Can you believe...

that this little crazy girl that I am so beyond in love with actually lived in AFRICA/ETHIOPIA! Its just too much to comprehend. Almost like I don't "feel" like I went to Africa. Like it was all a dream and Maya came from my belly. Then I stop and look at her in the eyes and see her birth mother in her face and expression and just get this feeling thru my body. Oh i am LONGING to be back in AFRICA. Speaking of going to Ethiopia.........LIZ GOT HER REFERRAL! YEAH LIZ! Can you pack little me in your suitcase please. It would make your trip much less anxious to have such a calming force as myself with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) TRACIE I know u are hysterical at the thought of what it would actually be like for ME to be a calming force...anyway Yea LIZ...I am overjoyed for you!!

Sleeping on Daddy! See Daddy made it to the blog!

OLIVER & Maya

My mom, Ollie and Maya (Noonie too) were in the backyard one day playing with

a bowl of water. Maya LOVED it! Here are some pics...My poor Ollie. He was my number one baby in my life...now he is number two (well three because of Josh, and noonie is four...) anyway, he is very depressed. He is getting better but Maya is making him whiter from stress. He is very sad that he is not my main baby anymore. Yesterday Maya was taking a nap. I heard her cry and Ollie scratched open the door and sat in her room. Thats much better then the day before when he made a big poopie in her room! :) He is still my love and always will be.

My Quest is OVER!

So, when we were at HH Ethiopia Almaz played this cd for the babies (while they were sunning mind u) and I was obsessesd with finding the cd. Emailed Julie, asked the families that were going to open the cd player at HH and write the name down for me etc...anyway let's just say that I never found out the name of the cd. Today Maya and I were driving to the airport to pick Josh up and one of the songs came on the radio! I was back at HH, It was amazing. With a little more research (obsessive research) today is the day I conquered! The cd is shout praises kids and the song is called let the praises ring. Download that on itunes and tell me that doesn't bring some of u who adopted babies back to Hannah's Hope. Whew what a relief. I think Maya knew the song too! I mean she did listen to the cd for 3 months! Okay I can rest now.

Before & After

BEFORE

coming home to their FOREVER FAMILIES

Maya and Abel at Hannah's Hope in January 2008

AFTER

Home Forever and EVER May 2008

Tracie and I were talking the other day and we remembered back to saying "can u imagine if they were in the same room" then realized Maya was probably in the girls room and Abel was in the boys but as it turns out Maya WAS in Abel's room!

How amazing is that...

Maya's First Swim

So, Maya and I went to the pool with Tracie and her family. Maya loved the pool. She loved the float. She was in a major fussy mood besides that though...not sure whats going...teething maybe? We are going to try again tomorrow. My little girl is getting bigger! She is eating more and drinking more ounces of her bottle. She is doing great. :)

I also figured out why I couldnt add new people to my blog roll and won't go into the details of what i was doing wrong. So all the people that i have been stalking for the last few weeks are now on my blog roll finally!

Memorial Day Weekend

So, we went to my friend's Lake House last weekend. We had a great time. Maya went on their boat for the first time and LOVED it. Courtney and Michael have a son Baylor who is 16 months. The kids LOVED the boat. It rocked them to sleep. We had a great time, their boat is AMAZING...Josh was there with me but there is no pic of him! :(

My friend Courtney and Baylor on their boat.


Michael driving the boat with Baylor on his lap...so cute!

Maya and Sammy

This is Sammy KISSING Maya! So cute. Anya tried to take that pic many times.

This is a little new clip I have been putting in Maya's hair. Its so cute and holds her little curls back. The best product ever by the way is Curlz coconut dream conditioner. LOVE IT! (Thanks Stacey Hernandez)

Christy and I sitting together...Thats not her baby though! :) Here he is! Isaiah! How cute is he!!

Isaiah and Sammy

Maya LOVES swinging! The first time we put her in the swing she LOVED it. She was hysterical laughing the whole time!

Here are pics from Lily's first Birthday Party!

Love the flower headband.

Quite the contrast between Lily and Maya's skin!