Oh Boy!!!

Just came from our 4D ultrasound. Use your imagination, tilt your head a bit, and squint your eyes-you'll be able to see our son...

Happy Campy

the "cheese" face




Pretend cooking with her velvet dress and feathered sleeves, and wearing her winter hat only indoors, none the less.




thought it would be nice to send her great aunt a "thank you for the new outfit, i'm too cute in it" picture. Clearly, happy campy decided to wake up as grumpy dwarf.





fine. i'll just stand here for the picture, but i'm not going to smile. hmph.

Surviving the Storm

After hunkering down for 12 inches of snow in a 12 hour period, we finally ventured beyond our warm house and played in the snow. Well, shoveled at least. Apparently, it's not cool to wear snow boots, but a blast to wear snow pants. Much like grass, it's taking a while for Maizy to get used to the feel of snow. But, with much hope, seeing that winter in wisconsin is 3 quarters of the year, i have a feeling she'll eventually get used to liking snow this season. Enjoy our pix!!!

More Good in the World

Hi all-
bere is our little busy bumble bee getting ready for halloween (minus the clothes!). Took a bit to get used to it, but once she saw other kids with costumes on, she was fine with it. Next year she will be trick-or-treating with a new brother or sister. We plan on adding more Good to the world June 26th, 2009. So far, it's been a rough pregnancy, but only a few weeks left in the first trimester to go.....

free child labor

who knew at one years old, maizy's already a candidate for child labor?!? She loves helping with the dishes, sweeping, dusting and wiping up. Grampa Ralph taught her how to do the dishes, and quickly it became a water park!!

Piggies!

Maizy's hair is growing fast as weeds-just look at her 1 year pictures taken on fourth of july weekend. Her hair was just below her chin, and now her hair touches above her shoulder blades in the back! Thank goodness she's not in need of an eight week touch up to her 'do at this point in her life!! So, i went in for the kill and tried piggies on her. the only problem is she's so fascinated with the camera that when i'd point to take the pic, she comes running to me pointing at the camera. the girl is fast as lightning!!

Apples

Maizy received this adorable outfit from her auntie jane, and she looks so grown up in it! She looks likes she's ready for her first day of school!!! be still my heart!!!

Busy, busy, busy...

Well hello!!!
summer vacation means hiatus for many, and that includes blogging for me! i completely apologize for not updating since Maizy's dedication, but our lives have not stopped since then. Even when i'm sleeping i feel i'm thinking about what's going on for the next day. Matt's football season has started full swing as the head coach of the Tosa West Trojan football team. It's so exciting to see him in the role God has planned for him-from mini camps to regular two-a-days, the thrill of the game is on the fore front of his mind. Since i last blogged, i've taken a new position downtown milwaukee at scott advertising, one of the top 10 agencies in wisconsin. currently i am one of their graphic designers, and am proud to say my first ad was published in a national magazine, only after three weeks of being there!! we've got big name companies that we do marketing for-sara lee, solo, mccain, etc. it's so exciting and fast paced, and a great group of creatives to work with. with matt and i each full time, on the go careers, and being full time parents of on the go Maizy, it's pretty easy to see how the blog has gone to the wayside!! our summer has been a blast thus far though. besides our awesome new jobs, we've taken complete advantage of the milwaukee zoo pass, and am proud to say maizy has only been taken over by the goats in the petting zoo once so far. she makes her fish lips when in the aquarium even. our house had a new roof put on in july, and august was the mighty scrape and paint of our house, which is almost done. our sidewalks are dug up and we are going to have concrete poured (eventually!). we've had fun with both grandparents, and have had the "good" grandparents up a couple of weekends already (hoping it will become a permanent visit to wiconsin soon!), and have been fortunate that my parents could stop by and help out with our house endeavors, as well as being a help for me when i came down with shingles and then threw my back out! But,our own fun time together is enjoying maizy grow and become quite the diva-wearing necklaces is a must as well as accessorizing with purses to go out is a new ritual. matt also bought her a vanity set that she is sits at and brushed her hair and uses her makeup brush on her face. Maizy started walking seven days after she turned one, and she hasn't stopped since either. always on the go, ever inquisitive. you can literally see the wheels turning in her mind. enjoy these one year pix. these were from fourth of july weekend, and she already looks older-her hair is already down to her shoulders!!

blessings!

Maizy's Dedication, Friends and Family

Maizy Grace turns 1!

The big show

Last weekend, Maizy's attended her first wedding. Her second cousin Christine was married in Grafton to an awesome hubby, Andy. The wedding was absolutely beautiful!! We had too much fun dancing the night away-melted our heart dancing to our wedding song, holding our baby girl, and then to see Matt hold his little girl and dance with her, of course, made me cry. Maizy was loved up by her Great Aunt Claudia while we danced, and cuddled right into her arms. We've definately discovered that Maizy is a party girl-she couldn't miss what was going on, from the bouquet toss, to the electric slide, to her favorite-the rotating disco ball. That's the secret to keeping her behaved-put a disco ball in her room and she's totally hypnotized by it!! The same thing happened when Maizy, my mom and i went to the my little ponies tea party downtown on friday-she was in a trance watching everything. I was a little nervous at first about taking her, since the show was starting at her bedtime. But, little miss can't miss anything loved the show! She was clapping, and dancing and waving at the ponies when she was in a trance watching the ponies! And then she discovered the disco ball!! It was a blast reliving my childhood too!!

Blessings!!

Getting too big!!

It never ceases to slow down here! Matt's dad had a heart attack last week, and we drove down to be with his family. Everything's fine-he was released two days later, with 5 stints in an artery to help. He'll go back for 2 more surgeries to put up to 10 more stints in to alleviate blockages. We praise God for his miraculous healing hand in this process-you'd never know his dad had a heart attack when you see him! Maizy's great grama Judy had her knee replaced Wednesday and was released yesterday, and again, we praise our Healer for she was already walking on her new bad boy the next day! Thursday we woke up to find Maizy covered in puke. Joy. But, much to my surprise, i'm rather impressed with our daughters projectile capabilities-like the kid in the exorist! We did take a step back in her eating due to the bug she had-super finicky about eating period, so we just are keeping our eye on that. Matt had to go out of town for a football convention, and then all day track meet on saturday, so luckily i only caught a bit of Maizy's bug. So now, after our whirl wind week of travel and sickness, i'm really hoping that we'll be able to just take a breather!!
With so much going on, i forget that Maizy is doing so much each day. She dances and flails her arms when her little monkey music machine gets a beat going-shaking what her momma gave her!! I love it! Last night she started to give kisses back to Matt, but they were a little too open mouth for us to handle after a while! It's so fun to walk in a room and have her call out "momma"-melts my heart! Or our little shadow just following us around.
Hoping this finds you well. Enjoy the pix of our own "curious george". if it's laying in plain view-it's up for grabs! Blessings!

Easter Baby

Hi all!! We've had quite the week or two. Matt has now been named the head football coach of Wauwatosa West!!! We are so proud of him!! He had his first interview this past week, and tomorrow he has his first photo shoot-that's the big leagues baby!! Praise God for the goodness he's given!

Matt hit up a snow goose trip in South Dakota for Easter, and i believe on their last day alone they shot 23 geese. So while he was off having fun, i decided i didn't want to get stuck in the 14 inches of snow that was about to fall, so i headed down to Iowa for the weekend (where there was no snow!). We had a ton of fun (as always!).

Maizy is growing like a weed! I now understand what my mom meant when she'd say "i just want to bottle you up and keep you this way"! She is 10 months today, and it is so hard to accept the fact that she is such a big girl already. Not only is she a speed crawler, but she walks along anything that is (semi) stable-the round coffee table, the entertainment center, the toilet, our legs, everything! Maizy just talks and talks and talks in her own little language-marble mouth is what i call it. It's so fun to just talk along with her. I wonder what she thinks she's saying?!

Blessings!!