Memorial Day Weekend

Today was Maizie's first Memorial Day. This is how the weekend went down:

Saturday, May 29th

We didn't do anything really exciting or noteworthy on Saturday. We did get paint for Maizie's dresser, though. Emily found the dresser on craigslist and we picked it up on Thursday the 27th. We're going to be painting the dresser itself dark purple and its drawers pink.

Sunday, May 30th

We went to church. It was my second Sunday as the ward clerk. Maizie did pretty well in sacrament meeting, but throughout the rest of church she got more and more fussy, so Emily ended up going home about a half hour early.

After church, we quickly ate because we needed to go to the church in Woodburn so that I could be set apart as ward clerk. My mom made sausage, eggs, and toast for us, which was awesome! Sadly, we didn't have time for the waffles that she was making. When we got to the church in Woodburn, we found out that I actually marked it wrong in my calendar and we were an hour early! They were able to make an adjustment and get us in, though, so we didn't have to wait very long. After that, we went home, got ready, and went up to Cody's house for the family reunion for Scott's family.

At the family reunion, I got to meet Scott's sister, Michelle. Now that I've met her, I've officially met all of Scott's siblings. The funny thing about that is that I still can't say that I've met all of Emily's siblings! I still have to meet her brother.

Scott and Cody just got two trampolines, so we jumped on those for a while. It's been years since I've jumped on a big trampoline like that! It was pretty fun. I got quite a lot of air. Since it had been so long, though, I was somewhat hesitant to do any flips. Emily's cousin, Casey, was trying to get me to do one. He said, "You'll be fine! Just do this!" and he proceeded to bounce on his back at an odd angle and ended up hurting himself! It was pretty funny.

We had a nice dinner and a good time talking with everybody. We left at around 8:00 or so. Shortly after we were past the gravel road and onto the pavement, our front left tire went flat! Although Emily had a spare tire and lug wrench in her trunk, her jack was broken. We were very lucky, though, because it was still light out, it wasn't raining, it wasn't far from Cody's house, and Emily's cell phone had a signal. Casey and his dad, Brent, came to our rescue, which we were very grateful for! We were back on the road in no time.

When we got home, we talked with my parents and took some pictures of Maizie. Here is one of my favorites:

Monday, May 31st

I wore red, white, and blue today and didn't even mean to! It was my Relient K T-shirt and blue jeans.

We went to Salem to get new front tires for Emily's car and also to spend time with Emily's family. The tire shops were closed, though, so we decided to just drive carefully and get tires tomorrow instead (Emily's spare tire is an extremely good one). We went to Brent's house and had a good breakfast. Since there were a lot of kids there, we watched part of one of the Land Before Time movies. I just looked it up and they have thirteen movies! Crazy!

Before long, we headed over to River Road Park, where we played games and talked. The two games I played were ladder golf and horseshoes. I haven't played horseshoes since I was a kid. I was actually able to get two ringers and a leaner!

We left the park at around 1:45 and went home. My brother and his family were visiting. We had a nice meal with various styles of hot dogs, pasta salad, and corn. We didn't really do much other than talk, though. But Jill took an awesome picture of me and Maizie:



Other than that, we just slept and watched Better Off Ted and Wonderfalls.

two months

today maizie turned two months old. its gone by in a blur of sleepless nights and sometimes maizie crying to the point where i want to cry with her. but there is so much that maizie has started doing and it's all so cute it makes up for the zombie-like state that i find myself in almost daily.

you might have thought that maizie was the most adorable baby in the world, but now that she is smiling and laughing she definitely is the most adorable baby ever! ok i might be biased. she has started laughing a little when she is awake but when she is asleep is when we get the best laughs of all. truly it is the most beautiful noise i can imagine.

i believe that maizie is a genius. now i know that all parents say that about their kids but really she is. you want proof? ok, maizie is starting to turn from side to side, grasp at things, AND she has her own sign language! it's true. when she is hungry she will pat her mouth with the back of her hand and wait somewhat patiently for me to catch on to her hint. if that doesnt work then she adds her other hand to the mix and pats her mouth with both at the same time. and if i still dont get it she will add a little bit of a cry to the double handed pat. i know, it's like i said, genius. maizie will also coo when you talk to her, and she loves to look at pictures on the walls. this is motivation for me to put up as many pictures and decorations as i can find.

maizie had her two month check up yesterday. she is 25.25 inches long and 13.6 pounds!! she is thriving to say the least. i have already put away all of her newborn clothes and it makes me so sad. i thought she would be just a little smaller for a little longer. we think that maizie is teething. i know eveyone we tell says "no way she is too young." but there is a way, i had my first teeth by the time i was 4 months old. i feel so bad for her because she is so fussy and isn't coordinated enough to be able to hold something to chew on. she does manage to get her fist in her mouth though.

we are so excited to have maizie in our lives and we look forward to seeing all of the awesome things she is going to do!