Zoo!

We took Maisie for her first trip to the zoo today, and she LOVED it! Here are some of the best pics. Happy New Year everyone!

Absolutely beautiful Cloud Leopard. As you can tell, Maisie wasn't that impressed.


In front of the lion gnawing on a carcas. Maisie kept saying, "RAAWR!!"


All bundled up.


The most exciting animal of the day according to Maisie - the rare and exotic goat.


Elephants!

Happy Holidays

Maisie is a lucky little girl, who gets to enjoy both major winter holidays - Chanukah and Christmas. I mean what 1 1/2 year old doesn't like opening presents:

Her parents finally got their act together this past weekend and put together the presents she has received so far. Votes are still out on exactly which project was most painful to put together. But, you can rest assured that Maisie LOVES her gifts and is keeping herself busy playing with them....

Her new "Cozy Coupe" in which she squeals with glee as she goes flying down the driveway:

Her new vanity, a beautiful addition to her bedroom (Maisie says "neigh" to the horses whenever she climbs up on the stool):

The kitchen and accessories - Maisie keeps busy for hours taking everything out of the pantry (and bringing it to mom or dad 1 by 1) and then putting it all back in again:

Thank you to all her family for these wonderful gifts. More to come with Christmas morning right around the corner.

November pics

November was a busy month...
-- Maisie helped celebrate her great-grandfather's 80th birthday with a surprise birthday dinner in Houston (and visits from her Nana, aunt, and cousins)
-- We had a pre-Thanksgiving feast - tortilla soup - with her Grammy and Papa
-- We road-tripped Shreveport for Thanksgiving. And Maisie did pretty-darn well on the 4+ hour trip and enjoyed BBQ shrimp with Nanna, plus the traditional Thanksgiving meal at Pop and Anne's
-- Maisie had her 2nd Thanksgiving meal in Houston with Mama and Barry....
-- Not to mention playing with her neighborhood friends

And we have the pictures to prove it!

11 2009

Santa!

For those of you who've been following the blog since last year, does this guy look familiar??




We took Maisie back to see Santa at the McKinsey Children's Holiday party. This year we were a little worried that Maisie would be afraid of him...but she was FASCINATED by him. Happy Holidays!

Uh oh

First things first - no one panic...it looks worse in this pic than it really is.

Maisie got her first black eye yesterday, caused by a fall into the coffee table while romping around the living room. Here she is this morning, after it had some time to swell up over night.

Nice shiner, kiddo.

The good news is that she doesn't seem to mind at all. After about a 2 minute cry, you'd never know it happened by watching her play since.

October pics

We are headed to Shreveport shortly to begin Thanksgiving celebrations, but to keep you occupied until we get back - here are October's best shots:

October

The latest in dinnertime fashion.

Yep, that's my daughter.