"Maya and Nonnie" video

Here's a video of Maya with her great grandma, Nonnie:

"Diary of Little Miss Sicky Pants" video

As mentioned in earlier posts, Maya got pretty sick during our Florida trip. Daddy captured this little video as he attempted to keep our little sicky pants entertained with the computer.

Florida: Fun in Destin

Although we were under the weather with various colds and stomach problems much of the time we were in Destin, we still had a wonderful time. Mommy and her grandma went out for dinner alone one night. Nonnie's next door neighbors, Eva, Kevin, Miriam and Alba take wonderful care of Nonnie and are good friends with us. They generously helped take care of Maya one night and we had an Oscar party on our last night with all of us. It was particularly fun because Mom and Dad tied to win big money in the Oscar pool and because Mommy's last movie with Pixar, Wall-E, won for Best Animated feature.

We were sad when we finally had to say goodbye.

Mommy and Nonnie go out for dinner together.

Three cool chicks.

Looking at some very old pics of Mommy.

Maya couldn't get enough of Alba. Alba (on the left) and her friend were sitting on the stairs and Maya actually squeezed her way between them. Of course, her life was complete when Alba let her play with her cell phone. Oh...kids today.

We were all sad to leave, but Maya was particularly sad to have a cold and have to sit on two planes after getting up at five in the morning. Lucky everyone.

Florida: Meeting Nonnie

Mommy's grandma, Nonnie, lives in Destin, Florida on the panhandle. We decided to fly instead of driving for 8 hours with Maya from Venice. Unfortunately, the night before the flight, Maya got a bad stomach bug and spent most of the night throwing up. This made our airport adventure even more exciting. Luckily, Maya did pretty well and her great grandmother was very excited to see her.

Maya finds solace in 'Boundin' playing repetatively on the iPod.

Mommy on 3 hours sleep.

Daddy takes a break on the very clean airport carpet.

Our very sophisticated aircraft.

Maya meets Nonnie.

Maya sees the bay outside Nonnie's house.

Maya's first walk on a dock.

Actually, Maya has been on this dock before...it was our last trip to Destin where we discovered Maya's existence. You've come a long way baby!

Florida: Grandma Manicure

On our last day in Venice, we had a lot of fun with Grandma Josie. We pampered her with a special manicure and Maya loved playing in her room.

Maya presents Grandma Josie with some photo albums.

After her manicure.

Grandma Josie, Maya, and Daddy.

It was hard to say goodbye. We hope Grandma Josie gets well soon and we look forward to our next visit.

Florida: Fun in Venice

During our time in Venice, FL, we stayed at a cool little inn by the beach. When we weren't visiting Grandma Josie, we had a nice time together as a family.

Maya tries on Papa's cool hat.

On the boardwalk.

Grammy and Maya.

Daddy, Maya, and Papa

Great Uncle Norm and Maya

Maya points at the setting sun.

Daddy, Mommy, Maya, and Papa


Sand is the most exciting thing EVER!

Sunset on the Gulf of Mexico

Florida: Over the River and Through the Woods...

...to Grandmother's house we go. Actually, we headed out of town on February 15th to visit two very special GREAT grandmothers. Our first stop was Venice, Florida to visit Todd's grandma, aka "Grandma Josie." She's been having some health issues recently and has been spending some time in a rehabilitation facility. We were very excited for Maya to meet her. Lucky for us, Papa and Grammy decided to visit Grandma Josie at the same time so we had a bit of a family reunion.

Maya loved looking at the planes. In fact, we had trouble pulling her away from the window.

Maya seemed enthusiastic about the flight...

...her parents, not so much.

Grandma Josie meets Maya for the first time. We wish we could have caught the big smile she gave when she first saw Maya and Daddy.

Maya and Papa dancing to some music being played for the patients at the rehab center.

Enjoying a nice visit. Maya's Great Uncle Norm (Grammy's brother) lives in Venice and we enjoyed seeing him too (on the far right).

Maya tests out some cool glasses with her great grandma.