Under the weather

Its bound to happen to every baby at some point, but we were hoping to put it off as long as possible. I guess eight months is a pretty good run before getting sick for the first time.

We knew something was wrong on Tuesday night when she cried and cried and didn't want to go to sleep. On Wednesday Maisie woke up with a fever and you could just tell she didn't feel well. We got her into the doctor's office who promptly confirmed our guess that she had an ear infection. And right in time for Christmas eve, poor thing.

We've got her on antibiotics and Tylenol and now, 2 days later, she's almost back to her normal happy self. As you can see from the pictures below, she just felt awful.

Daddy is pouting on Maisie's behalf

All wrapped up with mom and watching daddy grill (not exactly your typical Christmas eve dinner, but you make do)


Up next - the Christmas post!

Happy Chanukah!!

Well, the count down of "first" holidays continues...this time its Chanukah!

Maisie has celebrated in style. On the first night, we had our friends Mitch and Dawn and 4 month old Sophie over. We fried up some laktes (including a minor incident where the paper towels soaking up the oil caught on fire) and lit the candles.


On the second night, Maisie helped mom light the candles.

Maisie also opened her first present. What an adventure that was...first she had to taste the card, then try to eat the bow, and finally rip the paper.
Of course, Mandy had to get in on the action too...
But it was all worth it - when she got to her first new toy this holiday season. (Thank you Aunt Jeri!)

Happy Chanukah to all!

Tupperware and army crawls

Maisie clearly has a toy of choice these days, and it's....Tupperware! Pots and pans run a close 2nd, in case you were wondering.

Here she is in action, navigating her way across the living room floor.

Sorry for the poor video quality - I took this with my cell phone.

--Brian

Maisie and Santa

For my first post on this blog, I present Maisie and Santa!

Just so everyone knows, Michele did all of the actual work here - she took Maisie to her work holiday party last weekend while I was in class, and got her to pose for this picture. Apparently Maisie was fascinated with Santa's beard, which is why he's holding her hand, to keep her from grabbing it.

But, I also need to let everyone know that Michele is in Napa this weekend with her girlfriends from business school, drinking wine and reliving her pre-motherhood glory days. No, I'm not jealous at all. ;)

By the way - this guy is the coolest Santa ever. Check out his expression - he's obviously done this a time or two...

Mad Maisie

Maisie is usually so good-natured, people often say they've never seen her cry. We rush to assure them that when she gets mad - she definitely lets us know it. (I'm not sure why exactly people want to see a baby cry, but they do. We parents, on the other hand, spend all day trying to avoid it) Well, here is proof - Maisie gets mad and she crys...

On Thanksgiving day, there was so much activity and so many people around, that Maisie didn't want to take a nap. Her patient parents let her cry for a bit hoping she'd tire out and fall asleep, but she was having nothing to do with it. So instead her Pop decided to take her for a walk. As you can tell from this picture - she's pissed ;) But, nothing that a walk in the stroller can't fix.

Busy Month

November has been a busy month, filled with lots of fun activities and many firsts and new skills for Maisie. Since my last posting Maisie has quickly moved from sitting up on her own, to crawling (well army style crawling anyway), to getting to a seated position on her own. All of this has been very exciting, but has brought with it a whole new set of challenges (e.g. you can't leave her in one place and expect her to be there when you look back 2 seconds later, she's chasing poor Mandy around the living room, and now everything in her line of sight is a toy including the stereo equipment and computer cables).

We've also had a busy month of visits with our families with Thanksgiving and all its accompanying celebrations. Maisie had her share of first Thanksgiving meals, including 3 Turkey dinners. She loved getting to see all of her family including grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.




Lots more pictures available here:

November 2008

Happy Halloween!

Of course no baby's blog would be complete without the gratuitously cute 1st Halloween costume photos. So, we won't deprive you. Originally I thought I was going to have to get a costume for the sole purpose of taking pictures of Maisie in it. Luckily, my playgroup came to the rescue and had a Halloween dress-up playgroup, so Maisie actually got to wear her costume twice.

And, drumroll please....here she is, our Lady Bug :)

And here is a link to all of the rest of the October photos:

October 2008