Mia is One!

My sweet little baby girl has turned one already! I cannot believe it. Wasn't it just yesterday that she was born? How is it going so fast? It seems like it took me forever to grow up - so why are my kids doing it so much faster than I did?

Well, she's not walking quite yet. She definitely fooled her Daddy and me; we thought she would be walking all over by now. She's been pulling up and walking along the furniture for months now - but she still lacks the confidence to actually let go of the furniture and go for it. I'm sure it will be any day now. I mean, after all what does she have to feel nervous about? It's not like we have a dog who will...oh, wait! We do. Well, it's not like she has a big brother who might...oh, wait! She does. Hmmmm. Come to think about it, I don't think I'd let go if I were her either! We'll wait patiently and hopefully we'll be able to capture it and post a video on here for all to see her remarkable accomplishment.

Happy Birthday, my sweet little baby girl! Mommy loves you.

Valentine's Day 2010

This Valentine's Day began with Pink Pancakes with Chocolate Chips for everyone! Joe woke up with Mia and let Logan and I sleep in for a little while. When Logan awoke he ran to check to see what Mia was doing (as usual) and noticed presents in the living room. He was so excited; I heard him say "Daddy! Daddy! Come see what I see in the living room. It's presents! Who are they for?" I decided this was my cue to get out of bed before Logan took it upon himself to open all the presents. Logan got a Valentine gift basket with 2 new monkeys in it and Mia got a large pink teddy bear. Mia kind of looked at the teddy bear and then decided that playing with the paper was much more interesting. Logan exclaimed "But I didn't need any more monkeys. I already have Leonard and Franklin." Oh well, I guess you win some and you lose some. We still had a lot of fun. It was a very nice relaxing day - just what I needed!

Logan made Valentine's cards for me, his Daddy and Mia. They were really sweet and took him quite a while to complete. He wrote the cards on paper and then cut out heart shapes from construction paper and glued them on the writing paper.

I think his handwriting is really improving - especially considering he isn't even 5 yet.