HOME 9 MONTHS AND OUR FIRST VACATION!!!

TAKING TIME TO SMELL THE FLOWERS.
CHECK OUT THAT TAN!!!
SPORTING A BURP-ITTY-BURP RIBBON SKIRT AND ONSIE AND A BOW WITH AN ATTITUDE BY HOLLY.
THIS WAS LAST SUNDAY. SHE LOOKED SO ADORABLE IN THAT LITTLE DRESS. HOWEVER, SHE WOULD NOT BE STILL FOR A PICTURE.

MAYA HAS BEEN HOME NINE MONTHS TODAY. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS THAT SHE HAS BEEN HERE FOREVER THEN OTHER TIMES IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WE WERE FLYING HOME. TIME FLIES WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN.

WE LEAVE FOR CA IN JUST FEW HOURS. IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS WE WILL BE SEEING THE PULS GANG (ELLIE, ANGELENA, ANGELO, AND WE CAN'T FORGET GRANDMA PULS). I CAN'T WAIT!!!! ELLIE I HAVE MET EACH OTHERS KIDS BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD ALL 3 OF THEM TOGETHER BEFORE. IT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING 5 DAYS. MAYBE WE WILL HAVE TIME TO POST.

PURE SWEETNESS!!!

HELPING MAWMAW BAKE A CAKE FOR THE SULLIVAN REUNION.
I THINK MISS MAYA IS TASTING MORE THAN BAKING
A STAR IS BORN!!!
AM I COOL OR WHAT????
MAMA, LOOK AT THE BIRDS!!!
PAWPAW AND MAYA AT HER GREAT GREAT UNCLES 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.
MY MOM AND ALL HER SIBLINGS, WELL 2 OF THEM ARE MISSING.

I JUST LOVE THIS CHICK SO MUCH.
MORE TASTE TESTING.

FFF----FUN IN THE SUN!!!!

THESE WERE TAKEN IN MARCH OF 2007. MAYA WAS 7 MONTHS OLD. THIS WAS MY THIRD VISIT. WE WERE BY THE POOL AT THE WESTIN. SHE HAS CHANGED SOOOO MUCH!!! MAYA LOOKS SO TINY COMPARED TO NOW.

MAYA, THE FUNNY GIRL!!!

MAYA IS SUCH A CLOWN!!! SHE IS ALWAYS MAKING ME LAUGH!!!
MAMA, I AM SOOOO FULL!!!
WELL, NOT TOO FULL FOR THE CHOCOLATE STUFF.
LAYLA, DO YOU REMEMBER US PUTTING THE BOWL OVER OUR FACES IN GUATEMALA? THIS ONE DIDN'T HAVE NOODLES!!!
I AM READY TO GO: GOT MY KEYS AND MY BATON!! WHAT ELSE CAN A GIRL WANT??

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO EVERYONE!!!!

I HAD NO IDEA HOW I WOULD FEEL ON MY FIRST MOTHER'S DAY!!! I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW HAPPY I AM TO BE CALLED MAMA!!! I WOKE UP AT 2 AM AND JUST STARED AT MY BABY GIRL FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. MAYA HAS FILLED MY HEART AND MADE MY LIFE WHOLE. I CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT HER.

I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK OF HER BIRTHMOM TODAY. R IS AN AMAZING WOMAN AND I ADMIRE HER FOR HER COURAGE AND STRENGTH. I COULD NEVER THANK HER ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF MAYA.

TO MAYA'S FOSTER FAMILY: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CARING AND LOVING HER THE FIRST YEAR OF HER LIFE. YOU GAVE HER A GREAT START IN LIFE.

LAST YEAR I WAS JUST A MAMA ON PAPER, MY DAUGHTER WAS STILL IN GUATEMALA. SO, I KNOW TODAY IS HARD FOR SOME. I AM PRAYING THAT YOU CELEBRATE YOUR LITTLE ONE AND FIND PEACE THAT THEY WILL BE HOME SOON.

RANDOM PICTURES OF THE PAST WEEKS!!!

YOU MUST TWIST THE OREO!!
THIS IS LAST SUNDAY BEFORE CHURCH. THANKS FOR THE ADORABLE DRESS, MARY. MY MOMMY SAID THAT IT LOOKS SOOOO CUTE ON ME.
DEBORAH HAD CANCER 24 YEARS AGO. WE GOT TO GO TO RELAY FOR LIFE WITH HER LAST NIGHT. IT WAS FUN BUT VERY HOT!!!
HIGH ON POWDERED DONUTS!!! THIS GIRL WOULD EAT A DOZEN, IF I WOULD LET HER. DON'T WORRY, SHE ONLY GETS A COUPLE EVERY 2-3 WEEKS.
WATCHING THE DUCKS AT THE PARK!!!
YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT????? NO WAY AM I GOING DOWN THAT THING.
BLOGGER BUDS, I AM TRYING TO POST SOME PICTURES FOR YOU SINCE MY MOM IS A SLACKER. SORRY MOM!!! I STILL LOVE YOU.
EATING HER FIRST FUNNEL CAKE AT RELAY FOR LIFE. YES, SHE LOVED IT!!!
OKAY, IT IS BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE I ONLY FEED MY CHILD SWEETS. IT IS VERY RARE THAT SHE GETS THIS MANY SWEETS.
SPOON LICKING GOOD!!!

HA!!! MY MAMA TRIED FOR 15 MINUTES TO GET ME TO LOOK AT THE CAMERA. I WON THIS BATTLE.
TOO CUTE NOT TO POST.
I BET THIS IS THE CUTEST BASEBALL PLAYER YOU EVER SAW.
SITTING IN THE WATER FALL (ALMOST) AT THE PARK!!!
OH MY, I CAN'T STOP NOW.

MAYA'S FUTURE HUSBAND, NELSON!!!
I GOT HIM NOW!!!
THESE TWO WERE SO SWEET RIDING TOGETHER.
OOOOPPPPS!!!!
OOPPS!!! I HAVE ALREADY POSTED THIS.

WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE PAST FEW WEEKS. JUST PLAYING!!!

MAYA UPDATE!!!

MAYA IS DOING MUCH BETTER. NO FEVER SINCE 11:00 AM YESTERDAY. SHE STILL HAS A HORRIBLE COUGH.. WE ARE GOING BACK FOR A FOLLOW UP CHEST X-RAY TODAY. NO TIME FOR PICTURES RIGHT NOW. I PROMISE SOME LATER TODAY OR IN THE MORNING.