Mia's like a big kids these days

She's swimming on her own....getting into cabinets to find the food she wants to eat.....she can pull herself up onto our bed....her vocabulary is no longer just words, but sentences...I can't believe how quickly she's becoming a little kid/person instead of feeling like she's a baby.

The hoopla of the 2nd B-day weekend

Mia enjoyed visits with friends during her b-day weekend. Thank you to Elissa, Michele, Gordon, Mary and Maeve, Grandma, Anna, Bumpa, RAH, Annie, Jean, Pete and of course "Skees" for helping us celebrate

Maeve and Mia of course played with "ahdo" and with magnets

There were Tea parties with Rah

And of course there were naps after it was all said and done in Sleepy Hollow ( the new name for Mia's Vermont house)

Mia helped mommy decorate the b-day cake

So Mia and Mommy set out to decorate Mia's 2nd Birthday cake.

Believe it or not, Mia tasted more frosting than mommy (it was close though) Above is what the final cake looked like. We had to include the little nugget of information letting people know that mia is not infact 9. Below is what Mia looked like after decorating the cake

By the time we got to party time (below) everyone was cleaned up and ready. Mia asked to blow out the candles several times ("mommy onemortin")

Warm wishes GG

Mia seems to be a bit more pleasant, caring and creative this morning. Amazing what a good rest will do for a kiddo. So we recorded this get well message for GG (Shane's nana on his mom's side). At the end of the video Mia heads off to actually look for GG. All morning long she has said "Whereareyougg?"

GG get well

We wanted to put together a cute video letting GG (Mia's great grandmother) know that we were thinking of her while she's in the hospital. I am not sure this is Mia's best moment. But alas get well GG. We love you

Mia's first day at "playschool"

Yes pictures were taken outside of Mia's new daycare...I'm hoping we're not the first

The snow here in Maine is up to the mailboxes

Here you can barely see Mia...waving goodbye to mommy yelling "haveaoodday" No tears were shed by her

The first toy she grabbed was a fake phone that looked like a remote. The staff at Foothill thought it was hilarious that she was trying to turn on the ceiling light and fan with a remote. Little did they know that she mastered this skill at Situ's house over thankhahakamas.

Mia of course had to check everything out. She ran around and checked out the kids, the staff (giving the staff many of whom she had just met big hugs) and then off she went to see the kitchen and to see the potty

Shane called around mid morning to check in on her. They had been outside already. We gather Mia was a little cranky and cold outside (Can you blame her its is 20 degrees out) She grazed well at lunch, slept (how did they do that?) and played with "kidz" as she calls anyone bigger than her and "babies" as she calls anyone smaller than her. Shane picked her up around 2:30. Good day for all. Thanks RAH

Obama is now President

This blog entry is going to be more text based than pictures. I want to make sure I capture our sentiments about this day in history. So Perrin watched the festivities while at work. Her boss was crying, some of her colleagues were hugging. All came together and paused to witness a new President take office. Shane watched from home, while Mia slept. He said he even teared up on occasion. That evening at home Mia decided that she had to wear this outfit this way. Watch out world there's no stopping us is I think what she was getting at with her determination and style choices. She watched the parade and kept pretending to march and play a drums. When Obama was on the TV she would say '....see a daddy....ook a daddy...." It was refreshing to hear her describe our new President in that manner. She would also yell (with some prompting) "...yeah baMa.."