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

Todd was working on my new bike and Maisy was dying to help, so she jumped right in there, grabbed some tools and got to it!

Like father like daughter

“Fixing” the crank by putting many allen wrenches in the holes

Here is a video of Maisy working on the bike. Super cute, a must see.

Tomorrow the painters are coming to paint Maisy’s big girl room lavender. We’ve purchased an old green dresser, some rustic letters for her name and a cute blue mirror. All of the purchases are from a new shop on Shattuck in Berkeley called Home 101 where local artists are showcased and rare finds are found! So excited for her super cute, original big girl room! The theme for her room will be from a quilt that Todd’s Aunt Melissa handmade for Maisy. I can’t wait for her to see it.

I’m feeling great. The baby’s kicks just keep getting stronger and stronger and more frequent. We are all really looking forward to getting to meet the new baby girl!

Me at 24 weeks- it’s going fast!

More later-

Much love, Todd, Becky, Maisy and baby girl