The unfortunate incident

As most people know by now, Maisie had an unfortunate run-in with our glass coffee table about a month ago. It was an incident that sent us to the ER and she ended up with one stitch in her lip. On top of that, her tooth (the one next to the big front tooth) got pushed up in the gum.

But Maisie is a trooper. After a shot to numb her lip, she let the doctor put in the stitch no problem. And here she is just a day or two later - all smiles.


After two trips to the dentist, we decided on a wait-and-see approach to the tooth. The dentist says is looks ok for now (despite being pushed up in the gums), so we just have to keep our fingers crossed that it holds tight so they don't have to pull it (leaving her toothless until the adult tooth comes in around age 7).

Ahh ....the perils of being a toddler.

Singing in the Rain

Singing in the Rain...Just Singing in the Rain...What a glorious feeling...I'm happy again!

Lots of summer showers in Houston, but Maisie doesn't mind:

We went a birthday party at the Noah's Ark Pool and Maisie had a blast going down on the slides and jumping in and out of the water (Daddy ended up soaked too!)"

Aunt Julie's visit

Aunt Julie came to visit about a month ago. We had a fun weekend - a friend's Cinco de Mayo party, playing at the park, eating ice cream. All around a great weekend. And since our camera was broken - Julie was the official photographer. She sent along these great shots:

Chilling in the car seat on the way to the farmers market:

At the park - Maisie was flirting with a little boy 6 month her junior - super cute :)

On the bicycle:

All smiles/clowning around on the slide

Sister pic:

You will all be happy to know that the digital SLR is at the camera repair shop having the lens repaired AND we've ordered a new point-n-shoot. So I think its fair to say our picture taking frequency will pick up soon!

Last day of school...

Maisie's last day of her first year at "School" was today. And we had a pizza party to celebrate.

Although she wasn't so sure about it to start, Maisie really loved school after she got used to being away from home. She talked about her teachers - Laura and Debbie - all the time and would pull us down the hallway to get to her classroom.

Her teachers put together this video of pictures from the school year - its amazing how much she's grown and changed over the course of the year:

She'll be back at Shlenker this summer for a 5 week camp and the 5 mornings a week next fall...

Gone fishing...

Maisie went on what is sure to be the first of MANY fishing trips this weekend (given that her Grandma, Nanna and Papa are all known to be big fishermen/women).

We weren't certain whether she would squeal in delight at the squirmy fish or be deathly afraid of them...but I think we've determined that she is a natural born angler. Here are a few pictures:

Fishing for minnows in the cooler:

Hard at work - fishing is serious business!

First catch:

April Pictures

Enjoy these photos as they may need to last you for a little while...

Somehow we now have three cameras - none of which work. The SLR has a busted lens, the point-n-shoot suddenly only shoots completely black images, and our old camera (which is now officially Maisie's) has a broken screen.

While we are figuring out our plan concerning cameras - here are April's pictures, including the rest of Maisie's 2nd birthday celebration.

04 2010

Belated Birthday

As you all know, Maisie turned two last month. It has taken us a while to get this post up, but better late than never.

Maisie is a lucky little girl who got to celebrate her birthday for a full week. Two sets of cupcakes and a present every day! Not a bad way to turn 2! (Although she was a little disappointed when on Monday - there were no more presents in the present cabinet...)

Opening presents with Pop and Anne:


Up from a nap - time to celebrate:


All smiles:


Playing "golf" with Grammy:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAISIE - WE LOVE YOU!!!