December 27, 2007
Christmas Eve and Morning
Christmas Eve dinner prepared by Nana - This child LOVES meat! Roast beef, peas and rice, yum.
Maisie's stocking gift - a winter Elmo (also doubles as a phone)
Saint Nicholas' biggest helper (donning his new hand-made scarf)
Maisie trying out her new hair clip from Auntie Mel
Combination houka and coffee maker - also makes julienne fries!
Maisie's stocking gift - a winter Elmo (also doubles as a phone)
Saint Nicholas' biggest helper (donning his new hand-made scarf)
Maisie trying out her new hair clip from Auntie Mel
Combination houka and coffee maker - also makes julienne fries!
December 20, 2007
I know, I know...
It's been WAY too long. Life is busy. Rich's jobsite at Hope Pres (building the new sanctuary) is wrapping up so he's been working a lot. Maisie and I spend most of our days trying to keep the house clean and making good food. We also enjoy small doses of PBS programming like "It's a Big, Big World", "Word World", "Barney" (yes, it's true...but here's the worst) and "Teletubbies".
Horrendous, I know. But she loves these shows and the joy she exudes when she recognizes the characters and the songs (coupled with the free moments I get while she is enthralled with her on-screen friends) makes it very, very worthwhile.
I have been teaching French lessons which has really challenged my fluency and has been a lot of fun. Rich and I are on "hiatus" from music and leading worship, and just listening to God. At the moment, He's telling me I think much more highly of myself than I ought to but, for most of you, that probably comes as no surprise. Isn't it great to be free to know you're not perfect?
Maisie is an incredible little girl. We look at her every day and think "There's no way she's only 17 months old". She feels things very deeply and with very big emotions. She's expressive, lovely, and funny. She loves laughing, dancing, talking, exploring, climbing, trying new things and challenging herself to do things she finds interesting. She is so, so smart and is gaining a lot of momentum with language and communication. And she loves to go to sleep when she's tired. That's probably one of the things I appreciate the most about her right now. She will come to me and tell me that she's tired and it's time for bed. No fighting it, no crying, but insisting that I recognize she's tired and it's time for "night-night" (which she says, very clearly). She's an amazing little life and we are really beginning to enjoy her.
Here are some pictures of Maisie over the past couple months as the weather has begun to change (you can click on the pictures to enlarge them).
The wind in the trees will capture her attention and leave her still for minutes at a time
Riding her whip around the yard (whip is slang for car, for those of you in less "urban" areas)
If there's water, her hands are in it - her drinking glass, the dog's water bowl, you name it.
Our Beautiful Baby
The day she fought the cereal. The jury's still out on who won. It was a pretty even match.
In training to be a magician's assistant. Gotta start 'em young.
She was in the middle of telling me a story.
Hope you are doing well. Let us know!
Horrendous, I know. But she loves these shows and the joy she exudes when she recognizes the characters and the songs (coupled with the free moments I get while she is enthralled with her on-screen friends) makes it very, very worthwhile.
I have been teaching French lessons which has really challenged my fluency and has been a lot of fun. Rich and I are on "hiatus" from music and leading worship, and just listening to God. At the moment, He's telling me I think much more highly of myself than I ought to but, for most of you, that probably comes as no surprise. Isn't it great to be free to know you're not perfect?
Maisie is an incredible little girl. We look at her every day and think "There's no way she's only 17 months old". She feels things very deeply and with very big emotions. She's expressive, lovely, and funny. She loves laughing, dancing, talking, exploring, climbing, trying new things and challenging herself to do things she finds interesting. She is so, so smart and is gaining a lot of momentum with language and communication. And she loves to go to sleep when she's tired. That's probably one of the things I appreciate the most about her right now. She will come to me and tell me that she's tired and it's time for bed. No fighting it, no crying, but insisting that I recognize she's tired and it's time for "night-night" (which she says, very clearly). She's an amazing little life and we are really beginning to enjoy her.
Here are some pictures of Maisie over the past couple months as the weather has begun to change (you can click on the pictures to enlarge them).
The wind in the trees will capture her attention and leave her still for minutes at a time
Riding her whip around the yard (whip is slang for car, for those of you in less "urban" areas)
If there's water, her hands are in it - her drinking glass, the dog's water bowl, you name it.
Our Beautiful Baby
The day she fought the cereal. The jury's still out on who won. It was a pretty even match.
In training to be a magician's assistant. Gotta start 'em young.
She was in the middle of telling me a story.
Hope you are doing well. Let us know!
October 19, 2007
End of Summer Cuties
Last Day of Summer!
Maisie + Runa = BFF
(If you look closely you'll notice Maisie's lip is swollen and there's some blood on her shirt. She had fallen and punctured her lip with her tooth - AGAIN. Her bottom tooth went straight through her lip from the inside to the oustide. Lovely. Sadly, not the first time but, hopefully the last.)
Cruisin', Looking for trouble
Brennan and Lillian, our neighbors
These strange flowers blew in overnight from some exotic place. They grew all over Berclair but no one planted them and no one had them last year. While I was getting the front bed ready for fall, I found several more "bulbs" that never fully grew, just leaves that had sprouted, all huddled up around these three (which, incidentally, are now dead). Odd, but beautiful, it really made my weekend when they blossomed. We had to wait a few days after they sprouted to even see what they'd look like. One of the three in these pictures was just starting to bloom, that's what they all looked like for days. These aren't great shots. We were on our way out the door when I saw they had bloomed and I wanted to snap them quickly in case I didn't get a chance to later. I didn't, so, glad I got them!
Maisie + Runa = BFF
(If you look closely you'll notice Maisie's lip is swollen and there's some blood on her shirt. She had fallen and punctured her lip with her tooth - AGAIN. Her bottom tooth went straight through her lip from the inside to the oustide. Lovely. Sadly, not the first time but, hopefully the last.)
Cruisin', Looking for trouble
Brennan and Lillian, our neighbors
These strange flowers blew in overnight from some exotic place. They grew all over Berclair but no one planted them and no one had them last year. While I was getting the front bed ready for fall, I found several more "bulbs" that never fully grew, just leaves that had sprouted, all huddled up around these three (which, incidentally, are now dead). Odd, but beautiful, it really made my weekend when they blossomed. We had to wait a few days after they sprouted to even see what they'd look like. One of the three in these pictures was just starting to bloom, that's what they all looked like for days. These aren't great shots. We were on our way out the door when I saw they had bloomed and I wanted to snap them quickly in case I didn't get a chance to later. I didn't, so, glad I got them!
Duets
This might become a running theme in our house. These are a couple shots of Maisie and Rich's duet. She and Runa were playing together today, too, but I didn't get the camera in time.
August 21, 2007
In the 13th month of her life...
We haven't updated our blog in a while because, as of late, it has become increasingly more difficult to photograph Maisie. Is it any wonder? She took her first solo steps July 23 and ever since is on the go, stopping only to sleep, and usually not then, either. She has just about mastered the skill of standing up "in the middle of nowhere" completely unassisted, and walking from there to anywhere she wants. She is great at regaining her balance, changing direction and going the distance. Within the next week or so she will likely be running everywhere and probably won't stop, even in her sleep. Wheee!!!
So, when we do try to take her picture, we usually get something like these first three as she books it across the room or tries to "do what mama is doing":
I love this one, it's a creepy kind of funny with her gappy little baby teeth and drooly mouth
A typical day around the house for Maisie, clothing optional of course! It has been above 100F for two weeks straight but even still, she's just so darn cute sans clothing
Cuteness and sweetness
This is what she does when we say "make a funny face, Maisie!"
She was in the middle of telling me a story - she babbles constantly. She even wakes up babbling
She is so good at roaring like a lion! Too good, in fact - she tries so hard she gags herself, it's hilarious
Escaping out the side of the chair
Working on those biped skills!
So, when we do try to take her picture, we usually get something like these first three as she books it across the room or tries to "do what mama is doing":
I love this one, it's a creepy kind of funny with her gappy little baby teeth and drooly mouth
A typical day around the house for Maisie, clothing optional of course! It has been above 100F for two weeks straight but even still, she's just so darn cute sans clothing
Cuteness and sweetness
This is what she does when we say "make a funny face, Maisie!"
She was in the middle of telling me a story - she babbles constantly. She even wakes up babbling
She is so good at roaring like a lion! Too good, in fact - she tries so hard she gags herself, it's hilarious
Escaping out the side of the chair
Working on those biped skills!
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