I realized that I haven’t been very good at writing on here.  I mostly talk about Maisie because she is a HUGE part of my life right now.  I find myself talking about every detail of her.  Even her poop.  It is getting out of control.  So I am thinking to myself, "this blog is all about my issues (thus the name ALL MY ISH), so maybe I should talk about those."  So because you have been missing out on all my latest issues, here you go! I have a mustache.  That is latest issue.  No, it isn’t a hair mustache, but a sun spot mustache.  I got the good ol’ pregnancy mask when I was pregnant and it has decided to stick around post pregnancy.  It just happened to appear on my upper lip.  Justin called me Jean Pierre on the metro today.  Nice.  We had been out in…

That’s right. Maisie slept ten hours last night. This makes me sad for some reason. I know I should be ecstatic that I am finally able to get a looooong stretch of sleep, but no, I am sad. I miss our little cuddle times in the middle of the night. She has always been a good sleeper with stretches of five hours straight from the beginning. We started Maisie on solids and she is also sleeping in her big girl crib now. She is such a big girl (six months yesterday!!!). So big in fact, that she can now sleep these long, I don’t need mom, stretches! The first night she slept about seven hours, the next night eight, and then last night was ten straight hours between feeds!!!! My little baby goo goo is growing up!!! I had it all planned that I would put her in bed for…

Today I am feeling a bit sad that most all of our friends and family have never met Maisie.  She is such a part of who we are now and it is strange to think that some of the people we love the most have either never met her, or only seen her for a week or two.  This is the part of living so far away that I really don’t like.  But what can we do about it?  Nothing I guess, except post pictures and videos and hope that you get to know her a bit through that.  She is such a delight and adds so much more joy to our lives!  We wish you could be a part of her life and love her and smother her the way you would if we all lived close!  …..Just some “I miss home” thoughts for today….

I am sick…really sick. I have chills. I am freezing. I can’t open my eyes all the way. I have a baby. She wants to play. I can’t play. I have to sit here on a couch that is cold because it is pleather and I can’t stretch out because it is teeny. I want a big couch. I want our old green, comfortable couch. I want my mom. I want my mom or Amy to be here and bring me magazines and snacks and take care of Maisie so I can sleep. I want quiet, but Justin is playing loud music on the computer. It is U2, so I am semi-okay with it, but still. My head hurts. Well, that’s all for now. Pray I get better soon! I don’t like being sick, but who does? I am off to be freezing on my teeny cold couch now. My…

Justin has been gone in Spain for a five days on a research trip with our organization. He called me the night he arrived to tell me it looked like Southern California with all the palm trees. I did not take this news well as I was looking out at a rainy Paris neighborhood. I was happy for him to be there, but bummed that I couldn’t be enjoying the sun with him! Maisie and I had a fun girls nights together. We watched movies, invited friends over, pigged out on junk food (she did too in a way I guess), and played fun girly games…you know, like peek-a-boo. It was a fun time to have just us, but I think we are both ready to see Justin again. We both missed him. I always lay in bed for my last feeding with Maisie and Justin is always sitting next…