Dinner time!

To make up for forgetting to post January pictures, here's a video from tonight at dinner.

Funny how slinging food all over the place is cute, when it's your kid.... :)

--Brian

Oops...

Thanks to Pop who pointed out that I forgot to put up the January pictures. I can't get to the individual ones right now to put up a proper blog posting (they are on the other computer which is at school with Brian at the moment). But I can post a link to them in Picasa....so here goes.

January 2009

And by the way, the countdown is on...What countdown you ask? The countdown to MAISIE'S FIRST BIRTHDAY, of course!

42 days to go....

Visiting the GGs

Maisie took her first plane flight last weekend. We all took a trip to Florida to visit her GGs and her 3G (that is her great-grandparents and her 98 year old great-great-grandmother). Even her veteran traveler parents were a little worried about 2 1/2 hours on a regional jet with a 10 month old in their laps !!

We thought our worst fears were realized when we had a 1/2 hour delay while already on the plane on the way out and an 1 1/2 hour delay in the airport on the way back. But as we hoped, Maisie was a trooper. She slept for about 45 min on each leg and then we kept her busy with a bag full of toys, cheerios, and those wonderful in-flight magazines (so fun to rip to pieces!!).

Airport and airplane fun:

If you can't tell, Maisie's great-grandparents were beyond thrilled to see her:

5 generations (missing her Nanna):

Maisie also got to go swimming in Florida...and she LOVED it. She didn't even mind when dad dunked her under the water:

The rest of the Florida pictures (and other REALLY cute pictures from this month are available here):

February 2009

Getting girly

Well I came home from work the other day, and I was greeted by possibly the cutest thing ever...My daughter with bows in her hair. Yes, she finally has enough hair to support all those adorable little bows. And her nanny, Miriam, loves to play with her hair and get her looking girly! Here are a few pictures for proof:

9 months old

Hard to believe Maisie turned 9 months old last week. Today she had her 9 month check up and everything is going according to plan....The stats:
Height: 29 inches (95th percentile)
Weight: 19 lbs 7 oz (50-75the percentile)
Head circumference: 17 inches (50-75th percentile)

We are also enjoying having our happy little girl back after the triple-whammy of the holiday ear infection, the first two teeth right after new years and then 3-4 days of virus.

Here she is hanging in the exersaucer watching dad pull weeds. Got to love "winter" in Houston:


And if you didn't believe she was daddy's little girl before, this ought to convince you:


Our posting has certainly slowed down now that we're back at work after the holidays, but here are some pictures to tide you over (the whole set from the holidays). Enjoy!

December 2008

Date night!

The last couple of weeks have been....well...challenging. Maisie got sick again, most likely with a virus of some kind, and sleep has come at a premium for all of us.

So when we got a chance to get out of the house and go to a Rockets game, we found a babysitter as fast as we could. Even better, we were in a suite with free food and beer (YAY BEER!!) and we got to sit courtside for a quarter.

Here are a few shots from the game:









And for those of you who only come to this blog to see pics of Maisie (you know who you are), here's a shot of her learning how to clap with her Nanna. :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Maisie may be only 9 months old, but she already knows how to party.

Happy New Year to you all!
Love, Michele, Brian and Maisie