Happy St. Patrick's Day
Mia got this dress from grandma M
last year.
so she wore it to church on Sunday

I almost didn't get her to church. She

kept saying, I don't want to go to church

mom, I want to stay home in my jammies.

Do you blame her?

Mia begged me to get her ladybugs

because Amanda (sitter) and her kids

Lilly and Nicholas got them, so we did. Look

at her face!!

I love when little kids bend down, so

cute!
You either get 300 or none, but she had fun
except she kept running around the house with them
swinging the box this way and that and I thought Rick
was going to have a heart attack. It was funny. Could
you imagine all those in thick carpet? I just laughed.

This is our new toy- I got an amazing deal so

I just couldn't pass it up. As you can see, Mia LOVES

it. Hopefully my butt and legs will too. JK

such a tall and skinny little munchkin

and yes bear is there too. She just kept saying
I'm having so much fun mom, thanks mom, this
is such a fun day!
All I can say to anyone with kids is, it's all about the snacks.

Here is Mia saying some of the letters that she knows,

she has about 20 by heart but here are a few. I've

been trying to get this on video since before Christmas.

Here is Mia saying our names and counting to ten-

well 8. She has been counting for awhile now but

won't ever do it on video.

Random Pics of cuteness: this one was

before church. She really is as sweet as

she looks in this picture 99% of the time

She told Rick the other day, I love you dad,

and then started rubbing his arm and said,

you're such a good boy. It melted his heart.

She is sooo tall, this is a 3 T dress

but she is so skinny that it doesn't

fit anywhere else. Ignore the bangs,

I couldn't wait til grandma got back

from Utah and well ya, that's all I

have to say, next time, I will wait.

The other day we were eating dinner

at my mom's and she says, Grandma

you have a big butt! She's like, excuse

me, anyway she tells everyone on a daily

basis that they have big butts, except her

of course, she says it's little.

Mia before bedtime: She is done with her bath

by 8:15 and we are literally reading til 9! It kills

me on the weekdays cause I'm exhausted but

how do you tell a kid to stop reading???

We've been moving dirt with grandpa's bobcat

and Mia LOVES it so much. She's just happy as

can be. Another little funny story: Rick always

asks her , are you daddy's girl or mom's girl

and she says mom's girl. It's cute. I'm sure

that will change when she becomes a teenager.

She also loves saying her full name Mia Meyers.

It's too cute.

Does this face look familiar Nicole? Now when

I take Mia's picture, she automatically cheezes

it to where you can't even see her eyes.

Speaking of eyes, look at my dad's eyes, now

do we know why Mia's are sooo blue.

She just loves being on the bobcat and her

bear of course sitting in her lap.
Mia after her bath

random cuteness

I just love this little spitfire!

Updates on Mia: Grandma and Grandpa M

got to watch her this week so Rick would take

her to the park and then leave her with them

before work. She had a GREAT time with them.

Latest funny stories: she is obsessed with pockets

so she keeps putting things in them. Well she was naked

and out of the tub and said, "Mom, I need a pocket"

I told her she didn't have one because she was naked,

and she said, "Yes I do, I have a pocket in my bum!"

So that's what she says every day now and Rick

and I hope she doesn't put anything in there :)

She is also starting to throw little tantrums and

when Rick and I try to get her to stop, she says,

No I just keep on whining!!! It's hilarious, we

even heard her last night yellling it in her dreams.

She is a spitfire!

She's so long and skinny!
running in the park :)

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?