Hello to our friends and family! Many of you have called and asked about Maizy's first birthday - and what to get her. So it was suggested to me to put her size and ideas on the blog. Honestly Maizy has enough clothes for her current size. She will need clothes for the winter and that size will be 18 months. Maizy loves music, books, and anything that makes noise (maybe instruments). There are the suggestions that I have. Thank you for wanting to bless my child - we are so grateful! We love you all.

Cousin Shayna and Maizy swimming!

I'm telling you - her faces are classic!

"I want you" (remember the old Uncle Sam posters for the army)

She's up to something!

Hello friends! We are back from Mexico, daddy is back from Israel, all seems right in this world! For all of you who may not know - Rod went to Israel with the Internationals to perform for 17 days and while he was gone Grandpy George took Maizy and Mommy to Mexcio on vacation! We had a blast! Maizy went in the ocean and on the beach for the first time! She didn't so much like the water at first, but soon got use to it. She loved the sand and made sure she had her fill with eating a lot of it! We played hard and slept little, but enjoyed every bit of it! Maizy and mommy missed daddy more than words can say, but he had a wonderful time and now we are all back together!

Maizy update: she is days from walking, she says 3 words clearly, she does steps beautifully, she is funnier than ever and above all of that she is the best thing God has ever made! It is mindblowing that we are weeks away from her first birthday. We are celebrating in style with ponies, jumping castles, carnival games and much more. We will definately post pics so that all of you can celebrate with us! We love all of you and can't wait to be with you all some time soon!

Here is a little preview of what our daddy got for Father's Day - we hope you enjoy.............

Hello everyone!

Our little Zionist!

First time at the ocean and it was a good time!

I have to say - this is a great picture!

This makes the heart feel good!

Grandpy and Maizy playing in the sand - she liked it and ate quite a bit of it also!

Thats a big wave grandpy - it was great for me (mommy) to see her in the ocean! She was a little hesitant at first, but after a couple of days she started to get the hang of the water! She was fascinated with watching the waves!

Here she is.........OUR WATER BABY!!!!!!!!

Ariel and Maizy looking at the gorgeous beach in Mexico!

Now these are two amazing girls!!!!

Sometimes I just can't believe how beautiful she is!! (This is her mommy speaking)

Grandpy and Maizy watching grammy and daddy at the Kotel in Jerusalem (that is the Western Wall area). Sitting on the back porch of our condo in Mexico looking att he computer!

Look at that great hair - cousin Shayna and Ariel playing with Maizy's crazy hair!

Where's my belly button?

Ariel, Shayna, Grandpy and Maizy - fun in Mexico!!!!!!!

Wind in my hair, food on my face, palm trees all around - life is good!

"WOW - I am exhausted - its been a long week here at the beach in Mexico!" (she fell asleep in her high chair, isn't she cute!)

The two best beach bums!

Good Morning everyone! Happy daddy's day to my daddy and my grandpa's!!! I love you lots and lots!

Yes my friends and family - this is my 10 month old climbing sixteen stairs perfectly and going back down on her belly! Mama and Maizy do this 20 times a day, but Maizy loves it!

Isn't she beautiful!!!!!!!!!

Fascinated with whats on TV

Playing beek-a-boo with auntie Heather!

Reading mama's magazine!

Can you believe how big she is getting? She now gets her own toys out of her box! I am proud of her, but sad that time has gone so fast!

Maizy likes to play with grandma and grandpa - she continually plays with their hands and takes grandpa's glasses off.

Hanging out with my Uncle Jeff! He makes this really cool cricket sound and every time I hear it I know it's him.

Mama just thinks this is a cute picture! She is trying so hard to stand up, it won't be long!

I love playing with my grandpy! (By the way she is clapping for herself here, because she had pointed to her nose!)

We went to the Arvada Gold Mine festival! It was a hot day, but we had a good time!

The driver of this train was a little crazy, but it was really fun to ride the train with grandpy and mama!

Riding the train at the fair!

Looking at the different T-pees at the festival! They had lots of cool old western things to look at.