Mia's Party

Mia turned 1 and we had a very nice pizza party for her! Here are some pictures so those of you who weren't there, can feel like you were! XOXO

Our cupcake birthday "cake"

Grammy and Mia

Nana and Ali checking out Mia's birthday book

Grampy and Mia

Grandpa and Micheal

Uncle Paul and Uncle Steve with the scary beard!
(Mia was not a fan, sorry Uncle Steve)

Cousins!

Happy Birthday to you...

Blow out the candle Mia!

Yummy cupcake!

Frosting in my teeth! DELICIOUS!

Party boy- he LOVED "my birfday hat!"

They've about had it with the party!

PRESENTS!!

Have I mentioned that I LOVE MY DADDY?!

A Tea set!! Thanks Aunt Heather!

YAY!! It was a great birthday! Thanks everyone!!

Mia's 1st Birthday!

WE MADE IT TO 1 YEAR!!!

But I have an ear infection and Vince is making me mad!!


Happy 1st Birthday Mia Rose!

Yummy.... ice cream cake!

Playing with my new school bus that my brother REALLY likes...

LOVE my daddy...

Mommy loves me!

Brother REALLY loves me...

Sometimes a little TOO much!

We celebrated Mia's 1st birthday! We can't believe it's been a WHOLE year already. Where did it all go?! Of course at her 1 year appointment we found out that she has an ear infection to go with this nasty cold she's been fighting and then we had 2 shots! It wasn't the BEST of birthdays! She weighs 27 lbs., 12.5 oz. (99%); she's 30 1/4 inches (85%); and her head is 18 3/4 inches (97%). Needless to say she's a big girl who now weighs more then Vince did at this age!

But we celebrated with spaghetti and meatballs anyway and daddy stopped and got an ice cream cake. I missed it with the camera but when we were singing Happy Birthday Mia started swaying from side to side, dancing. It was really cute.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIA!

Funny things Vince has said lately:

"Ice is slippely!"

"I can't wait!" Talking about going to school because

he thinks a bus is coming to get him. (It's not)

Shakes whatever it is that he is holding, while eating it and say "My ____ is dancing!"

Mia:

"WHOA"

"Yeah"

"NO!"

"Dad"

11 months old!

My big brother, my best friend

Watching the birdies

Well, what do you think...

Going in for a kiss

Look at that!

Already likes phones!

LOVE my daddy

This is how our 11 month photos turned out

And one half-way decent one- only a little yelling!

We have again made it to 11 months and keep wondering how we've made it this far and fast. I've started planning her birthday party which is fun and exciting. I just can't believe it's almost been a year. So much has changed. We're getting a cousin to join us from Paul and Kateri. Uncle Dan is leaving us for Libya to find a new adventure. Adam and Cara will be in Cali for another few months so it'll be a small birthday party! We'll miss you guys :(

Mia will be walking any day, she is taking steps and stands up from the middle of the floor. She says "Dada, Moma", and probably other things that I just haven't caught yet. Tonight was the first night she finally fell asleep by herself after minimal crying so that was a breakthrough for me! Now if we could just get her to quit waking up during the night mommy would be a happy, well-rested woman!

Vince is big, talking a ton, and loves all the snow. We put a bird feeder in our tree in the back- hence the pics of the kids looking at the birdies! He loves playing with our neighbors who are turning into good friends which is nice for all of us. He likes to help US remember out manners and reminds me to cover my mouth when I cough by say "Cover Mommy! COVER!!" Which of course is exactly what I say to him...

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and continue to count our blessings. We hope and pray that all is well with you all!

1st Snow

Here's our first snow outting this year- Mia's 1st time and the first time Vince really had some fun!

Christmas Caroling

Here's Vince with some Christmas stylings...

10 months and counting!

We are to ten months already- WHERE DID THE TIME GO?! We can't believe that Mia is almost a year old, what happened? I remember thinking with Vince that the first year seemed so looong and this year with Mia has flown by. I'm really glad I started this blog so I can look back and see what the heck happened! I have about 12 pictures of the next one and she has so much in her hands because I couldn't get her to sit there long enough to get a picture. She's a busy little girl. Her favorite things are swatting people in the face, saying "dad" and laughing at her brother. She really enjoys peak-a-boo as you can see in the last video.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Christmas and New Year! This will probably be our last pictures of the year.

10 months old!

Where's Mia??

Where's Mia????

There she is!!!!!

Gonna get you

Mommy looks like death, but cute anyway...

Helping mom with laundry

Playing peak-a-boo again...

Here I am, Mom!

Pretty lights

The Mia show