Here is Mia as a little bee. We went

to Spooktacular on Friday night where

I work ( and where Mia will go to school)

First we dressed up at grandma's so

she could see her little costume.

Then we got a smile because we were telling her to

buzz around like a little bee and she started to.

She also had a little wand she held in her hands the

whole time and she was buzzing people with it.

And when someone asked her, she said she was

a "little bee buzz" Grandpa surprised us and showed

up at the school to see Mia in her costume. :)

Mom and Mia at Spooktacular- they had food,

games, candy, and costumes. It was fun.

They also had a cake walk and Mia danced around

when the music was on. She loved that- go figure.

Family pic- actually a cute one for a change :)
Here she is playing a game- putting a bean bag in a
hole. She LOVED the idea of getting prizes for playing
games, so I'm pretty sure she will like trick or treating this
year !!

Freaky note: One of the ROTC kids volunteering

was in my class the first year I taught and he was in 11th grade!

I will have high school graduates next year, can we say I'm getting old!!

Mia is 19 months old today. I can't believe it.

Look at all these teeth. She still has her brown

hair and her big blue eyes that make it hard

to tell her no. I think she gets cuter everyday,

but I am her mom so that might be bias.

She is saying full sentences and cracking everyone

up around her. Her newest is OH MAN, where did

grandma go (all day long), she calls for Rick but she

says, BABE!! as loud as she can because I call Rick babe.

My dad will say, how are you Mia, and she says, how

are you grandpa back at him. She knows like 3 spanish words

and when you ask her if she wants something, she says Si ( Thanks

Dora) She also says OKAY to everything in this hick accent.

She tells us she loves us every minute, she tells me to come on

and makes me follow her every move like I am one of her little

friends, she LOVES In and Out burger thanks to my parents

and literally eats almost an entire hamburger and fries with

sound effects like mmmm while she's dipping fries in the ketchup.

She actually told the ladies at nursery on Sunday
that the letter after M in her name is I and they
about freaked. She knows the colors blue, yellow,
and purple. She has to do everything herself without
ANY help or watch out for the temper tantrum. She
can never be left out, if you have a drink, she wants
one too. She still dances her little heart out but now she
dictates which songs she wants to hear. She gets major
giggles. She is a love bug ALL the time AKA hugs, hugs,
and more hugs.
She's hyper (can you tell) She's majorly attached
to her bear and that silly binky and when she
sees her bear, she yells, mom binky too please.
I love her so much, and I can't believe she's
19 months old today.

So we went to Boca Park where they had a little

carnival for Halloween. It wasn't exactly what

we thought it was going to be, but hey it was

okay. Vegas has NOTHING for kids. It's the

saddest thing. Anyway I had forgotten

how much I HATE ferris wheels til we got all

the way up at the top and we were stopped

to let other people on. I almost had a panic attack.

I did fake smile for Mia, but I don't think she

believed me by the look on her face. Oops.

She did love this though.
So Mia is not 36 in yet so she couldn't ride ANYTHING.
Definitely not going to Disney Land until she is tall enough
Anyway this kid who ran this ride actually let us go and
she was literally grinning ear to ear the entire time. She loves
planes. We went on it a few times because she was just too cute!
I know Rick won't like this pic but look at that
little smile. If you click on her, you will see she
really enjoyed the ride.

so we put Mia on this mini horse who was not

very slow, I had to walk next to her holding her

because he was soooo fast. I almost couldn't keep up.

She loved it though.

She was getting brave one handed and the guy

who owned the horse kept saying, "both hands please"

She LOVES horses, all animals really.

It was a fun family night. We went to Cheesecake

Factory afterwards and she had her favorite:

hamburger and fries. We thought she was done,

so our waitress came and got her food and she

got the lower lip going and started crying telling

her to come back and NO. We felt bad . So this is Mia and Spock's favorite

pastime now. He actually ENJOYS

being strolled around. It is too funny to watch.

and yes she does strap him in,
he looks unhappy in this picture but
he doesn't try and get out very often
so it must not be too bad. Side note:

Mia did get both flu shots and she's fine

in case any of you are on the fence. I'm with

germs all day so I didn't hesitate to keep her safe :)

On Saturday, we went to Gilcreast Farms to

pick out a few pumpkins. Mia had a lot of

fun. Cute story: Mia is down to one nap

now, but today she went up to Rick and wanted

him to pick her up, when he did she pretended

to snore and close her eyes, he said, Are you sleepy?

and she started fake snoring again, he said, do you want to

take a nap, and she said, Okay!! so he put

her in the crib to take a nap. He said it melted his heart.

walking in the pumpkin patch.

stepping on weeds.

look mom, I found one! She kept saying

her pumpkin was the baby, mine was the mom, and

Rick's was the dad.

This is where we find Spock on a daily basis- above

my potatoes in the pantry :)

How do I say no to this face? you tell me,

because I have a REALLY hard time doing it.

By the way: 18 month checkup, Mia is again

off the charts for her height and the doc says

he will bet $$ that she will be 6ft. Please NO

I had a hard time finding a husband taller than

me and I am only 5 ft 8 in. Plus we all know

that tall guys go for the short girls, so

let's just hope Mia is NOT 6 ft tall :)

It was Rick's Bday on the 29th so I got fun
party favors. Mia loved them.

Okay so the bad thing about having a pantry
filled with storage... an 18 month old who
begs for brownie mix daily and brings it out for
you to make. I did do it Sunday so
we could listen to conference though.
I don't think Spock ever dreamed he
would live in a house where he gets
strolled around. Well he does.
He is Mia's personal slave/best friend.
Whichever one you think fits best.

So here it is, Spock in Mia's baby stroller. She

also says her famous, "OH NO!!" She is so

dramatic. I love it :)

So Mia is saying all the sounds for the animals

she knows and it is the cuttest thing ever.

Here she is saying what Spock (0ur kitty)

a pup, cow, bird, monkey, and my favorite pig.

She totally snorts her nose up ANYTIME she

sees a pig. She has quite the little personality.

In case you didn't hear it all the first time :)

Does this look familiar Nicole?

You can tell Scott and Mia are cousins

by the cheese grin!!

Just a cute pic before church.

Mia playing peek a boo!!
Where'd she go?

This cat looks pretty miserable huh?

Not sure he likes his new home...

Labor day we went to Bonnie Springs

(Old Nevada) to a zoo so Mia could

see some animals. It's not the best

place, but pretty much the only

place to see live animals in Vegas-

how sad!! Anyway, Rick got Mia

these pink hiking boots before she

was born and was super excited for her

to finally wear them (size 5)

And she is sporting her pink camo hat.

Aren't kittens fun? Spock loves getting in Mia's
crib and attacking little baby toes and fingers.
Mia likes it though, she was giggling..

You may be wondering what is on her head? It's

her bear and the minute she gets in her crib, she

sticks that bear on her head and that's where it stays.

It is too funny!! Her head is always so sweaty when

she gets up. Cute little bug!!

Here is our new kitty. Look how big

his ears are!! My dad thought of the

name Spock. I hate Star Trek

but I came home from work and

Mia was already calling him Spock

I like Suki or Smudge or Elfin myself

but now she thinks that's his name.

Anyway, I went to pick him up and Mia

was squealing and dancing all the way home.

She has a LOVE for kitties and pups like I

have never seen, so yes she is a happy little girl!!

He just curled right up to her, so cute.

Rick can't believe how easy kittens are.

We showed him the litter box and his food

and that's it. He's used to puppies- I couldn't

deal with all the mess of that in a brand new house.

She loves how he likes to swat at her.
Note how big the ears are!!

Rick got him a collar but it is way too big. He

looks big in the pics but he is soooo tiny!!
Mia tries to sleep in his bed with him- by the way,
he does not like to sleep in his own bed- he has
to sleep with us or he cries. I told Rick it's only
til he's bigger (I hope)
She just loves him.

He can't understand why she is so loud though :)

here she is trying to get in his bed AGAIN.

Do I have a preschooler or what?

She's not my baby anymore.
And look at those long legs.... watch out boys.

Mia taking a bath in the laundry room sink.
It's the best! Here are pictures, the only one
I didn't get is the casita pics... and the front
of the greatroom with the fireplace.