Mia was playing fashion show in my closet

the other night, she would pick out the clothes

and my shoes of course and then I had to use

a microphone to introduce her and play the music

while she came out. It was fun!

Grandma B did her hair up in braided buns

and she was very excited about it.

The classic picture- getting mom's shoes

hmm which ones should I pick?

fun stuff to do when it's too cold to go outside,

have a snowball fight with waded paper, you make

different sides and start throwing at eachother,

the side with the fewest snowballs wins. Even

pets enjoy it- note Spock in the background

another fun thing to do is pretend to cook. Mia LOVES

my lower oven.

she likes to pretend to make things in it. Funny story but

I forgot she made playdo shapes and put them on a cookie

sheet and in the oven, so one day when I was preheating,

I luckily realized they were there before they burnt to a crisp

playing in cabinets

I thought this was so cute, she put all her gabba friends

in their own beds in my tub

Grandpa B's birthday!

We HAD to put hats on

Mia enjoying helping him blow the candles out

very into the present thing :)

We went to Roosnmore and took Brooke

and my mom this time- here Mia is holding a

baby kangaroo

Rick with a baby armadillo

we got to feed baby monkeys

and hold them

Aunt Brooke and monkey

this monkey was hilarious

Mia, Aunt Brooke and the monkey who

was pouting

then he took Brooke's hairclip and wouldn't

give it back.

Dad and Mia at the zoo

Mia is obsessed with tortoises

All the girls

Mia petting a kangaroo

Mia pretending to jump like a kangaroo,

this zoo is seriously so amazing...

I guess I needed a day off of work to get these

pics uploaded- Mia has been dressing up a ton

lately, Rapunzel more specifically and making everyone play

Rupunzel with her, she's been obsessed ever since grandma B took her

to see the movie- I'm actually going to attempt a rapunzel cake for her birthday

in March.

she put all her wings on and made Rick fly her around

Mia at the park today- it was 70 degrees ;)

cuteness

grandma stopped by and brought a slush

she went to the tallest slide- look at the table in

the background to see how tall this slide is, I couldn't

believe she did it all by herself!

looking back, she wouldn't let me help or

get close to her.

and there she goes!

then she came home and we played Olivia and the

pirate ship

she is so imaginative and creates these worlds

that we play in, making up characters, scenes,

and settings. It's really fun!

she cracks Rick and I up because her vocab is so high,

she absorbs everything and if you are having a conversation,

she has to always be in the know- what are you guys talking about?

That's her favorite line... She is also sensitive and will say, you just hurt

my feelings mom, and so intuitive, I was having a rough day and she grabbed

my face and asked, "are you happy mom?"

Rick takes her to the park in the mornings alot since he doesn't go in

until noon, so she loves that, plus they have been going to the library a lot

too, she comes home and has her books memorized in a day and will say

you have to be careful mom, these are very expensive.

She seems to be getting taller and taller but skinnier and skinnier

at the same time, plus we grew out her bangs and she just grew

some more underneath, she has just baby fine hair, hopefully it

will get thicker later on.

We got snow the first day back after winter break, so

I missed out on the fun, but Rick and Mia played in it for a long time

she was very excited that it was sticking

speaking of snow, we went to Mt.Charleston with Bre,

Wael, Laith and my mom and dad the day after Christmas.

It was definitely fun

the guys had a great time!

they were trying to flip eachother off of the sled

It was pretty funny to watch

New Years Eve- we finally got to see Brooke and Chris

for a short weekend and did our annual fondue where we each gained

5 lbs but it was super fun. Mia loves being part of the girls, she can't

be left out :)  Happy New Years! Hopefully we can add to our family soon,

send prayers this way :)

Christmas 2010

Do we notice how EXTRA sweet she looks

in this pic getting ready for Santa to come?

mom and Mia on Christmas Eve

Stockings were hung

cookie/milk- cookie covering milk because of the cat

Christmas Eve Dinner at Grandma and Grandpa B's

we didn't get a pic of Mia's little table but my mom put out

settings for her stuffed animals because all the cousins her age

aren't here this year- it was sad, she kepts saying , "Excuse me guys and

trying to have a conversation with us at the big table, she was lonely :( "

But cousin Laith was there and he made it better- he just loved being around

Mia and she even showed him how to crawl and he took a few steps which

is so exciting! He gave her a kiss before he left and Mia freaked out because it was

slobbery, also she kept talking about being jealous- don't know where that word

came from, but she was super cute with little Laith!

Grandpa B and Mia- Christmas Eve dinner

Looks like Santa came- Olivia stuff, Gabba, Basketball hoop

and Strawberry Shortcake just to name a few...

Mia was pretty much in shock, she didn't even notice the

big basketball hoop til we pointed it out, and at one

point she cupped her hands in her mouth and yelled very

loudly towards the door, " Thank you Santa" It was super cute,

she also got to hear Santa's reindeer bells while she was in bed getting ready to go to sleep.

She was really into Santa this year, I'm excited for next year!

classic bed head Christmas pic :)

She was even more excited about her stocking stuff

than the stuff under the tree, look at her mouth wide open,

too cute!

Here she is talking about how Santa gave ate most of her cookies

and milk. She kept saying , Santa sure knows what I like mom.

very excited about her purse and chapsticks inside.

just a cute pic of my bug

After Santa at our house, we headed up to Grandma Bs to

open presents- She got Max and Ruby from her dad and I

I'm so not a stuff animal girl, but she sure is,

it's pretty cute

Olivia dress up stuff

I got my mom a Brett Favre jersey, do you think she liked it?

Wael and Laith had a fun time opening presents

Rick and I in our pjs looking very cute, ha ha,

my mom got the guys some marshmellow guns which

turned into alot of marshmellow fights, plus Mia was

going around eating all the ones on the floor and I was getting

them stuck to my pants and butt. :)

We stayed at Grandma Bs til we were pooped and then headed

home for a much needed nap

Mia's Grandma and Grandpa M came and brought Mia

their present - a fun picnic table for the backyard, she was very excited.

then Uncle Dustin came by with presents

and got Mia some adorable outfits /books

She was super excited about it.

Off to Grandma / Grandpa M's for Christmas dinner with

Aunt Lucy/Uncle Dave and cousins Addie and Gavin.

They were all pretty tired from the day but they still had fun!

Addie was very excited about the tea set we got her.

Too cute!

Gavin just loved being around Mia

Mia got some really fun Strawberry Shortcake stuff from

Grandma/ Grandpa M

We even got a cute pic by the tree- Gavin was super tired, can you tell?

More pics to come- we went sledding the next day :)