We have been spending lots of time in the basement due to Maisie being sick, so we thought it would be fun to take off to the beach for the day (yesterday)!  We stopped at a restaurant called Camp 18 (totally not my favorite kind of food, but Justin loved it).  It was his great grandfather’s favorite place to eat on his way to the beach, so it was also a bit sentimental for him.  We took lots of pictures just outside the restaurant (and a couple in as well).  Here are a few of our favorites.  *Oh, and we were bummed not to get any pictures at the beach.  It was too rainy and cold to take pictures!  Brrrrrr!  That is what we get for living in a cold and rainy place!* Still our little goo goo. Such a big girl.  She colors. I love her!!! We were both…

Maisie has been a nightmare to put to sleep lately. It might be because she has been sick. I don’t know. What I do know is that I was getting really frustrated with spending (wasting) so much time trying to get her to sleep. Rocking and rocking and rocking and I can’t even get her to close her eyes! Some nights I don’t mind and I take advantage of the rocking that will soon be no more. Other nights, I just want some time to myself. Anyways, I decided that during these times of trying to get her to sleep, I would spend it talking with God. I have actually been looking forward to putting Maisie down a bit more these days. If I am honest with myself (and you!), the truth is that I haven’t spent much time talking to God lately. I actually have been pretty upset with…

How likely is it that I would be woken up two days in a row by being vomited on? Well, people. It happened. Maisie has been sick. Very sick. It isn’t that she has the stomach flu. It is that she is coughing so much that she ends up gagging on something and then puking her milk all over me. It is so freakin’ gross. But I will tell you something…It is the BEST alarm to get out of bed! It wakes me right up, like a freshly brewed cup of coffee and a cold shower. A cold shower of pukey milk. Sick. Anyways, I jump out of bed ready to start the day. Surprisingly, it hasn’t made me angry. I am an angry waker and usually being woken up any other way than naturally waking up in the late morning will make me go ape and want to scratch…

This may not be exciting to anyone else, but I have been trying to encourage Maisie to have a “lovey” or something that she can sort of cling to and sleep with and you know, something that is sort of extra special to her.  For Maisie’s birthday, my sister got her a little baby from Target and right away Maisie loved it.  But she didn’t cling to it.  It was definitely one of the (if not THE) favorite toy she had,  Since then she has played with it more than any other toy, but I wondered if this would be the “lovey” of Maisie’s life.  Today, Maisie wouldn’t stop playing with her little baby.  She pushed her around in her little stroller, fed her pretzels and shared her bottle.  As I was putting Maisie to bed, she hugged her little baby (normally, she would throw anything that was in her…

Maisie has been helping Justin make a pedal board (I think that is what it is called).  Justin’s latest obsession is his electric guitar and making the most of his allowance by buying new pedals, selling them for more than he bought them, and then buying the ones he really wants.   He of course needs something to put all these pedals on, so he is making a board himself. Back to Maisie.  She has been obsessed with Justin’s guitar things.  Her favorite thing is to sit on his guitar case (perfect height for a little bench for her) or twist the little knobs on his amp.  She also likes to mess with his pedals, but that is what he gets for leaving it all out!  She is totally into Justin right now and what he is doing.  It is pretty cute.  When he is gone, she says his name (“dagnee”)…