Father's Day

We had a great Father's Day. It started with church in the morning where Joe and I sang/played on the worship team. Then we had Joe's dad over for lunch and Joe did an excellent job making hamburgers on the grill. Mia loved having Grandpa visit, and she surprised him how much she could point to in her new book!

After Sunday naps, we went to Macomb to spend time with Joe's step-dad and grilled out, yet again, and Mia played in a VERY cold sprinkler! It was a great day celebrating dads, grandpas, and opas!

Whoops...

Oh gosh, I am awful. Over 6 months and no posts...my sincerest apologies. No need to fill you in, let's start right where we are. Mia is CRAZY! She loves to hug & kiss, walk & RUN, read & play, and SO much more! At 17 months, she is so independant and is very good at playing by herself and keeping herself busy. My friend, a parent educator, said that we would see a spike in language development at about 18 months...well it seems that in the last week she has started to say even more words! Her favorites include: mom, dad, hi, and dog. And within the last few days...ELMO!! She loves Elmo, and likes to find him in books and on TV. Tonight she also said her friend's names, Danni & Liza (Eliza). She's getting so big, it's hard to believe she's almost a year and a half! Her other favorite things to do are playing on her swing & slide, swimming at the Y, going to the park to play, and reading books by herself & with mom or dad. I promise, I will do my best to try and update more! The picture is Mommy & Mia's MOther's Day 2011 photo.

Nielson Christmas Party

Last night we had a great time at the Nielson Christmas Party. Mia was very good, and did her best to keep up with the big kids. She was walking all over, giving hugs, and she got to unwrap her first Christmas present...a cool Nielson backpack! She also enjoyed eating some party foods (cheesy potatoes, cheese, crackers...mommy's favorites too!). The pictures show the cutest things she did. Sophie Bruns & Mia were giving each other hugs for like 2 minutes straight, then she took a picture with Parker Stecher and crawled up on his lap, and finally mommy and daddy got a great picture in front the Christmas tree. Do you notice Daddy's new hair cut?!

Baby's First Thanksgiving

Last week we celebrate Amelia's first Thanksgiving. We went to Macomb on Wendesday night and spent Thanksgiving day with Grandma, Opa, Uncle Carson & Aunt Krista, and other family and friends. It was a fun day, and Mia tried her first turkey and mashed potatoes. However, she wasn't too thrilled about it because she was on medication for croop that makes you fussy. :( But she did get to enjoy another Thanksgiving meal this past Wednesday when we celebrate with our small group. She had lots of fun being at Grandma's though, and Grandma even hung a swing in her doorway to keep her entertained. She loved it! Mom, Dad, Uncle Carson & Aunt Krista went shopping on Black Friday and Mia stayed with Grandma and Opa. The most exciting purchase was a new flat screen TV! We love it! Mia is still not quite herself this week, but I think she's finally starting to get over this sickness. She's still explaining lots on her feet and starting to walk even more. She's enjoying having our Christmas tree up and ripping the ornaments off the tree too! I'll post some more pictures in another post.

She's walking!

Look at Miss Amelia! She is walking all over the place! The farthest she has gone is from one chair to the other, and she is continuing to walk more steps each day. I think that she will definitely be walking by Thanksgiving, if not Christmas!

Halloween

We have SOOO much to update!! That last big event was Mia's first Halloween. She was a pumpkin, and probably the cutest one you have EVER seen! We went trick-or-treating down our street to visit David & Barb Clark (she got a juice box!), and then came home to a great party with Grandma & Grandpa Havens, Grandma Angie & Opa Jeff, and lots of friends too. It was a great day!

First Steps!!

Last night Mia took her first steps!! I wasn't sure to count that as her first steps, but my friend Chrissy assured me that that was walking! She was standing up at the chair by Chrissy and then turned and took 4 steps to her stand up toy that was about a foot and a half away. We cheered her on and a few minutes later, she went from the chair again, about 2 steps to my arms! I cannot believe this happened so fast! We'll see if she keeps this up! This morning when I tried to get her to do it again she wasn't as brave. I am sure though, that she will be walking by the time she is 10 or 10and a half months! That is something I cannot believe!!

Yesterday we had a fun day too! Daddy had the day off and so he came to the Y with me for my fitness class, then we went to Shop-Ko and found lots of things on sale (Mommy's favorite thing), and then in the afternoon we sent to visit Mia's friend Parker for a little Play Date. For dinner, we had friends over, and Mia took a bath with her friends Dannica & Eliza and then they all happened to have the same kind of pajamas! They were so cute!