So I realize that I haven't posted on my blog lately.  Let me first say that I tried to post on my blog last week, but for some reason, typepad would not let me post.  It was obnoxious as I had written a whole post.  A little update of our craziness.  Maisie has had an earache and had a really bad fever for a few days.  It was nightmare-ish.  She was clingy, wouldn't let go of me, slept ON TOP of me, either cried and whimpered nonstop or spaced out like she was in a coma, and didn't smile for three days.  I took her into the doctor the third day when her fever got worse to find out she had an ear infection.  Poor little nugget.  She is on antibiotics and is doing MUCH better now!  Her fever is gone, but she is still pulling at her ear a…

Some random pictures, because that’s the kind of friend I am! 🙂 I love this picture (despite the fact that Maisie’s hair is out of control!!!!) because this is RIGHT after Justin got back from his week long trip in Spain.  Maisie couldn’t wipe that smile off her face if she tried!!!  She LOVES her Daddy! Maisie is such a freakin’ big girl.  She loves climbing into chairs (she is obsessed with chairs) and then just chillin’ there.  This is on the patio of a place we have been hanging out a lot at in Roseville.  Great coffee (or iced tea with frozen berries if you are me) and great place for Maisie to run around! Same cafe, but different day.  Maisie loves bagel and cream cheese.  Yessss.  Bread and cheese girl, just like her mama…. and every other woman in the US of A!  I had to post this…

My sister Amy and her little girl always do funny little girly things and then say in a cute little voice, “We’re girls!” It is actually pretty cute and you probably need to hear it to understand just how cute it is. Well, I have been looking forward to when Maisie and I can do girly things together. I should first say that every morning we already apply our makeup together. Maisie sits on the counter next to where I am getting ready and goes through my makeup, pretending to put it on herself. So cute! Yesterday I decided to paint my toes. I got out the nail polish and started painting a toenail when Maisie came over and plopped herself next to me. Hmmmm, I wondered if she would sit still long enough to let me paint her toenails. She definitely doesn’t like to get them clipped, but painted…

I was meaning to post these pictures right after they were taken, but forgot to as I left for California the following day!  So we took these pictures the day before we left Portland!  I am sure Maisie misses Grandma Ann reading to her and Papa George chasing her around! Maisie was getting a bit tired in this picture! A little family picture taken at a DELISH Mexican restaurant! Squished together heads!  This was Dennis Quick’s doing!  But it actually turned out pretty cute in my opinion!!!

…but I feel the need to talk about Babywise again. A lot of my close friends and family used this parenting technique and have sworn by it, but I honestly cannot wrap my mind around the whole concept of letting your brand new baby (who has only known your womb) cry ALONE in his/her crib for a period of time. I don’t get it. Ok, maybe older babies I can understand this a bit more, but brand new babies? And I don’t really get the scheduled feeding thing either. I get it to a point, but honestly, aren’t some babies little bellies maybe just smaller and need to eat more often than every 3 1/2 hours? It isn’t necessarily the long distance between feedings that bother me, but the crying alone in their crib. What in the world is wrong with rocking your baby to sleep? It isn’t like you…