Grandma M, Mia, and dad
Getting ready for her namesake , just kidding :)

Eating lunch with Grandma and Grandpa M

and being silly.

What a goof!

After her nap: bear, blanket, binky,

and drink

Introducing my niece Arianna (I'm taking credit for the name :) )

Born Feb 9th 7 lbs 19 inches long. This makes the 4th grandkid,

another one gets here in April. Exciting!

Anyway, we are back and smiling- after a terrible

week of Stomach Flu with constant diarrea and

puking and me running over Spock in the garage

on the way to work ( yes he's alive and okay)

I'm glad to see this smile again, she's happy,

a little bit of an attitude from being spoiled while

sick , but she is so much better. We took her to the Shark

Reef at the Mandalay Bay. She had a blast!

Here's Mia singing Twinkle Little Star, my camera

card got full in the middle of course, so I will have to

post again- she LOVES reading her books.

Updates on Mia: she's so stinkin funny, has the

cutest grin, in fact she said, "I'm so funny" the other

day, she puts her cooking hat on and says,

"I'm ready to cook" The only bad to that is that

it is usually at 8:30pm when I'm trying to get her to

go to bed. She tells me 5 more minutes mom when

I want her to clean up and then 2 more minutes mom,

but she just keeps doing it over and over again. She always

has that bear who rarely sees the washing machine because

she won't let him go for more than 5 minutes. She's still

dancing like crazy, follows me everywhere saying, "What

are you doing now mom?" I can't even pee in peace, but

she's my little sidekick and gives me kisses and hugs all day long.

This is her new smile, look familiar Nicole?

Scott and Hailey make the same face!! She is constantly

trying to cook with me which is fun and she got

this new kitchen well, it was at a garage sale

from Grandma and Grandpa M and

she won't let me put it in the backyard where it's

supposed to go. She just keeps saying, this is my new

kitchen mom!

She still has the bluest eyes ever and is skinny

and tall.

She is non stop action from morning
til night and so much fun to play with.
Whenever I cook , she runs, grabs
her cooking hat, asks me to put her
apron on and says, "I'm ready to cook!"
What a cutie!!

cutest cook I've ever seen!
Mom and Mia

Mia is absolutely obsessed with Yo Gabba which

most of you know, because you keep adding to

her collection. She has everything you can think

of Gabba. She role plays with them constantly

and she sings/dances to their songs all day long,

so I decided her 2nd birthday will be Yo Gabba

Land! Filled with a Brobee cake and lots of fun.

I'm so excited. She will LOVE it.

Here's the gang: She kisses, hugs, and takes

them everywhere. She doesn't have a favorite,

and she sings : Don't Bite Your Friend to Spock

our cat, Please and Thank you song, Wiggle Wiggle

Stop, If I try it I'll like it (everytime she eats

something new) It is fun to watch her get so

excited. ( I was the Flinstone and Smurf era)

speaking of cat: Spock thinks we buy Mia's toys

for his pleasure. This is a mini tent that Mia puts

her animals in and he thinks it is where he lives.

Doesn't look like a mama pig to me?

Here is Mia listening to country music and using

her little toy guitar to help her with the lyrics.

Notice her eyes are closed? She always dances

with her eyes closed. It's so funny!

We took Mia to Disney on Ice Saturday afternoon.

This was the look on her face the whole time.

I wondered if she was too young, but she was

perfect. I brought her booster seat which was a

good idea because she could see much better.

Rick and Mia during the intermission. Do you see

her bear? We can't go ANYWHERE without him.

I've looked online EVERYWHERE for a replacement

in case he in lost or falls apart (knock on wood)

I bought 2 online, spent lots of money and neither

were the same size. I kept one who is much larger

because I had no choice and then I get a call from

the manufacturer that they just don't make him anymore.

Back to Disney on Ice, we kept her busy with Skittles,

fries and chicken fingers, Sprite, and snowcone.

Afer each performance, she would yell, YAY

and clap.

Note Mia's face: big eyes and entertained.

Note Rick's face: too funny
At the end they did Tinkerbell and Mia HATES
fairies, I don't know why but she hates cartoons
with fairies too. So she kept saying okay mom,
bye I'm going home , bye. It was funny.
Sidenote: Rick's ex girlfriend happened to run
into us as we were finding our seat and of course
she was 2 rows behind us the whole time. Annoying!

Mia is major sick and that's why I haven't posted.

She caught a major caugh and we tried to avoid it

but obviously it didn't work. 5 days of a fever, caugh,

and finally got to the doctor and she has now developed

a double ear infection from the caugh, so antibiotics later.

Anyway, who says a cat isn't a man's best friend. This is

what he does when Mia is sick.

We don't do this to Spock, he does it to himself.

Seriously?

Mia said, "I want to go sit in the rain with my hat."

so we sat outside to watch the rain, and Spock

thought he was invited too.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun! Doesn't this

look like a Cindy Lauper get up?

Happy girl

We went to Town Square and Mia loved all the slides.

I LOVE this picture of Mia,

Aunt Bre took it on her new camera that

we are all jealous of. It's my new favorite pic

of her.

This I love- she LOVES her new piano.

Can you tell?

I stole this pic from my sister's
blog- again taken on Bre's camera
I love Mia's look on her face!
Here's my hubby going head first from
the top- it's amazing how the older you get,
you get afraid of things- I used to jump off
40 ft waterfalls in college and I am scared
when I sled down a hill now, or ride a plane,
or even stand on my ladder trying to take
down tree decorations. What is my problem?
Mia with dad and her cozy outfit that Dustin
got her- look close, she doesn't have fingers because
she refused to wear her gloves so they got flipped up in the sweater
and she kept saying, "oh no mom,
where did my hands go?" Perfect gift Dustin :)

I forgot to tell the story of Christmas Eve, Rick went outside Mia's
window and jingled Santa bells like his dad did when he was little. Mia
literally jumped up on all fours and looked out the window and whispered
in this tiny little voice, "Santa?" I said, what was that Mia, "She whispered,
"Santa's Reindeer mom." I couldn't believe it. It brought tears to my eyes, I know that
is silly, but I love the whole idea of Santa and the hopes and dreams along with it.
We have been reading, watching,and playing with Santa stuff all month, but she actually got it, and we wished that we would have gotten it on video. Of course, Rick wasn't too happy when
she was awake ALL NIGHT long giggling, yelling for Santa, and singing every song she knows.
But it was worth it!!!

Before Church: Christmas is over

but here are all the pics from the last few

weeks.

We love having everyone here at my

mom's. We don't know when we will all

be together again.

mom and Mia in front of my mom's tree
Thanks to the hubbies, all the girls went out.
It was fun.

I love having sisters and an amazing mom

I've very lucky!

Day after Christmas- Mia at grandma's in Hailey's

fun beauty parlor
pretty girl

I love the look on Mia's face- Cousin Scott

got this awesome jeep- Nicole and Kev totally

did it because they always wanted one as a kid

and never could have it. Scott was very proud

as he drove Mia around.

she just loves it and is holding on tight

still loves the piano too!

After getting to my mom's, Mia had a present

meltdown. This is the final result. She was exhausted

and put her bear on her head to go to sleep right

on the living room floor. She also told me, Mom ,

I need a nap!! - never heard those words before.

this is the meltdown before the nap comment

she was a trooper
all the guys in their new jammies Christmas
morning and their EXCITING gifts from my dad
SPOILED!!!
Hailey got a new beauty parlor and Mia was
checking it out. She is so excited to be with her cousins
for Christmas. Everyone is here at my mom's and I love it!!

It was a lot of fun being in our own house for Christmas.

Mia is way into Yo Gabba Gabba so she was

excited about dancing Brobie

mom and Mia in our pjs
Mia freaked when she saw the piano. Thanks
grandma and grandpa. She loved it!

I love the wild hair do!!