At only her first attempt at steamed artichokes, Maya realizes the real reason we eat them...for the butter.
WHAT'S MAYA BEEN UP TO?
Running her first 5k
Trying out new hats
Jumping around
Playing with balloons
Reading with Pop Pop
Hanging out with Granny, Aunt Tara and Cousin Madelyn
Decking the halls
Being Santa
Making Christmas Cookies
Sledding
Enjoying the snow
Lounging around the house
Exploring up north with mom and dad
Hanging out with friends
Playing the piano with her neighbor friend
Reading books with Grandma
Learning yoga from Grandma
Relaxing by the shore of Lake Superior
Seeing what the computer looks like through Ms. Potatohead's eyes
Hanging out with Izzy
Drawing pictures and writing letters in shaving cream
Riding her scooter
Climbing trees
Watching her own opera video on the blog
Jumping in a big inflatable bouncy thing at the church picnic
Hanging out in our giant pool
Making Muffins
Reading Books
Playing with her neighbor friend at the MN Children's Museum
Drying her hands (One of her favorite parts of the museum was the hand dryer by the waterplay!)
Baptism Weekend Pictures
Maya & cousin Owen
Two budding organists inspired by Grandpa
Happy to be reunited with Marialyn
Grandpa and Cousin Owen
Homecoming Pictures
in the MSP airport
Quite a welcome!
Brand new trike-thanks to my co-workers!
The beautiful name artwork was a surprise when we arrived!
You mean all this is mine??
Look familiar? This was not posed!
I think she likes her name!
New Family Picture
Fun in the Pool with a New Hairdo!
Here she is!
New Picture
New Pictures!
Baby Bedeline
Haiti Party
Good thing we put these tents up!
Silent Auction
What's a Haiti Party without Rum Punch?
Trying to Crawl
It's hard to carry 30 lbs around!
A new hat and toy
First Meeting
Don't worry, she liked us after a while.
Life w/o electricity
One night we had no electricity, so we tried to play cards by the light of this battery operated lightbulb
Street Scene In Jeremie
Day at the beach
Church in Haiti
Buying a snack at a roadside stand
Pork anyone?
Jeremie, Haiti
This is where we're going in May!
Family Portrait
Isn't she cute?!?!
2 comments:
Yeah . . . if Dan has any extra lemon butter left after finishing an artichoke, he drinks the dip! And he's a grown-up!
Hi Breiningers!We are the Rickerd family and have just started the adoption process (2 girls--ages 2 and 3)through Marialyn and Guerdine. We'd love to chat with you! sarahrickerd@yahoo.com I hope we can talk soon--our first trip to Haiti will be this summer. Maya is such a sweetheart :-)
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