PLEASE PRAY FOR THE RIGGS

please go over to the Riggs blog and read their post about their daughter Abby! My heart is broken for them and their little girl. She is in so much pain, I just cannot imagine! Please please pray for them.

Click HERE to see their blog.

Our US Citizen!

Maya became a US Citizen on Sept. 4th! Here are pics from the day.

My mom is doing good. Starting her third week of radiation so far so good! We are praying she stays healthy and doesn't start to get sick. She is being so strong! Looking at the pictures below you would never think she was going thru radiation. Thank you for your continued prayers.

Ollie is now blind (my dog) the weight gain and vision problem is all leading to a acute retinal disorder. My poor dog. I cant believe he is blind. My heart is broken for him. We are going to the opthomologist tomorrow to confirm this is the case! :( I can live with the blindness, I just want him to be happy again! My ollie...who would have ever thought.

Maya's Auntie Kelly came to celebrate the big day!

Happy 11 Month Birthday Maya!

WOW! Do we really have an 11 month old! Maya has officially been with us longer then she was without us! On Sept 10th it will be 6 months with our little girl.

The is the first picture we ever saw of our little Maya. Hana then! :) How beautiful is that picture. I wish we were able to know her then. She was around 2 months old. We first laid our eyes on that picture on December 17th. We got the call at 12:45pm. A day that we will NEVER forget. I can't imagine how teeny she was. She was 7 pounds at the time.

11 things about Maya the we LOVE:

1. Her eyes

2. Her tongue smile...always sticking out the tongue

3. Her thumb nail...so dainty and pretty

4. Her baby talk and hand expressions (just like mommy)...all of a sudden she will bust out with a full conversation in baby talk and move her hands as if she is in deep conversation. LOVE this!

5. Her LOVE of balloons!

6. The way she loves my parents

7. The way she plays on her own and talks (this is few and far b/t but we are working on it)

8. The way she KNOWS I am her mommy!

9. When she cries when I walk out of a room. (this is difficult if i have things to do but overall she wants to be with me!)

10. Her belly button. It can be an outie or innie! Its soooo cute. And her little naked body! The bow legs and upper thighs! I LOVE IT. My friend says she's like a chocolate bunny. You know how a choc bunny is so smooth and perfect. That's what she says Maya's skin is like :)

11. The personality on this girl is crazy. She is so funny. Like she gets it...whatever it happens to be at the time.

Maya we love you so much. I cannot even imagine life before you. You are growing up so fast. You are the biggest gift from God and we thank Him everyday for making you our daughter.

Love you

Mommy and Daddy

P.S Maya is a citizen of the United States!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pics to come...

Maya's first trip to the ZOO!

okay so today Josh and I decided to take Maya to the zoo. We had the BEST time! Maya was so cute. She responded and pointed at everything! She loved the meer cats, chimps, the snakes and BIRDS. I of course have never seen anything cuter, maybe that is because she is my daughter but Josh and I must have been the most obnoxious parents ever DYING over how cute our daughter was. (yikes...) we never thought we would be those parents!

Here are some pics of the day!

Isn't this a cool pic. Its of me and Maya at the blk bear cave window...

Josh and Maya at the mist station...she LOVED this.

Maya was scared of a big steal turtle. Josh wanted her to go on the turtle's back but she was too scared and cried! Oh a child after my own heart. That was me as a little kid...I don't want her to be fearful of things like I was at all, Its just TOO crazy that my daughter who was born in Ethiopia is JUST LIKE HER MOMMY emotionally! WOW. God brought us the perfect daughter.

Last BUT not Least, I FINALLY figured out how to get a video of Maya online...so click HERE and HERE to see her in real life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!