Maisy hanging out in her ball pool waiting for guests to arrive

Maisy turned TWO today with family and friends. It was a beautifully warm day and we had a fun party at our house with yummy burrito lunch from Los Cantaros and a DELICIOUS cake from Hopkins Street Bakery in Berkeley (thanks again Emily!). It was a perfect garden birthday party.

Before the party kicked off

Blowing out the candles

Maisy loved being serenaded by all of her friends and family. She even joined in the singing herself!

Family Photo

Maisy got a very cute Snow White costume from Auntie, Uncle Rigo and Elijah. She also got some very squeaky sandals from Mike and Janet. The squeakers were fun to watch her figure out, but not so fun on the ears! Somehow the squeakers got removed after she went to bed….

Nana and Papa got Maisy a dollhouse for her birthday and it’s just adorable.

Looking through the dollhouse

Elijah and Maisy plotting where to set things up in the dollhouse

Everything went wonderfully! It was a great day. Maisy is very lucky to have such fantastic family and friends.

Here is a picture of me and my sister due just two weeks apart. I’m 27 weeks and Kim is 25 weeks.

Cousins in utero

We finished Maisy’s big girl room and are so happy with it and so is Maisy! We have moved the bedtime routine into that room and we are doing lots of playing in there, but for now she’s still sleeping in her crib. When we get back from vacation, we’ll move her into her big girl bed. She’s been asking to sleep in there, so I hope the enthusiasm sticks!

Big girl bed

Dresser and decorations

Dresser and decorations

Todd is off to Baltimore for a conference early tomorrow and next week Maisy and I will head off to NY for Grandma’s 100th birthday! Todd will meet us there later in the week. Luckily Uncle Steven is going to fly out to NY with Maisy and me- whew!

More later-

Much love, Todd, Becky, Maisy and baby girl

Side View

We had our “big” ultrasound today. Nana and Papa are in town, so they stayed with Maisy while we had our appointment.

Papa, Maisy and Nana

It was very exciting and emotional. It’s strange how much more emotional I am about this pregnancy than the first. I think it’s because I KNOW how amazing it all is now. I was fighting back tears while just checking in for the ultrasound.

The baby’s face

The baby was very cooperative and quite mellow during the ultrasound. I think maybe this baby will take after Todd in personality.

Different view of baby’s face

They checked for the sex last. They said it was to keep our interest :-) They did guess at 12w 6d that the baby was a girl- and they were right! Maisy is going to have a baby sister!

It’s a girl!!

We are all thrilled!

Maisy is so excited for the baby to come. She loves playing with her babies and reading books about babies. She especially loves it when I hold her finger like newborn babies do. She just giggles and can’t wait to meet her sister.

Maisy practicing being a wonderful big sister

Here is a picture of me today- 20 weeks pregnant. Only 20 more weeks to go!

20 Weeks pregnant

Maisy is also doing very well at potty training. She’s been in training for 8 days now. The first days brought lots of puddles, but by the third day she got it. She now will tell us when she has to go and she goes regularly. We have puddle free days and still the occasional accident, but those are rare. She wears pull ups when we are out, but usually comes home dry. I take the potty with us on certain outings and she will use her potty out. Maisy still wears a diaper for nap time and bed time, but she is well on her way to being potty trained. We are very proud of her to be doing so well so young! (She won’t be two until June 5.)

More later-

Much love, Todd, Becky, Maisy and baby girl