Saturday, July 28, 2012

First Haircut (not by Papa)...

Maya had her first Washington haircut this week.  I took my poor little ragamuffin to a cute kids' boutique and hair salon at the Country Village shops called Bella & Max.  It started off a little rough with a few tears, but some Elmo's World and fruit-snacks made it all ok!







Wednesday, July 25, 2012

So behind it's ridiculous...

Seriously...June 13th!  That's the date of my last post.  Can we say SLACKER!  We have been busy busy busy these days!  Between settling in, visitors and a trip to CA, there's a whole lot to catch up on! I'll focus on our visits and use some pictures to walk you through the last month...

We actually had four sets of visitors and loved every minute with our family and friends who came to see and spend time with us!  Our friends, the Mongers, came first.  They were visiting family in Oregon and made the drive up a few hours to stay a night with us.  It was so good to see Ryan, Janet and their twin boys, Henry and Andrew!  Grammy and Grampy were next.  We enjoyed time with them as well, but unfortunately we got no pictures of either visit!  Booo.

Paul and Tina came in town the week before 4th of July.  I loved having my little brother and his wife  here with us and I felt so loved that they decided to take time off work to make the 16 hour drive up to see us!  We loved our time with them and got to check out some fun touristy spots!

Unkie and Maya at the Zoo

Woodland Park Zoo


Yumm...thanks for the ice cream unkie!
Cheesy Space Needle Picture...definitely Paul's idea




Next, these three came to see us!  I just love the Burgers and had been missing my dear friend Lacie so much!  It was so great to spend time with them and I'm so thankful they also made the 16 hour drive to come see us!

Friend love

We took a ferry to San Juan Island for the 4th of July

Maya throwing rocks with Grammy down by the water
We took the Burgers to Whale Watch Point.  I didn't get a picture of it, but we saw a whale!  It was awesome!
At the 4th of July Parade
Enjoying a sunny day at the beach on 4th of July
Stutzmans and Slyngers at the beach

So thankful for this girl xo
Silly family picture :)

And the boys just couldn't pass up LEGAL fireworks in WA...go big or go home!

A couple weeks later, we took a trip to CA to visit family and friends we were missing so much!  We enjoyed a surprise birthday dinner, time at Happy Hallow, trips to the park, and BBQs with family and friends.  It was a great trip!
Maya sat in her own seat for most of the flight!


A trip to CA wouldn't be complete without a Happy Hallow visit with our best buddies

And we loved hanging out in the California sunshine at the park





With Papa at Happy Hallow...yes, we went twice during our visit...we just love Happy Hallow!

We ended our CA visit with a playdate with our Las Madres friends!  We sure miss these guys too....so much, the kids just cried and cried ;)

Ok stay tuned for more updates specific to miss Maya B.   She is growing, changing and learning by leaps and bounds these days!!