Giving Love at the Aspen Maroon Bells

W e had a great start to June with a trip out to Colorado to visit family in Denver and to celebrate the marriage of a very good friend in Aspen. We had a fantastic time! Congratulations Matt and Kim! We did so many fun things on our trip and Maisy did quite well considering all of the moving around and schedule disruption she had

Family photo with the Urbands

Maisy and Daddy getting down with the hula hoop at Matt and Kim’s Wedding reception

Maisy was due for her 12 month shots after we got home. She did really well! No reactions nor fevers. She now weighs 18 lbs and 8 oz. She is 29 inches tall. The doctor continues to give her a thumbs up on her health. She is eating pretty much all table foods now, although bland. Maisy is a bottomless pit. She is a champion eater!! She has 3 teeth on the top and two on the bottom. She’s working on the 4th top tooth now. She is doing okay with teething- she has her moments! She isn’t walking yet, but will take your hand and walk around that way or will cruise around furniture. I think she could do it, if she gave it a shot, she’s just very cautious. She’s still sleeping through the night wonderfully. She usually is asleep by 7:30 and then doesn’t wake up until about 8/8:30 and she still takes two naps a day around 10 am and 2:30 for about an hour and a half to 2-3 hours. She is starting to talk a little. She says Mama, Dada, Oh Wow, Ni-Ni and Uh-oh. She signs a lot though- so we communicate quite well and if nothing else works, she just squeals loudly- and that usually gets her point across!

We are excited that we have no trips planned for the month of July, so we are just going to relax and enjoy our new “back yard in the front yard”. We are enclosing our front yard, because we don’t have a back yard. We’ll show some before and afters…..

Also exciting in July is the SF AIDS walk this July 19th that Todd and I have signed up for. This will be Maisy’s first AIDS walk. We are very happy to be able to bring her along to join in the cause. We are still gathering donations, so if you are able, it would mean so much to so many if you would be able to donate. Todd needs more donations than I do- Here is the link to donate. http://aidswalksanfran2009.kintera.org/toddmatthews This is a fundraising event that we have been committed to for years and really want to do our best to create funds for helping to find a cure or at least stop the spread of HIV, that affects way too many.

Us at Kim’s Wedding. That fancy bruise is self inflicted from a heated tennis match using the Nintendo Wii.

Much love and more later- Todd, Becky and Maisy

Happy Birthday, Maisy!

M aisy was lucky enough to have all of her family come to town for her big birthday event. We reserved a place in Cordornices Park in Berkeley where we bbq’d chicken, veggie burgers and sausages. Maisy got to play in the dirt and have CAKE for the very first time. The party was a success- no melt downs by anyone. The one downside was that it was really cold!

Trying to stay warm! So much for our “heat wave”.

Playing in the dirt

Cake was a favorite after she figured out what to do with it

We opened presents the next morning with the grandparents, aunt, uncles and cousin. Maisy had a great time!

Maisy giving love to her new monkey “Uncle Fred”

After presents we all went out to Little Farm and the Merry-go-Round in Tilden. Maisy and Elijah were a bit spooked by the animals, but all the adults had a great time!

Getting ready to leave the farm

On June 5th, Maisy’s birthday, we took her to the California Academy of Science in San Francisco (the aquarium). She loved it! We are now members so we can go anytime- which will be fun for us all! Maisy wasn’t as excited as she could have been because we had her skip her morning nap to go- next time, we’ll take her after a good nap!

Fishies!

Maisy finally got her two front teeth on her actual birthday. She “finger walks” quite well and can stand on her own for about 15 seconds at a time, longer if she doesn’t realize she’s doing it. She goes for her one year check up in a week and a half to get her 12 month shots.

We are all doing well and heading out to Colorado next week for a good friend’s wedding where we will also get a chance to catch up with some family.

Todd is loving his new job and we are lucky that he is often able to work from home or at least go in after Maisy is down for her first nap, so Todd and Maisy get to spend some time together. She is just goo-goo over her daddy!

Those are all of our updates for now. Can’t wait to see what the next year has in store for us.

Much love and more later- Todd, Becky and Maisy