It has been one of those weeks around here, and I find myself posting these pictures to remind myself how cute she really is, because to tell you the truth, she has not been acting very cute the past couple of days! Part of the reason is that we traveled to Utah to see Nannie and now Maya is in a full fledged 12 step "grandma detox" program...HA! Nannie spoiled her rotten (which all good nannies should do!) but coming home to a busy house with four big brothers who get in the way has sent miss Maya spinning! Or could it be that I just plain forgot how rotten the terrible twos are and that they really start at age one? GEEZ I hope it is not the terrible twos!!! At any rate, we are just a bit unsettled right now and I don't like it.

So here are the cute pictures that not only remind me just how cute she is but just how blessed I am to be able to call her my own...even if she is a little stinker some days!

Look I actually have a bow in my hair! (It lasted all of 10 minutes)

What you don't see in the 30 foot drop into the ocean...Dad got in trouble for taking this shot, but it is cute!

SNOW in TAHOE!!

I am behind on my blogging, but hey, I am behind on just about everything right now, so at least I am being consistent! Some really good friends of ours invited us to spend the weekend in Tahoe this past February and we took them up on it. We had a great time but we were a tad disappointed that it was raining when we got there Friday afternoon but by late Sat. night and early Sunday morning, mother nature delivered and the kids made the most of it! We had a great time sledding, throwing snowballs, making snowmen, and watching Maya experience snow for the second time in her life. She did not know what to think about that white stuff falling from the sky, but she quickly caught on that it was a good thing. Eating the snow (I know, I know, snow is dirty!) was her favorite and there was a nice loud "Maya pitched" scream if you dared to even try to take it away from her!


Here are some favorites of a few of the FAB FIVE... I was on Maya duty so I need to get the rest of the pics from our friends!

Below: Our bundle of PINK!





Matthew nails the landing and flies down the rest of the hill....without the snow disc!



The Jakester catching some air!

Jake and his "Sad" friend--and just in case you are wondering if this is really how this little guy of ours feels? Yes it is sometimes, not being the baby anymore after seven years has been tough on him, but he is doing better everyday and the "happy" far more out weighs the "sad" these days.

In other news, we took the kids to Fort Bragg (beautiful, but SO SO SO COLD!) this past weekend so stay tuned for pictures and we just celebrated our six month gotcha day anniversary! I would have loved to say it was a huge event in our house and that I took tons of pictures, but it came and went and got a little lost with the all the school projects and activities that come with a house full of kids. I did however have it on my mind most of the day and still marvel at how far we have come. Maya is pretty much settled into her new little life and she is taking her roll as ruler of this house very seriously! We can't imagine life without her.