Rainy Day #2

We were able to make a quick trip down to the beach today in between rain showers. Maya wouldn't have minded if it was raining. She LOVES the ocean!! I took her flip flops off and stood her in the sand. She only hesitated for a second before walking quickly towards the water cackling and screeching all the way. She loved the waves and didn't mind the splashing. We really had no intentions of getting in the water when we went down to the beach. It was only in the low 70s and we didn't know what Maya would think of the water. She was totally soaked in minutes and the water is actually pretty warm. We gonna have to keep a very close eye on her down there. She is fearless.

Pushing forward to get the the edge of the earth.

Look at that crazy crooked smile. I always think that she has something in her mouth when she smiles like that because I can see that big ol' molar back there. I think she is working on the one to match on the other side of her mouth. Silly girl.

We are looking for better weather tomorrow. This girl needs to spend a lot longer than a few minutes on the beach.

Sunset Beach 07

We made it here today. We are staying at our usual digs. This place feels like home after 10 years of staying in this same house. Each year we are greeted with something new. One year new furniture and mattresses. Another, new appliances in the kitchen...you get the picture. Well, this year the owners of this place have made Mike's vacation. He gets to watch the French Open in HD on this new plasma TV. (We can see the score Mike Page...very clearly)


We arrived to a complete wash out. It has been raining non-stop and right now it's very, very windy. It is supposed to rain again tomorrow. I don't think we have seen it rain this hard in the 21 years we have been coming here.
Maya traveled like a champ. We drove about 7 hours yesterday and 2 today. She was an angel most of the time. Only a few fussy moments and those usually lead to a nap. What a good girl. She likes the house and is sleeping soundly in her crib as I type. She is having a good time with her grandparents and we know she'll love the beach. After this weekend, the weather is supposed to get better. We can't wait!

Here are Mike and Maya with the truck packed to the gills for our first trip as a family of three. Sunset Beach here we come!!

Check out Alfalfa Munster. Maya usually looks like Eddie Munster with the vampire hair but this morning she had both the Eddie and the Alfalfa going on.

Our house also has good Internet this year (woohoo!!). I'll try to get some good beach pics for you all.

Pages...We miss you!!!

Maya's First Night Gown

I got Maya her first night gown just the other day. I put it on her last night since she is mostly walking now and won't get tangled up in it trying to crawl around. And since it's 90 degrees and she won't freeze. She thought that she was a princess wearing that gown ( I have to admit, I did to). She had to put on her flip flops and go outside to parade around with her Dad and her new nightie. How cute is that!?

Getcha Ear a Corn Haw Haw

Sorry about the title of this post. There's just a few people who "get it" but it's a long, long standing saying among some of our oldest friends. I actually don't even remember the story surrounding it anymore.

Anyway, Maya had her first taste of corn on the cob yesterday at the Vandalia Gathering. She mostly just licked the butter and salt off of the corn. Vandalia is a local bluegrass festival/pickin' contest of sorts that goes on every year at the state capitol in Charleston, WV during the Memorial Day weekend. It has been many years since we've gone. We are usually on our way to the beach this weekend. Instead, we'll be on our way next weekend. We can't wait to get this girly to the coast. We thought she would get to go for the past 2 years and finally, we get to take our sweet girl to the beach with us in more than just our hearts.

Our WILDflower

I wish I could claim the beautiful flowers that our most beautiful flower is sitting in but they actually are growing in our neighbor Monnie's yard. She has the green thumb that I always wish that I had. Her yard is gorgeous with tons of flowers growing everywhere. We took Maya over and had a little photo shoot in the flowers. She was not too cooperative. But not totally uncooperative either. It was very sunny and the white shirt was a little bright. We're still trying to learn the camera.

We had a great first Mother's Day. I am so happy to be able to celebrate this day as Maya's Mommy. I've said it before and I'll say it again...I am the lucky one!!

She is walking now in giant strides of 10-20 steps at a time. Still prefers crawling as it's a sure way to get where she wants to go. She just started the big walking yesterday. She can stand herself up in the middle of the floor with nothing to pull up on and just takes off walking.

Most of you know she was lactose intolerant. Well that has a fallen to the wayside as well as all baby food. She is on full strength Enfamil Lipil Next Step. We gradually switched her over from Lactofree with no problems. Our Ped had recommended giving her whole milk at 1 year but I wanted to use the Next Step for a few months just to give her the extra nutrients in the formula since she was a little deprived early in her life. Our Ped agreed. She also loves grilled cheese sandwiches and yogurt and ice cream. Good thing that the lactose isn't an issue for her anymore.

Well, I'm not having the good dial-up luck today. I was trying to get another of the flower shots up but no luck. I'll try again later.

Holy Dial-up Batman!!

For whatever reason, I'm able to get pictures uploaded today without much fuss. So I'll share a few.

Check out this great ladybug raincoat. It was a birthday gift from Kelli. She also got rain boots to match.


My sleeping beauties!


Maya's Daddy got her this really cool sandbox for her birthday. It's a ton of fun for her. She is not feeling very well today so this pic of her smiling just goes to show how much she likes the sandbox. What you can't see in the picture is the lamb chop hanging out of Maya's nose. Poor little girly. She hasn't been sick since we got home from China. I really think this is just allergies. We go to the Ped next week for our second round of shots. Hopefully she'll be over it by then. But if not, I guess we'll find out if it's allergies or not.

Update...the lamb chop was gone within just a few hours of this pic. Must have been allergies, whew!!

Well, that's all the luck that I'm having today. Actually, I'm quite impressed that I was able to get this many pics uploaded. Now I'll cross my fingers and hope that this posts!

We Love Our Crocs

I have ben looking high and low for a pair of Crocs for Maya. Mike and I have had ours for about 4 years now. We were given them for Christmas before they were "all the rage". I haven't been able to find a tiny pair for our little gator.
Maya was given the honor of becoming the Future Girl Scout 2007 for her friend Bailey's Girl Scout troup and they showered her with gifts. One of those gifts was this tiny pair of pink Crocs. How cute is that?!!