Maisers
Butterfly Kisses
Justin and Maisie danced tonight. Maisie loves to be moving. She mostly loves us to hold her and move and we have found that it is more fun if we dance, so often times we will dance with her. Watching a little one month old baby (my baby!) dance with her daddy was really one of the more precious things I have ever seen. Justin held Maisie as if they were doing the waltz, with her little arm out. It was like something you might see in a movie! When Justin looked down at Maisie he found her staring into his face. He looked back up and said with tears in his eyes, "I don’t want to dance with you at a wedding," meaning Maisie’s wedding. Oh Justin is such a softy! He loves his little girl!!! (Oh, if you didn’t "get" my title, I am sort of joking…
Read MoreRemember the days?
Remember the days when I used to post about weird things like mullets? I scrolled down the main page of my blog to find that EVERY post had to do with our new baby. Now this one does too. I can’t escape it. I am obsessed and overtaken by this new part of my life. I love it though. I love everything to do with her. I used to research on the internet the best workouts or some other weird thing, but now I research breastfeeding, sleep schedules for babies, why she cries the way she does, anything baby and I am reading it! It is out of control! It is so consuming! I do have to say that I miss writing about dodging dog poop in the streets of Paris or writing about my new bad haircut. But since I am so obsessed with this new little person, I…
Read MoreHelp us!!!!
Sleep…a thing of the past. I LOVE my sleep! One of the most frustrating things about being pregnant was using the bathroom ten million times a night! Now that the baby is here, my bathroom trips have lessoned, but I am up even more! I am SUPER thankful for Maisie and we still love each other. Don’t worry! I just miss uninterrupted sleep. Justin and I would like some advice though. Here is Maisie’s sleep schedule at night: -She eats between 9 and 10pm -Sleeps till 11pm or 12am -Awake till around 1 or 2am! WIDE AWAKE! And she is a bit fussy during these times. Will NOT sleep. -Finally falls asleep around 1 or 2am and doesn’t wake up till around 6am for a feeding and goes right back to bed till 9am. So the question. Justin and I are night owls and we don’t mind that she is…
Read MoreWe love each other
We have a bond. A mother daughter bond. Maisie is my little part of me that I just can’t get enough of. When she was in my womb, we stuck together. Like when Justin and I got in an argument, Maisie was there. When I felt alone, Maisie was there. I am not saying that I depended on her. It is just that it was sort of comforting knowing that a little person was with me all the time. Well, she had no choice really because she was in my womb. Now though, now she has a choice. It is so precious to me that she knows the difference between other people and me. And she prefers me! How great is that!?! I love it! She now stares at me while I am changing her diaper, which I love. And today when I was feeding her, I caught her staring…
Read MoreBaby is here!
I am alive! I know it seems as though I fell off the face of the earth, but I haven’t. I have just had a child. That’s all! So as you have probably heard, Maisie Rae arrived on December 3rd! She was bigger than expected at 7.98 pounds and 20.47 inches long! She is a mini Justin and is the most precious thing I have ever seen. The birth was…interesting. Yes, painful. I had an epidural (the kind that they re-administer every time it begins to wear off). You can also walk around with the epidural I had. I could feel a bit of the contractions, but I could feel the pressure of Maisie wanting to join the world even more! It was quite painful, but an amazing experience that I wouldn’t trade for anything. Maisie was wide awake and ready to explore the world right when she came out. …
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