tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117334592009-11-08T12:23:24.373-05:00Lisa & Eammon's Princess Diary or life with our beautiful daughter Maisie.Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.comBlogger659125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11733459.post-71748224722370254302009-11-07T23:58:00.002-05:002009-11-08T01:18:10.760-05:00

This afternoon started with Maisie and her gymnastics teammates doing a little performance at an event at a local park. The girls were adorable (naturally!) and they did a good job. Sorry for the bad quality on the video, I need a new camera and hands that don't shake like an earthquake is happening but it's the best I have. It's a bit difficult to see but Maisie is the last girl to enter and

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Today Maisie and I met up with Pug Mama & Low-Low, Liene & Emilija and Lisa & Briana at The Cheesecake Factory. We've been looking forward to meeting Low-Low since her arrival home in June and finally we were all able to arrange our schedules so to meet. It always amazes me how perfect our children are matched to our families as Low-Low is the perfect addition to the Pug Mama family. It was a

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Is it three years already? On the other hand though, has it only been three years?? It was three years ago today that we received our referral of our sweet Maisie Miao Miao. The time has seemed to fly by yet it feels like a lifetime she's been with us. I still get teary eyed thinking back to that day, remembering the first time I laid eyes on our little cue-ball cutie. I'm truly thankful

Lisa~~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02632507779742615043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11733459.post-16015939986705045952009-11-02T22:44:00.001-05:002009-11-03T01:01:34.872-05:00

Shoot I don't even have a picture from Halloween. Time just seems to be getting away from me lately and I've been so bad about taking pictures, just not pulling out the camera. I know I've said numerous times in various posts that I need to or will get better about taking pictures and posting and the next thing I know, a week has passed without a picture or a post. In fact the pictures in this

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Last year we had so much fun year meeting up with Lisa, Doug & Briana and Kathy, Matt & Chani at Cagle's Dairy we just knew that we had to do it again this year. We all met first thing Saturday morning for a day of fun getting lost in the Maize Maze, going on a hay ride, taking a dairy tour, feeding goats, pony rides and jumping on the bouncing pillows. Last year we had spectacular warm weather

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This week has felt like one extremely l.o.n.g week. Maisie's birthday party on Saturday was great and Sunday was a quiet day at home with all of us just a bit over tired, recuperating from too much sugar and not feeling 100%, but an okay day. Monday I awoke with a sore throat but Maisie said she was feeling better even though her nose was streaming, it was running clear so I gave her some

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Maisie absolutely adores school and looks forward to attending each morning. Her teacher Miss Nancy says that Maisie is a wonderful child and a joy in the classroom and that she loves being Maisie's teacher. I'm so proud of Maisie and trilled that she's doing so well and that it's such a good fit for her. I hope that her love of learning and school continues for many years to come.

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Today our sweet little Maisie Miao Miao is four years old! Happy birthday sweetheart, your Mama & Baba love you more than words can say. This afternoon we celebrated Maisie's birthday with some of her friends at her favorite place, the gym. All the children had fun playing on the trampoline, bars, rings, balance beam & in the foam pit. After the gymnastics fun each child received a medal and

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Maisie hasn't been feeling 100% and she had a rough night last night so I decided to keep her home today, cancel all our plans and spend a quiet day together. We stayed in our pajamas all day, did puzzles, played games, did some crafts, watched a little television and even a little school work for good measure. I'm keeping everything crossed and hoping that Maisie has a good night and feels

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On Tuesday Maisie's class along with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th graders went on a field trip to a little local theater to see The Library Dragon. Maisie delighted in the idea of a field trip and enjoyed the play. She was especially happy that she was seated between me and her best pal Jonathan...well at least until he got frightened and ended up sitting in my lap for 90% of the performance. After

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Eammon, Maisie and I just returned from an absolutely wonderful week long cruise which included perfect weather, total rest and relaxation, obscene amounts of good food and lots of family time. This was the first cruise that any of us have been on and I think it was maybe two days into the cruise when Eammon and I were already discussing when we would be taking our next one. The day before our

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I've been so neglectful in posting to my blogs and my only excuse is that life has gotten in the way and when the day finally winds down I just haven't had it in me to sit down and write a post. Nothing bad, all is good, we're just busy with life and life with a busy almost 4 year old is extra hectic. For now just a quick bullet post.* We're heading off for a week-long Western Caribbean cruise

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It is dark, gray and pissing down with rain and I am SO over it now and ready for the sunshine again. Luckily our lake level was back to a high normal level and it doesn't appear that there will be any flooding for us and I can only hope that the other water-logged and previously flooded areas fare well. I am so looking forward to our cruise and thankfully in just a week we'll be sailing around

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After two days off from school Maisie was itching to return and why...well to see Jonathan of course. As you can see from the piccies, this morning they were both happy to see one another and they were just too cute together! When I picked Maisie up from school she told me "I had a perfect, perfect, perfect most excellent day. I didn't eat my sandwich because I didn't like it and Jonathan was

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Thankfully our lake never got much higher than what the pictures in my last post show and for us, by continually keeping the drain at the front of our house raked out and cleared of the build-up of mud, silt & debris, we averted any and all flooding in our home. Our neighbor's wayward detached and floating dock was rescued by a couple of guys and is now tethered to the owner's property. The

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Yesterday the pond in our back yard exceeded the 100 year flood plain and was scaring me as to how high the water came up into our backyard. Out of the six docks on our lake, only our dock and one other high one were still above the water, barely!! There was one dock, chairs and all, floating in the middle of the pond! Scary too is that we're on the high side of the lake at the far end from

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Sunday afternoon Kathy, Matt & Chani and Lisa, Doug & Briana joined us for what was to be a BBQ and little girl swim date but because of our never ending torrential rain it turned into an inside dinner and Princess play time. It was a fun evening with the little Princesses running around, giggling, and having a great time playing with one another while the boys were playing, shouting and

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Despite the constant rain, we've had a nice weekend but since it's late already and I'm ready for bed, I'm just going to post my Three-Word-Sunday* piccie and call it a night. See the post below for an explanation of this picture. Hopefully I got some cute pictures today of Maisie and her friends which I'll post tomorrow. Have a great night!*Sum up your week in three little words. You can sing

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Wednesday marked Eammon and my 10 year wedding Anniversary, ten years, holy cannoli!! On Wednesday we had a nice dinner at home, exchanged cards, shared some fancy chocolates that Eammon purchased and Eammon let me know that he ordered a new laptop to replace my ever failing and soon to become Maisie's laptop. Because of weekday busyness we decided to hold off on going out and celebrating until

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Jonathan said..., Jonathan did... Jonathan was... Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan. Maisie favorite topic of conversation lately revolves around all things Jonathan and it's the first thing I hear about when I pick her up from school and on any given day I'll hear his name no less than two dozen times. Jonathan sits next to Maisie at school and is a sweet little boy who Maisie just adores and

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Maisie is such a girly-girl and loves anything and everything sparkly and if it's pink and sparkly, all that much better. So for her, what could be more fun than to have a mirror and a full palette of pink sparkly make-up to make herself in her words, "even more sparkly pink and beautiful!" I'm telling you Maisie spent about 40 minutes completely engaged, putting on different eye shadows, trying

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I've been having major computer problems which has kept me off line and away from my blogs but hopefully Eammon will get things sorted and I'll be able to start posting again. Life has been busy and fun as usual. I did want to participate in three-word-Sunday so I'm attempting a post from my phone and we'll see how it goes.Eammon brought home some huge sheets of bubble wrap and he and Maisie

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Eammon is really particular when it comes to his haircuts so he only goes to the best barber shop in town and of course has a team of barbers to keep his look top notch. His favorite barber shop is close to home (our driveway) and hey it includes a lovely water view. His top three barbers Maisie, K & A all worked together to give Eammon a new buzz cut. They all had fun and Eammon was a good sport

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Today we celebrated being a family for 1,000 days! I don't seem to remember a time before Maisie as it feels like she's always been with us. I love her more than words can say and can't imagine her not being part of our lives. Maisie has grown from a timid & scared little baby into a loving, smart, daredevil, athletic, self-confident, vibrant, funny and strong-willed little girl. Someone at CCAA

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Okay so not exactly, more like sharing the iPhone taking pictures of one another and killing time while waiting for the slowest restaurant in the world to serve lunch. Maisie was into making silly faces and being funny but when it was her turn to take pictures of me, she never felt it necessary to include my entire face or head. I'm not saying she isn't a good photographer, I say she's being

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