5 month old Maza

Another month older, another month of new things...

Maza has learned how to grab her toes and likes to try to eat them.

Maza can now have her hair in pig tails!

Maza celebrated her 1st Halloween with a weekend long celebration! We went to the dental school to visit dad and be part of a parade. We went to our ward Halloween chili cookoff/trunk or treat. We had a Halloween party which was so fun much. Such great food and such great costmes. we had a great time! Maza dressed up as a wishing troll complete with hot pink hair. I was a princess barbie and Rich was a GI Joe. check out all the pictures here.

we got to go watch rich do a presentation at school and she attended her first lecture on mini implants (she snoozed through the whole thing) :)

My mom came to keep me company for the weekend while Rich was away in Utah and she got to play with Grandma all weekend. It was a fun girls weekend with shopping, crafting and good food!

She got to meet her Uncle Matt who just got home from his mission in CA. Abi and I had a great time making our sweet t-shirts and it was so fun to see Matt again!

4 month old Maza!

Our little Maza girl is 4 months old!!

A few things about 4 month old Maza:

She is 13 pound 12 ounces 24.5 inches long. 50% across the board
She has rolled from her back to her belly and her belly to her back multiple times (and almost always when we are not looking)
She can laugh ( I wish she laughed more!)
She smiles ALL the time
She sleeps about 10 hours at night (yahoooo)
She loves going on walks in her baby carrier so she can look around and see everything
She gets compliments daily on her hair and her big blue eyes
We were contimplating her being slimer for halloween because she loves to suck on anything she can get her hands on--her favorite being mom and dad's hands!

She is such a sweet girl and gets more and more fun every day. We love her!!

maza laughing

i think we can officially count yesterday as the first day maza really laughed. her grandpa bradshaw was visiting and she found him to be quite funny. she has such a great laugh, i just love it!

we're baccckkkk

i was incredibly nervous about flying back with maza by myself. i said many many prayers and they must have been answered because she was an angel the whole time. on both flights i was able to take the car seat, she ate, she smiled, she slept, people were so nice to us, i couldn't have asked for a better trip. it was SO good to finally land in pittsburgh and see rich again! it is good to be back.

since we have been back we have jumped right into fall.

maza and cousin jack reunited once again. they are 6 weeks apart.

we have been cheering on BYU. i know they would be playing better if they knew they had such a cute cheerleader rooting for them.

maza sporting her one of a kind pitt dental dress made just for her by her grandma bradshaw. she was a HIT at the picnic we went to!

rich and some guys from his class who also had babies this summer. so cute huh?!

maza is getting closer and closer to rolling over these days. last week i was on the computer and looked over to find her like this!! i don't know if it officially counts as her first flip over because she never figured out how to pull that arm through--but i'd say she gets at least a 95% for this one.

maza is now 3 months old!! a few things about 3 month maza:

--she started sleeping through the night while we were on vacation 8-9 hours! sooo exciting, life is great now! :)
--she smiles more and more
--she has started trying to reach out and grab things and interacts more and more with the hanging toys on her play mat
--her hair still sticks strait up
--she has been to 9 states

so long sweet summer

as the end of august drew to a close, rich had to head back to pittsburgh to start school. it was sad to see him go, but lucky for maza and i we still had a week left of our vacation! we still managed to have a little fun...

maza and i spent our first night away from each other! maza got to hang out with grandma while i had the wonderful opportunity of going on a daddy-daughter campout with all three of my sisters and dad! i don't think this has ever happened, or will happen again for that matter where we are all together. we had a very fun time (at least i think we did--my sisters might say something different) we all slept in a tent together, and went on a early morning hike and the best part was a stop at dudley's bakery for breakfast on the way home.

maza got to wish everyone a happy first day of school while we were there.

we had lots of girl time!!

mom, maza and i went on a roadtrip to utah for swiss days! we had so much fun, and maza was a champion traveler! we found lots of treasures at swiss days and came back with a very full van. :)

we also were able to see lots of family on both sides while we were there, but wished we could've stayed for a whole other week so we could've seen everyone! it was especially great to finally meet corbin. he and maza are only 3 months apart. so fun!

hello california

next stop on our trip: san diego. and let me tell you, it is good to be back in california! i am soaking up all the sun i can while we are here.

maza with her aunties.

maza lounging in her tub

our cute smiley girl

maza is just part of the family. isn't she cute sitting at the table with everyone?

pool time!

while mom and dad were in vegas for the weekend rich and i went on an adventure with everyone up to julian. we walked around town, had a delicious lunch, got bread at dudley's. we had a really fun day!

maza and i sporting our sunday best.

matching skirts we bought together in pittsburgh!

The Pacific Northwest

rich has the month of august off and we decided to head out west! --3 years down, only ONE MORE to go!!!

first stop: seattle. we stayed with grandma and grandpa wirrick and were able to see aunts, uncles and cousins. it was so nice to visit with them and be back in washington.

maza and her great grandma!

my favorite day was probably when we went out to auntie and uncles house to help auntie celebrate her 80th birthday. we decided that it had been 9 YEARS since we had seen each other. way too long!! i have such great memories of auntie's house, it was fun to be back. and of course, maza was a hit wherever she went.

rich, maza and i with auntie and uncle.

next stop: portland (salem). we drove down from seattle to visit rich's brother john and his family. we had a great time with them! we loved playing tennis and eating delicious food. they have a beautiful home and it was fun to check out the area.

hannah and josh were so good to maza. hannah was such a good helper and loved to feed maza, change her diaper, pick out her clothes and sing to her.

while we were in oregon maza turned 2 months old!! a few things about 2 month old maza:
--We had a doctors appointment right before we left and she is over 10 pounds!! She is a great eater now.
--She has learned how to smile and we cannot get enough of it.
--She sleeps a stretch of 5-7 hours at night and then will go back to sleep for another 3 more or less.
--She loves to be held facing out--she wants to be looking at everyone and see what's going on
--She still has rockstar hair and gets compliments on her hair all the time.

we love our sweet girl!!

maza is 1 month old!

today we had maza's one month check up. she now weighs 8 lbs. 13 oz. she's gained almost 2 lbs. woo hoo! i also figured today would be a good day to update you on what has been going on these days! she has been a busy girl lately. she had her blessing on the third of july and was lucky enough to have both sets of grandparents to share in her special day! she looked like a little angel in her dress that her grandma bradshaw made her, and the cute headband was made by my friend melanie.



we had so much fun having my family here for a whole week! only my mom has been out to visit so i loved having my whole family here!

we were able to celebrate the 4th of july together. we headed downtown in the afternoon to watch a pirates game. it was hot! mazie was a champ. we were planning on just staying and hanging out downtown and then watching fireworks but we decided to bring maza home after and grandma & grandpa bradshaw were going to watch her. well, as soon as we got back a HUGE thunder storm hit. we were halfway to my family and couldn't decide if we should go back or keep going. after huddling under a tree for a few minutes we decided to make a run for it back to our car and go rescue my family who were all huddled under a blanket protecting the food and rich's camera. i so wish i could have gotten a picture of them!! by the time we got to them we were all completely drenched!! thank goodness mazie wasn't with us. we went home, got all clean and dry and played games, lit sparklers and attempted to watch the fireworks through the trees on our porch. not quite what we had planned, but it will def. be a 4th of july to remember! :)



maza also went on her first out of state trip to kirtland ohio for the day. she did great! it gives us hope for all the travels we are planning on this august. it was a beautiful day and we had a great time learning about the history of our church. we finished the day with dinner at max & erma's. YUM!



my family was also able to help me celebrate my birthday on the 6th!! we went out to dinner at texas roadhouse which was sooo delicious. so no one in my family will confess, but someone let slip it was my birthday and i got sung to texas roadhouse style, complete with a cowboy hat and having to sit on a saddle. embarrassing!!! hence, why i am wearing a cowboy hat in this picture. thank you everyone for the birthday wishes, it was a great day!



and...just a few pictures of cute 1 month old maza!! we just love her so much.

she is finally here!

well i don't know about you guys, but i was starting to think our baby was never going to come. i was planning on sending out an e-mail asking for round 2 of guesses but luckily she came just in time! around 3:30 the morning of june 8th i started feeling contractions. we left for the hospital a little after 8.

my last pregnant belly shot!! woo hoo.

i got my epidural around 12:30 and at 7:37 that night maza bradshaw made her debut weighing 6 lbs 15 oz and 20.5 inches long. i couldn't believe how beautiful she was, and how much hair she had!! :)we have got lots of comments on her name. maza was my great grandma's name and we just love it. we also thought calling her mazie would be pretty fun.

here she is just a few minutes old:



the next day. i can't believe how much she changes every day!

on friday we came home from the hospital. our first official family picture. (well, atleast where i am fully clothed) :)

abi made us such cute welcome home signs. we are so happy to be home! i can't believe it has already been a week since maza has been a part of our lives. we love having her she is such a sweet girl. i have been so lucky to have such great help. my mom was here until monday and roxanne and auntie rae have been hanging out with me this week, as well as living next door to abi plus great friends who visit and bring me food. i am one lucky girl!.


pictures of our little mazie girl now one week old.


thank you everyone for your thoughts, prayers, presents, notes, and continual support. we love you!