Reminder - we've moved!!

We've heard from a few folks who didn't know that we moved our page. You can follow all of our latest activities at:

maisieandclaire.blogspot.com

And then there were two...

On August 24th, 2010, Claire Leigh Moncrief joined our family.  At 19 inches and 6 lbs, 1 oz, she may be small, but she's already made a big impact. Not to mention the uncanny resemblance to her big sister (check out the picture in the upper right corner of the page as a point of comparison).  Maisie is excited by her "big girl" status and we are settling into a new routine together.

 
One of the first changes we're making is to discontinue this blog and create a new one.  Follow our adventures here: http://maisieandclaire.blogspot.com/

July pictures

Almost caught up now...here are the rest of July's photos. Baby Moncrief #2 comes any day now....so look forward to some great big sis/lil sis pictures coming soon!

07 2010

The GGs

Maisie's great-grandparents also visited us during the month of July.

GG Audrey brought Maisie her very first tutu - and to say that Maisie LOVES it would be a giant understatement. We had trouble getting it off of her at the end of the night to go to sleep


We also took a trip to the Children's museum which was a blast. Its such a cool place and can keep Maisie entertained for hours....

Here is Maisie in the museums "Grocery store"

And making a chalk drawing with Dad

Thanks for coming to visit Popop and GG!

Shreveport 2010

We made our semi-annual pilgrimage to Shreveport in July. Maisie got to see her grandparents and Aunt/Uncle and we also got to catch up with some of my childhood friends. It was a quick trip, but we had a great time!

Dinner with Pop, Anne, Aunt Julie and Uncle Ken

Playing with my new friend Noa....I think my mom has pictures of me and Evan (Noa's dad) when we were less than 6 months old.

Hanging in Nanna's yard

With Dad:

Rocking out to "The ABCs" on the car ride back to Houston. Maisie was a trooper in through the 4+ hour carride (and the DVD player didn't hurt either)

Visitors....the first of many

July was a busy month in the Moncrief household. We had visitors galore and also made a trip to Shreveport.

Our first visit was from Brian's sister Jackie and Maisie's cousins - Jackson and Georgia. This was the first time the kids had the chance to meet - but you certainly couldn't tell. They had a blast together.

Swimming:

Eating dinner together:

Jackson throwing the baseball with Brian:

Maisie trying to keep up with Brian and Jackson playing baseball:

Parading around the house:
I have a great video of Jackson, Georgia, and Maisie parading around the house - pushing and pulling Maisie's toys. But, I'm having technical difficulties and will try to post it another time....

Baby Sister

We've been talking to Maisie a lot about the pending arrival of her "baby sister". She definitely knows that baby sister is currently in mommy's belly (and likes to say good night to baby sister - rubbing my belly while we are reading bed time stories). But, we're pretty sure that she has no idea what's coming and how her life is going to change in the next few months.

There have already been some changes around the house. As you saw in the last group of pictures, Maisie moved rooms and we repainted the green stripes that were part of her original nursery in our old house. We've also gotten a room ready for the new baby as well. You all know that Brian and I are pretty ambitious with these projects. Well, this time we went for polka dots instead of stripes....and we're pretty happy with how it turned out!




The countdown is on. Officially 27 days to go...but since Maisie surprised us 2 weeks early, we'll keep you posted!