Mia's World

Mia seems to be changing daily and growing into a little girl right before our eyes. There is so much I want to remember about this age. Here is an attempt to capture some of it:

- her top two i-teeth arrived at the same time about 2 weeks ago
- her bottom two i-teeth began to show themselves this morning
- she knows that when we get in the car we are either going to Amy's (while Mommy goes to work), shopping, or to Ryan's house. She runs through those 3 options until she figures out where we are going. (those are not the only 3 places we go of course, just the most frequent)
- When we go to Ryan's house, she makes sure to ask if we will also see Rachael and Chris:)
- she is eating like a champ and today I noticed she is starting to get some chunk rolls on her neck.
- she likes the game where "mommy get you" and "daddy save you", which means mommy tries to tickle her while she runs to daddy to save her!
- she LOVES her purple vitamin which she unwraps all by herself and properly bites it in half
- a few of her favorite foods for the moment: grapes, strawberries dipped in her yogurt, frozen blueberries, peas, hummus and carrots, apple/cinnamon granola bars, waffles with syrup to dip, oatmeal, cutie oranges
- her version of a few phrases/words: "tebby tear" (teddy bear); "selfs"(by myself); "hungy" (hungry); "scoop" (scoot over); "dolsin" (dolphin); "jack" (jumping jack - which she demonstrates)
- phrases we hear often: "paci"; "play outside"; "mommy push me"; "mommy do it"; "daddy do it"; "thank you mommy"; "bless you daddy"; "Ryan, Rachael, Chris"; "Amy house?"; "shopping? cart?"; "Abby car"; "book"; "push you"; "hold you".
- she loves the water no matter the activity
- she feeds herself incredibly well with little mess (until she decides she is done and plays with it!)
- she loves the babies at church and always wants to "hold baby?" (still praying for her own baby brother or sister to hold)
- there are times when she knows she is in trouble and puts herself in time out
- she climbs on the furniture, but mostly on what we allow. She has not ventured a double climb where she climbs onto the chair and then a table or counter.
- she is always jumping...on the floor, on our bed, on the couch, on the couch cushions on the floor, on mommy...anything really.
- she asks us to sing Jesus Loves Me and Twinkle Twinkle when we put her to bed (and gets upset if we sing something different)
- she is learning her colors and numbers
- she asks to watch videos of her cousin Aaro on my phone every morning
- she often holds my face in her hands as I rock her to sleep at night, puts her nose against mine, and just starts to giggle uncontrollably 

It is downright fun to be around her all the time!! Mommy and Daddy LOVE YOU Mia!!! God has made you into a joyful blessing that makes us smile inside and out. We pray daily for your heart and to keep that joy forever!

St. Simon Island

We took a short weekend trip to St. Simon Island for Tucker's birthday party! Somehow I didn't get pictures at the party that was loaded with trains, but these pictures should capture the rest of our trip! Mia has had to recount her day to me so many times - she had a BLAST!! She is a water/beach baby for sure.