Maisie Is One!

Maisie had her first birthday on October 20th... and it was a bit of a bust. We had a small family birthday party planned for the Saturday before her birthday, but she decided to barf the night before, so we had to cancel it. Turns out she had a horrible stomach bug, which she decided to share with the rest of us. We ended up going out for pizza on her birthday night (5 days later), but Maisie cried most of the time and didn't even have birthday cake, Max ate absolutely nothing at dinner, and Tyler ended up putting himself to bed as soon as we got home. Talk about a fun night! She did eat a tiny bit of a cupcake the morning of her cancelled party, so at least we have that going for us.

Oh well, Happy Birthday to the happiest girl in the world. We love you, Maisie!

Opening a present from Nana and Grandpa, who had come in town for the party.

She wasn't quite sure what to do and decided to just dive right into it

Mmmmmm

Ok, no? Now what?

Get in my belly

Funny side story: Kelly, Adam, and Alex mailed a birthday gift and card to Maisie a few days before her "party," which we put on top of the piano for safe keeping. Well not long after it arrived, we came into the living room to find this -- Max and Tyler had opened the card and then found scotch tape and taped it shut. You'd think they would have opened the present instead!