You Belong to Jesus, Maya

We dedicated Maya Abigail to the Lord Jesus on Mother's Day. We pray over you, Maya, the LORD bless you and keep you. The LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Your whole family drove in to be a part of dedicating you to Jesus and to pray over you. Many things were prophesied over you on this day by your friends and family members...

•  Romans 5:5 "Hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us."
• You will be a pleasure and a delight!
• II Corinthians 3:18 "And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the LORD's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the LORD, who is the Spirit." You will behold the face of Christ and illuminate His Presence to others!
• Water washing and filling your inner being. You will be filled mightily of the LORD!
• Isaiah 30:15 "In quietness and trust is your strength." 
• A love for people, specifically a love for people from other nations
• A gift of prophetic singing

 

Lolly made your beautiful white dress

Kevin and Stacey Johnson prayed for you

This is one happy girl. Let's party!

Auntie Ash and Uncle Dave had all of us over to their apartment for lunch afterwards.

Your keluraga besar

Better Together

Goofin' off around Nana's house...

Maya enjoyed tickling the ivories

We took a trip to Waco...

Walking around on the Baylor campus

MJ and I used to take lots of walks here when we were dating. It was so fun to revisit it with Maya and to consider all that God had done!

Back at Nana's again...

I can almost hear Maya laughing in this one!

Our good friends Dustin and Bonnie came to see us. It was so good to see them again!!!

Four Generations

We got dressed up and took some pictures of the four generations of women in our family.

More Fun with Family

We loved getting to soak in being with our families. Couldn't get enough of being together!

Andrew and Maya meet!

With Uncle Bob

Andrew checks out the new cousin

Drew and his pretty women

She's all smiles!

What a cute expression!

Playing together

Auntie Ash helps with bathtime

All wrapped up

This is the life

No lack of attention around these parts

Being doted on some more :)

Easter morning. He is Risen!

Egg dying: a tried and true tradition at the Perry household


 

Oh Happy Day!!!

What a sweet, sweet reunion it was with our families as we hugged each other for the first time in over almost 3 years and as they held Maya for the first time! God is good!

Home at last!

 In her grandmother's arms

Nana can't get enough

Aunt Merf!

This is one proud granddaddy!

Auntie Ash gets some sugar from a tired lil Maya

Off to Bali!

Before we headed back to America we took a family vacation to Bali- our first vacation as a family of three. We packed up our little Honda City and embarked on the 10 hour drive...

On the ferry crossing over from Java to Bali

Here we come, Bali!

A true beach babe. This was taken at Uluwatu, one of the most famous (and beautiful) surf spots in the world.

Maya is serenaded at Jimbaran

Busy, busy

We had a busy weekend! On Saturday we went to some hot springs up in the mountains with our friends. As much as I wanted to put Maya in her cute little strawberry bathing suit (that her Auntie Ash bought her), I couldn’t bring myself to do it because the sun was SOOOOO strong! MJ came home with a bright red sunburn on his back as proof. Poor guy!

Giving her strawberry bathing suit a try. Cute as a button! It was a gift from Auntie Ash.

 Then Sunday we went to our friend Eli’s wedding out in the “desa” (village). Maya throughly enjoyed being passed around at the reception as EVERYONE wanted to hold her.

Maya’s latest accomplishments include: drooling, sucking on her hands, staring in a very intruiged manner at her hands, and her very first ever chuckle (heard on February 26th while playing with Daddy)!!!

Celebrating our 4th anniversary!