Introducing.....

Mariah Lucy

We love you, precious baby girl!! We are incredibly thankful to God for giving us such the amazing gift of YOU! We are blessed to have had you in our home since September 2008 and call you ours forever on December 4, 2009! Welcome home, sweet baby girl! We love you more than you will ever know!!!
God is SO good!!!

15 months old (November 22nd)






The day we met you!!!

A HUGE thank you to all of our family and friends who have supported us through our entire journey!!! Mariah is so blessed to have such loving family and friends around her!!! Thank you for instantly welcoming her into your hearts, as we have!!

Pics for my book club girls!

I'm not really blogging anymore, but my Book Club girls wanted pics. SOOOO....


These are the pics from Jessica's SURPRISE "Book" shower we had Book Club last night! We had a fun Dr. Seuss theme! Can't wait to see Jessica's new baby boy in February!!! Thanks, Liz for being a fun party planning partner-in-crime!
Waiting....
Waiting.....
Jessica arriving!
Jessica and Thing Two!
Jessica (Hop on POPcorn, Hop on Cake Pops, Ten Apples up on Top Dip, Great Day for 7-Up and Liz's super cute Dr. Seuss Gatorade bottles!
Eating...
Tables
Main Food Table: Green Eggs and Ham-wiches, There's a Wocket in my Pita Pocket, Dr. Seuss's ABC Tater Tots, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Goldfish, Cat in the Hat Dip

Playing

SO excited to play Daddy's guitar and mandolin!



M's friends taught her how to climb today:) This is one of the first things she did when we got home from playing!

While Josh is away....

the spiders will come out to play!!!

Every picture I took of it, it glistened like that. Eyes??? YIKES!


EEEEEEEK!!!!! I'm terrified of spiders and make Josh kill all of them! My method of choice: bug spray! This spider is HUGE!! Hope it dies with the spray! I'll definitely be mopping later...when the spider is absolutely dead!

Josh took M out for the morning/afternoon for some father-daughter time so I could have a break! Just when I was starting to feel all relaxed, this little booger decided to ruin my moment!

13 months and playgroup

Pics from Thursday: The only blog-able pic I have for her 13 month photo session.
Playing in Mommy's classroom before school.
Looking at the Rhino at the zoo while finishing up some lunch.
With her new friend, T. He is such a cutie pie!!


Tuesday, M turned 13 months! To celebrate she got to go the doctor and get on antibiotics for a bad ear infection. We stayed home and in pjs for 2 days, so her 13 month picture was taken a few days later. M is really starting to learn what she loves and what she definitely doesn't! She definitely is ALL girl and knows what she wants!

M is still a little one. Tuesday she weighed in (with clothes on) at a whopping 18 lbs 1oz!

Likes:
-giving kisses
-playing around older little girls...she gets so excited
-Baby Einstein videos
-bananas, grapes, wheat crackers, black beans, yogurt, wheat bread, MumMums, oatmeal cereal
-music/trying to sing
-dancing
-she goes through phases with words, but her favorites right now are: diaper, dog, Dadda, Mom-Mom, that (says "that" all day long as she points to things),
-brushing her teeth
-turning on lights, closing doors
-looking out the window
-blankets
-paci
-waving
-pulling up on everything
-refrigerator magnets
-Bible class/Sonshine School
-being around other kids
-zoo (fish and gorillas are her faves)
-frozen yogurt trips with Daddy
-Mommy's oatmeal cookies

Dislikes:
-getting her diaper changed
-waiting for her food to be made
-vegetables that aren't pureed
-going to the doctor (this is a new one)
-concert type things (loud noises in the dark)
-leaving her food on her tray
-getting her hair rinsed in the bath tub
-being put in her carseat
-getting her face wiped


After school on Thursday, we went to our Kaleidoscope Kids (transracial) playgroup at the zoo and had lots of fun with the other moms and kiddos!