Christmas

Christmas Eve storytime:

Christmas Morning:

Happy Birthday Aunt Tammy!

The Ghouls are let loose . . .

Pumpkin Patch Visit 2009:

It took Mia awhile to find a pumpkin she could actually pick up by herself. But she tried . . . and tried . . . and tried!

Our "trunk" for the Trunk or Treat at Vince's school:

Mia's first trunk-or-treating experience. I think it is safe to say she was a little perplexed by the whole thing.

Mia's 18 month post

Mia weighs 24 lbs 10 oz. now (55%)

Height: 31.75 in (50%) - w/o heels on

She thinks she is at least 3 inches taller in these shoes. "SUUUUES" have become her constant obsession. She drags matching pairs out of the shoe box and insists on putting them on ASAP. And any attempt to take them off results in complete meltdowns. Don't get in between a woman and her shoe collection!!!

Museum Outing

Vince introduces Mia to the great world of dinosaur worship!

Runaways

Vince is Five! *sniff!*

Par-tay!

*GASP!!* Arrrg Matey!

Hairstyling 101

Vince styled Mia's hair in the bathtub tonight. She's not too sure about it yet.

Mia, so kissy, kissy all the time!

Beach bumming

Mia really liked her first "real" experience with the ocean. She kept trying to walk further into the water. There were lots of tidepools to play in every afternoon.Vince gets braver and braver playing in the ocean each year. He had so much fun playing with his cousins and even started putting his face in the water to copy them.We are putting a lazy river on our next Christmas wishlist!

And we're off!!!!

Smooches!

Mia gets her groove on . . .

Vince's first swim lessons . . . .

Vince just finished up his swim class this past week. He was willing to do alot more for the teacher than he has for us.She dunked him a bit when he jumped in each day. He always popped up to make sure I was watching him get his face wet.Vince got a chance to feed a very tiny kitten at our friend's house. He was so gentle! We made sure he didn't try to sneak it home though!

Mia has been busy this month . . .

She had her first doughnut: Demolished!!!!

Been busy bird-watching:Taking measurements for her summer clothing line:

Tagging along after her brother:

Weeeeeee (the tongue hanging out makes you go faster!!):Trying out her float in the pool. Or as Vince calls it, her "toyota":

Shaping up to be a nice week for Mommy!

I went to Vince's preschool today for a Mother's Day Tea. Here's video of the songs they sang, including one set to a Christmas song for some reason (?) Vince had to be corraled back to the front because he came running to hug me when he walked in the room. Such a sweet lil stinker when he wants to be!!!

Later I took Mia to the doctor and she is officially on her doctor's good list for gaining weight. She jumped up to 21lbs 9 oz (from 30% to 50%) in just one month. More proof for why I should stop eating pasta!!! Mia has been accessorizing lately with hats. For some reason wearing them makes her giggle. She put her Daddy's hat on tonight, b-boy style!!

Vacationing for the unemployed . . .

The boys went on a spontaneous camping trip. Mia and I joined them for the fun at the lake and mealtime, then headed home like sensible people to sleep in REAL beds! The water was warm enough to swim in and the kids had a blast. Mia seemed unaware that she doesn't know how to swim yet. She kept heading further in only to be dragged back out by her party-pooper Mom. She got in some exercise while she was there too.
Vince somehow found seashells at the lake(??)

Mia's first experience with chocolate pudding . . .

Sorry for all the postings lately but it just occurred to me that I have like 5 videos of Mia's entire first year of life. So I'm trying to remember to capture a few more moments of her b/c she is a hoot! (I humbly think!) Ha, ha.

Mia slept till 8am this morning so she is our favorite person in the house for now. Was it the chocolate pudding? I don't know but she will be getting some more tonight just in case!!

The posting will never end!!!!!!!!!!

Mia proves that you can dance anywhere when you catch a boogie bug!

Vince greets our backyard squatters . . .

All 5 of them!!!

A beautiful spring day . . .

We decided to take the kids to a local garden to see some flowers and trees blooming. Vince wanted to take his cowboy hat, insisting that he was a farmer and was going to plant some crops. I couldn't resist putting Mia in her fairy outfit. Vince said, "Oh Mia, you so bootiful! You're a princess. I'll be the king! . . . a king with a farmer hat!" Well, of course!

Happy Easter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know how the Easter Bunny snuck in while the children slept because Mia did not sleep much at all! And she was so eager to see what he left that she decided to get up for the day at 6am. The kids were pleased with their loot. Vince as usual was just as interested in Mia's goodies as his own.
Can I have this for breakfast Mom?? Thus begins the candy negotiations for the day. If Vince doesn't become a lawyer, he will truly have missed his calling. Look at the serious face with this request.Mia always travels with something in each hand. Now she has two eggs to lug about with her.

Last night, Vince decorated eggs while Mia provided the musical entertainment for the evening. Vince accidently cracked the shell on one of the eggs and discovered that breaking and peeling the eggs was more fun than coloring them. I had to convince him to break the rest the next day.

Our Easter Bunny also left us baby bunnies in our backyard. We watched the Mommy bunny come back to feed the babies last night. Vince wants to play with them soooo bad.