18 Months for Mayzie

Question: What has two thumbs and sucks at keeping up with his blog?
Answer: This guy (yeah, I pointed both thumbs at myself)

As one or two of you may have noticed, it has been 7 months since I posted anything on the blog. I didn't even post anything for Mayzie's first birthday, and that is lame. Anyway, trying to make up for it by posting a whole bunch of pictures we took of her when she turned 18 months last week, so here they are. If you'd like a picture printed, just let me know by email (jsmieja@gmail.com) which one (by number) and what size! I can always zoom in on some of these, too, if you'd like.

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11 Months and big happenings!

So Mayzie turned 11 months today, but let's start two months ago when I last posted on the blog.

We had some special visitors for Thanksgiving. Grandma and Auntie Denise came to visit. We even made a real Thanksgiving dinner.

We also, of course, had our first Christmas! Mayzie had a blast with the family, enjoyed ripping some paper off her gifts, but mostly just had fun crawling around and tossing her new clothes all over the house.

After Christmas it was time for our epic first vacation to Mexico! A week in Cancun with a 10 month old and the Pennell kids is exhausting, but we had a blast. Unfortunately, Mayzie didn't like the sand all that much. I was able to get one good picture of her not crying.

After we got back from Mexico we decided that since Mayzie didn't like the sand so much, maybe we'd try the snow again. Let's just say she wasn't too excited about that either.

And last, but definitely not least. For those of you willing to put up with all the pictures above, something really exciting happened tonight for Mayzie's 11 month birthday! Enjoy the video.