She's was my little ragamuffin all summer long. Mommy cut her hair a couple of weeks ago.

Next is Maya enjoying "farklers." Since it was a rainy Fourth of July, and Maya is scared of loud noises (loves music, cries if it's too loud) we just lit "farklers" on the porch. Good enough for her.


At the end of July we went to Vail for the family reunion, we spent the whole time chasing our kids so these are the only photos I got!!
I wanted a better picture of the three little girls playing, but Ella never stops moving. I think when she stops you are so suddenly blinded by her cuteness, so it's better if she keeps moving.

Last, are some pictures from when Chris and Kim and Nika came to Ames for a week and Maya got to spend time with her oldest cousin..whom she called Maisie until we left.






A month later she stills talks about that last day when she "boogie, boogie'd" with Nika. Oh, and now she's obsessed with Scoobie Doo because of Nika as well.

One Crazy Weekend

I have lots of older photos to upload but I figured I should dish out the weekend extravaganza photos first.

Sesame Street Live! Cousins!! Grandma Jo! Grandpa's "fing" (Maya for swing)!! What more could a girl ask for?? (cookies)







(Maya is ten seconds from a meltdown in this picture).

Max Turned Five???

I still can't believe it. I was looking for these photos under his Fourth Birthday album, that's how hard it is to believe. He is the sweetest little guy ever. And like everyone else at his birthday party, he didn't stop moving

As usual, Shauna outdid herself and puts Martha Stewart to shame, making everything herself and perfectly.
Kyle had the camera and caught this really sweet moment between Max and Grandpa Ray.
Max bounces instead of sliding.


Jered (on two hours of sleep) and Riley who snoozed through a chunk of the party.
Riley's snoozing spot was on Grandma Diane.
Another pretty baby!! It's Sully!!!
Grandpa Greg helps with Max's shoe after a short bounce in the bouncy castle.

Maya was so excited by the play area set up she hardly played she just ran from one thing to the next like she thought it was too good to be true. Because of this, there aren't a lot of photos of her or Max playing because they never stopped moving..unlike the babies who just looked sweet and drooled and smiled. (Riley actually didn't cry when I talked to him, this is a big step for him..because Aunt Clare makes him cry). Two seconds on a toy..and then off again. !


Yeah!! Happy Five Year Old!!!

Easter At Grandma Paula's

Maya had egg hunt number two at Grandma's and also bubble catching, and walking of her new doggie (muppet scraps). She seems to think the doggie should stay upright as she drags it behind her.






She had a great day, didn't sleep well from not eating anything but candy. But she slept really well the next night. Unfortunately she keeps asking when the Easter bunny is bringing more chocolates and lollies.