Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Whistle while you work....

I know this probably violates a dozen child labor laws, but I promise it wasn't my idea. Maisie went into the closet all by herself, and pulled out one of her new favorite toys - THE BROOM.

The way I figure it, she sees Miriam sweep almost every day (thanks to Mandy) and has decided that it looks like fun. I'm not complaining!!!


Summertime, and the living's easy....

For those of you wondering what's kept us busy for the past month or so, we've been remodeling our new (to us) house, and trying feverishly to sell our current house.

On the remodel front, I've attached a couple of albums below, for those of you who might be interested in all of the construction activities.

On the sales front - we have a contract on our house! Took about 4 (very tense, at times) weeks, but we're past inspections and expect to close on July 8th.

For those of you who tune in for Maisie updates only - she'll be back in a starring role very soon... :)

--Brian

Florence House - Before

Florence House - During

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

More pictures

Here are the rest of the pictures from April and May for your viewing pleasure

April 2009


May 2009

Sunday, June 7, 2009

At last....the Birthday Blog.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAISIE!!!

So, we've gotten a bit of a hard time for failing to get Maisie's first birthday posted on the blog. I know there is no excuse, but lets just say we've had computer issues and been just little bit busy the last two months.

Maisie's 1st birthday weekend was great. She had so many people in town to see her...Nanna Sandy, Pop and Anne, her GGs, Aunt Julie and Uncle Ken. And of course her Houston family Grandma Lois and Barry, and Papa and Grammy joined in the celebration.

Here are some of the highlights. The full set of pictures is available though the link at the bottom:

Why are we clapping? Well....let's just say, you do what you gotta do to get a smile. In an effort to get Maisie to smile for the camera, Brian was throwing the ball for Mandy (because Maisie LOVES watching her chase it)...and managed to throw the ball over the fence instead. We're all saying "YAY"!!


The FIRST picture of the birthday girl on her big day. Still in her jammies!

MMM.. the first bite of birthday cake. In fact the first bite of any kind of cake, ever. If she's anything like mom, it wont' be the last:

Maisie got a bunch of bows with all the cute outfits she received for her birthday. We decided she needed to wear them all at once!

Maisie got some many gifts from all her family and had a great time opening them all:


And here are the rest - Enjoy!!
Birthday Weekend