Little Blondie

Mia is still looking blonde, even towards the end of her first winter. Brad says she looks more and more like Ma-ma in these photos, which also happen to show her chatting up a storm. She says "Ma-ma," "Da-da," and "BAH" (ball). Mia is also learning to communicate with sign language--she knows, all of the important things like: "hungry," "more," and "all done." We're working on the please and thank you....

Out and About

We went out and enjoyed a nice quiet snow on campus. Thank you Nana Jan and Nana Sherrill for the sled! Mia would wave hello--but she's a bit restricted in all of those layers. Notice the new kicks, too :) Is track season on it's way?
Back inside for a warm-up. Mia shows off for Nana Sherrill.

Incident Report

His parents claim he was only trying to kiss her. I guess we could call it a "love bite." Yes- one un-named young man (well infant) moved in a little too close on Mia at school the other day. Ouch!

Happy Birthday, Mia!

Here they are...the much anticipated birthday pictures! It was a busy day here at school, so in order to accommodate Mia and her guests, we just had to have cake twice. Mia didn't seem to mind (Little Dog Lina was pretty happy, too). Mia is getting around more than ever now. The day after her birthday she took a couple of steps (unassisted) between the coffee table and the sofa. She didn't seem to realize what was going on and was instead focused on holding on to her sippy cup. Today she really started to try walking on her own. This afternoon she just decided she was going to try to walk from one toy or piece of furniture to another in the living room, instead of scooting.