Saturday, March 17, 2012

Dear Maisie,

Asleep and absolutely gorgeous. Everything has changed. Everything I ever thought that I wanted has been altered by your beautiful little smile and soft little coos. Maisie, know that you are wanted so much. You are loved beyond belief. You complete our family.





I know that your big sister can be a little overwhelming sometimes, but know that it is just because she loves you so incredibly much. You are her everything right now. She no longer comes to mom or dad when she is sad or hurt, but you. You are the one who she goes to for loves.



Thank you, baby girl, for coming into our family. Thank you so much for blessing us with your smiles. Thank you so much, over and over again, for letting me witness your amazing life.

Love,         
Mommy

Maisie's Blessing

Maisie Payne
blessed on March 4th, 2012
surrounded by the love of family and friends





 

Monday, March 5, 2012

Kaiah is Two!

I absolutely cannot believe that my baby girl is two. When in the world . . . I mean, wasn't she just born? She is seriously the most adorable, smartest, sweetest, and beautiful girl in the whole world - and I promise that I'm not biased at all! 

I swear she is learning exponentially right now. Every single day she is doing more and more. Some facts about my beauty queen:

  • She can pretty much say anything. Some of my favorite phrases:
    • "Want some . . . juice!" (Daddy changes the last word, she always says juice - she plays this game with daddy where they go back and forth about what they want)
    • "Me, check Maisie? Maisie awake!"
    •  "Mimmie Mouse!"
    • "Baby ate! Chicky baby!" (she has a plastic egg and thinks there is a baby chicken in there)
    • "Mommy potty!"
    • "Papa in house with Molly! Molly mean/nice!" (Kaiah has a play house, and she pretends like Stephen is living in there with his dog, Molly)
    • "Oh no! Big ah ah! Ah ah nice?" (There is a big picture of a gorilla in Macey's.)
  • She is potty trained! (Mostly) Today she had absolutely no accidents or diapers! I can't believe how fast she picked up.
  • She plays puzzle games on daddy's phone. In fact she knows where they are and what the icon looks like.
  • She loves french fries, and chicken nuggets. Grandpa bright taught her to "dip" them in her frosty when we get them from Wendy's.
  • She calls all of her favorite things blue (blue blankie (which is actually pink) blue puzzle, etc.)
  • She loves Wall-e, Tinkerbell, Strawberry Shortcake, Bubble Guppies, and Micky Mouse Clubhouse.
  • She loves to build "mouse houses" with Mommy. (She uses her building blocks to do this and hides her mouse in the "bed".)
  • She loves to play chase with Daddy around the table and into the kitchen.
  • She loves purses and hunting for treasure (She used to use blocks as a telescope, but she got one for her birthday.)
  • She has impeccable manners. She says please, thank you, and sorry. She uses them all at the appropriate times too.
  • She has sharp memory and can bring up things we only talked about a few times months and months ago.
  • She loves, loves, loves her sister!

Kaiah's birthday was Thursday, March 1st and both Mom and Dad had the day off! Kaiah opened one present from Grandma WeWe and Papa, then a few small ones from mommy and daddy. We went to Build-a-Bear (because we had a coupon) and let Kai build her a bear. She liked parts of it, like putting the heart in the bear, but was a little young for the rest. Once we got home, though, she absolutely loved her new bear. Add in playing at the mall play area and a happy meal, and we had one happy girl!


 We planned her Minnie Mouse birthday party for Saturday. Pink, black, and white - a girl's best friend!


Thanks Pintrest for the Minnie Mouse Oreo idea!

We put all the food on sticks. Oreo Mouse ears, deli meat pinwheels, fruit sticks, and pizza roll ups. We also had punch in decorated mason jars!

Kaiah was completely spoiled with an amazing cake from Grandma WeWe and Papa. The cake was huge and beautiful and came with cupcakes!


 All the guests wore Minnie/Mickey Mouse ears! They were super cute and well worth the time it took to make them!


The party was filled with fantastic family, food, and gifts! She was spoiled so much and has been on heaven playing with all of her new toys!