Our Journey to Mia Lin

A new year

2012-01-23T12:44:00.001-06:00

We've had a great start to the new year! Mia has two new pets that she absolutely loves... two bearded dragon lizards. She loves those things, always wanting to pet them and feed them, and even singing them a lullaby! I added some current pics. I got a new tattoo as well, chinese cherry blossoms. I love it! Mia want to sure about santa this year, as seen in the picture! Haha. Hope you are having a great year like we are!

Fall Fun

2011-10-20T15:09:00.001-05:00

Dancing to German polka music in Herman, playing at Fisher Farms, and raking (brooming) leaves at home. Loving the fall fun!

Updates

2011-09-26T11:33:00.001-05:00

Here are some more pics of Mia. And a pic of the tattoos I just got. The one on my foot is the symbol for "destiny" and the one with the red thread is Mia's gotcha date and her Chinese name. Her Chinese name has the meaning of a bird so that's why there is a bird carrying the red thread.

Fresh Air Fund

2011-07-20T13:33:00.000-05:00

Gosh it's been so long!

2011-07-18T14:54:00.000-05:00

I'm just a terrible blogger. I'm sorry. My love of blogging moved to my love of Facebook! haha But my love of Mia has not changed! In fact is has grown ever so deeply that I can't even remember life without her! She has grown so much and is now an independent, sassy 3-year-old who loves life, is cautious in new situations, is a huge Mama's girl, is extremely intelligent and curious, loves bugs and all things crawly, and knows her way around mom and dad's little fingers!!!
Here are some pics!

2011-01-28T14:50:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday to me. Mia gave me the sweetest handwritten card today. Of course it was in her scribble writing but it was precious! I couldn't ask for a better gift than her love! She is certainly the light of my life!
Here is a video of her playing on her xylophone and singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" to her grandpa on the phone. tee hee.

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And here she is drawing a person. All the little dots are the eyes and nose. haha. she thinks she has to use all of the "paper" so she draws the arms and legs clear to the edge. so sweet!

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I just wanted to promote this as well. I work in a school with special education students and think this is a really great initiative! Will you take the pledge?!

Christmas Portraits

2010-12-02T06:58:00.002-06:00

Learning so much

2010-11-17T07:26:00.000-06:00

Mia is learning so much now. She's 28 months old now.

She is amazingly up to reading about 50 site words.
She can tell you letters she sees and what sound they make.
She knows her left and right.
She is speaking in 6-10 word sentences and has an incredible vocabulary.
She can rote count to 10 and count items up to about 5.
She knows all her colors and shapes (even octagon).
She can climb on everything and loves the counters!
She is inquisitive and asks questions constantly.
She sweet and sassy at the same time.

What an amazing little girl! We are so lucky to have her in our lives.

Halloween Fun

2010-11-06T22:40:00.002-05:00

Oh my I have been terrible at posting here. So sorry. I don' know if anyone is even following us any more! I post most of my pics on FBook now.

Here are some pics of Mia this Halloween. She had so much fun!

Loves Daddy's Socks!

2010-08-26T16:30:00.000-05:00

Happy Independence Day!

2010-07-04T23:23:00.003-05:00

Pics from the day for your enjoyment! Tonight we sat down for fireworks and looked to our right and there was a little boy from Mia's day care and his parents. So they had much fun playing while waiting for the fireworks to start. Mia had fun watching the fireworks and kept saying "BOOM!" She was so cute.

Mia at the parade waiting for more candy!

Summer Cookin

2010-06-25T19:22:00.007-05:00

I've been home all week so I have actually had time to plan some good meals! yay! I found this summer cooking cookbook and decided to try some recipes out of it. They have been really good. Here are some of the ones we tried. You can click on them to make them bigger so you can read them. I didn't want to type them all out!!!!

This shrimp marinade is so good. I used fresh basil from my herb garden. It was really good.

No idea why these are sideways. They aren't in the picture I took!!! But anyway... the yogurt/mayo that goes with this recipe is delicious with the salmon!

I have had these at sports concession stands before and love them. They call them a walking taco. But then I saw them in this cookbook and decided to have them at home. You can just use regular taco meat or chili. They're fun to make and eat.

If you like curry I would recommend this salmon recipe. Yummy!

What have we been up to?

2010-06-10T13:15:00.003-05:00

I have been so very, very bad about blogging lately. I spend most of my free time when Mia isn't keeping me busy on F-book. You can find the link in my right column to be my friend and see what we're up to! Lots of pictures on there!

We have been enjoying the start of summer so far. Mia loves being outside and really loves swimming in her pool.

Here is a video I took of her playing in the sprinkler one day when she was sick. She had herpangina which caused her to have tons of little blister sores in the back of her throat. She was miserable and ate nothing but popsicles and ice cream for about 3-4 days. I had to find things to get her mind off of her sore throat. Poor thing. Thank heavens that is over with! Lasted about a week.

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Here she is schmoozing Daddy for more pop. She loves pop. That's not a good thing! We can't drink one without her begging for a "dink" You'll also see her fixing her hair... cracks me up. I actually think I might have snorted at that point LOL She's such a ham! Love this little girl to pieces!!!

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Bounce House Fun

2010-05-18T22:13:00.002-05:00

We went to my school's staff picnic tonight (only 2.5 days of school left for the kids!!! I'm there all summer though...). Mia had a blast playing in the bounce house. Here are a few videos. Took them on my phone so they aren't the greatest quality.
She is growing up so fast. I can't believe she'll be two in just a little over a month. Hard to believe!

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ABC's

2010-04-29T18:27:00.000-05:00

She's learning so much now. Amazes me how quickly she picks up on things!!!!

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VOTE FOR MARLEE

2010-04-13T07:14:00.001-05:00

Do you Faceb00k?

If you do click HERE and become a fan of Josie Hannes Design Photography Studio and then go to the Cutie Patootie contest in the Photos section and comment on my niece Marlee's photo so she can win! She's on page 4, 3rd row. It's a really close race - She needs your vote!!!!!!

Then search for me and be my friend on FB!!! There is a link in my sidebar. Leave me a note and tell me how you know me so I don't just ignore you! :)

Tromping in the Tulips

2010-04-12T18:34:00.004-05:00

We took Mia to the Governor's Garden and State Capitol on Sunday to take pictures of her with the beautiful tuplis that were in bloom. They were beautiful. Mia was quite a handful. She's in that stage where she thinks it is funny to run away from us and have us chase her. So she was wanting to run all over the place and not sit still for pictures. Needless to say by the end we were ALL ready to go home!!!!! It took me taking about 400 pictures to get some really good ones! LOL Here are some of the better ones.

Happy Easter

2010-04-04T20:24:00.005-05:00

Mia had so much fun finding Easter eggs and seeing what the Easter bunny brought her. She was so cute to watch running around finding the eggs. Everytime she picked one up she would say "EEE-ter eKKK" She has a very pronounced (German accent sounding) K and G sound at the end of words. It's super cute. P's are the same way.

Here are some pics and videos of the day.

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Opening her Easter Bunny gifts.

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Dyeing eggs. She had a blast doing this!!!

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Fun with colors and letters

2010-04-03T10:09:00.003-05:00

Mia is learning so much right now. Her little brain is just spinning!
Here she is doing her colors

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Every time I get my computer out and turn it on she screams "ABC's" until I turn on the Starfall website. Then she stomps her feet and yells. She absolutely loves this website and is learning her letters quickly. We are on this site for about 30 minutes total a day (about 15 minutes at a time). She has gotten better and better the more we play on it. It's really cute to watch her yell the letters so I will click on them.
Right at the end of this video she got so excited she fell off my lap. LOL She was ok though.

And one more just for fun... Spinning.

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Reference for the last part of this video: Draughts (dra - fts)- British English or Checkers- American English

giggles and somersaults

2010-03-27T22:13:00.002-05:00

I can't believe how much Mia picks up now day to day. She is growing so quickly. She just soaks everything in. She brings so much joy to our lives.
Here are some more videos for your enjoyment.

The first one is of her laughing hysterically while playing peek-a-boo. Not really sure why she thought this was soooo funny today but she certainly did! tee hee

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This video is of her doing somersaults. She just learned how to do this today and it is so precious. She's such a sweetie!! (as usual the house is a mess so ignore the background!)

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We're so ready for spring to get here. She has loved playing outside the few days it has been warm outside. The other day we played with sidewalk chalk and blew bubbles. She loved it. I think we're gonna have to get her a swingset for her birthday this summer... maybe early!

ABC's

2010-03-07T21:10:00.002-06:00

Love this website Starfall.com and so does Mia. Every time I start it on the computer she comes running to sit on my lap. This is our nightly routine... like her modern day bedtime story LOL
Check it out... and please ignore the messy room in the background. We were playing all day and didn't stop to clean :)

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Videos

2010-03-03T20:47:00.001-06:00

Video from January. Too cute not to share.

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Cleaning up the rice she dumped over the edge of her high chair. She cracks me up!!!

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Chinese New Year FCC Event

2010-02-21T19:52:00.004-06:00

We went to our local Families with Children from China (FCC) Chinese New Year Event on Saturday. Mia had a lot of fun. She loved the dragon dance! I was afraid she was going to get trompled because she kept running underneath the dragon but she didn't :) She also loved the egg rolls. haha. :)

The Dragon Dance. Mia was watching and then she lost sight of me. I love how she comes running to me at the end. When she got to me she gave me a big kiss... Awe... sweet love!

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These little girls are in our FCC group and are taking Chinese Dance lessons. So cute!

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Some of the Chinese dance performers.

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Happy Chinese New Year!

2010-02-15T23:09:00.002-06:00

Happy Valentine's Day and Happy CNY!

2010-02-13T21:30:00.005-06:00

Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day on the same day! How wonderful is that?

Here are some pics of Mia in her Valentine's day party dress. I am going to take some pics of her in her Chinese New Year dress tomorrow. Look back later for those.

She's growing like a weed. I can't believe how long her hair is getting. She amazes me with the things she says and does now. She is now saying "no more" while shaking her head wildly and she recently learned how to smile for the camera so I can get some good pics of her smiling and not all sober-faced all the time :)

Snow Much Fun!

2010-01-30T22:44:00.003-06:00

Mia had so much fun today in the snow. She was tromping all around and playing with her "ball" of snow. One time she put it up to her mouth and said "mmmMMMMmmmm". (don't worry - it wasn't yellow!) We tried to build a snowman but it wasn't sticky enough. She fell down a couple of times and did not like having the snow on her hands! She would shake them off and say "ewwww" and "brrrrr". She's so much fun to watch!

Snow Day

2010-01-07T13:31:00.004-06:00

First of all..... YAY HAWKEYES!!!!! They won the Orange Bowl! It was an awesome game!

We have had quite a bit of snow here. It is blowing like crazy! and boy is it cold! Brrrrrrr! This is Mia playing in the snow not long after it started snowing. She wasn't too sure what to think of it. She got some on her hands and wanted me to get it off real fast! There is much more snow on the ground now. Not sure how much we got but there is at least 3 inches out there.

Here are a couple videos for you. Be sure to pause the music in the right margin so you can hear the videos.

The first one is Mia playing in the snow.

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Mia eating the pop rocks that came with her microwave meal. You were supposed to put them on the pudding I think but I just fed them to her with a spoon. As you can see she loved them and what you can't see is her throwing a screaming fit afterwards because they were all gone!

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This one is of her playing with her new bib...which Mama asked for so she couldn't pull them off by undoing the velcro. Well she is smarter than Mama and knows how to pull this one over her head! At the beginning she is playing monster and growling at me. So cute!

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A year ago...

2009-12-31T09:52:00.004-06:00

A year ago today we saw our beautiful Mia's darling little face for the very first time. It was amazing day that we will never forget.
I can't believe how far she has come from this timid little face in the pictures we first saw. She is now an adorable, amazing, confident, sassy little 18 month old who has her Mama and Dada wrapped around her little finger.

I can't even begin to tell you how thankful we are that she is part of our lives, now and forever. We are so very blessed.

Merry Christmas to All

2009-12-27T22:48:00.003-06:00

We had an amazing first Christmas with Mia. She was so much fun this year. She loved opening up all her packages. She was running all over the place chasing the big kids everywhere they went. It was truly a joy watching her excitement. We are so blessed!

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Mia and her cousin Marlee riding on the little 4-wheelers. Mia had fun playing with Nana's new Mini-Schnauzer Charlie. He was sooooooo cute!

Mia and her Aunt Shelby

Before we left for Iowa we had to put our doggie Bo-Bo to sleep. It was very very sad for us since we just put our Doggie Ali down last month. We miss them both very much. Mia loved them so much.

Bad Santa!

2009-12-19T22:46:00.001-06:00

You know how you see those funny Santa pics where the kids are screaming and crying??? I really thought Mia was going to be fine with Santa. She will go to almost anyone. She takes a little while to warm up to people but generally will go to someone and just sit and stare at them. Then after about 30 seconds or so wants to come back to me. So I thought we would be good for about 30 seconds, get our picture and be good... NOPE! Friends of ours had Santa over to their house. Mia could have cared less when he came in and while he was reading a book. She was playing with the toys in the room and ignoring him. But as soon as I sat her on his lap... boy did she scream. She didn't cry... just yelled and squirmed her way down real fast.

Christmas is Coming!

2009-12-08T19:42:00.003-06:00

Order as late as Dec. 21st with express shipping to have your order by Christmas! Click on the picture below to go to the web site and view many more designs and products. There are also designs for those of you adopting from or who have adopted from Ethiopia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam!

Learning so much

2009-12-01T20:23:00.002-06:00

Haven't posted a fun video of Mia in a while. So enjoy this one! It's Mia pointing out her hair, ears, nose, mouth, belly button, hands and feet and making animal noises. She knows dog, monkey, chicken, owl, and cow (although she wouldn't do cow in the video) - oh and a car noise but I forgot to ask her to do that one.

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I <3 Tooshies

2009-11-29T22:50:00.007-06:00

This week at I Heart Faces the theme is Tooshies. The difficulty for me was choosing what picture to pick! I just love this pic of Mia standing on the couch while taking a time out from cheering on her Iowa Hawkeyes. (legwarmers by BabyLegs) The other pic is just for fun!

**This submission is for my hubby who always says "Take a picture of her FACE! No one wants a picture of her butt!" LOL

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-27T21:29:00.004-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I totally forgot to take pictures while we were eating! Duh! We decided to go out to eat this year for a change. Boy was that fun! I think we will do that every year. No cooking. No dishes! A local butcher shop restaurant had a buffet with all the fixings. Yummy! Here are some pics of Mia on Thanksgiving day.

Eating her pineapples. She can't leave them in the little bowl... always has to dump them out!

Having fun outside at our FCC Chili Cook Off event last weekend. She loved running around trying to do what all the big kids were doing. Mommy didn't to do much socializing because I was running after her everywhere she went!

Really cute picture... don't look too close though. There is snot running from her nose to her mouth... YUCK!

She had to sit in EVERY chair there. I think there were about 20. LOL

Christmas Portraits

2009-11-23T20:16:00.005-06:00

Yesterday we took Mia's Christmas portraits at home. Boy is it getting difficult to photograph her!!!! She wants to do everything but sit and look pretty! LOL I think these turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself!

Bizziness Abounds

2009-11-18T19:53:00.003-06:00

Boy have I been busy! Seems like there's always something. I sure am ready for Christmas break. Thanksgiving break is next week but that doesn't seem long enough right now. I need the 2 week vacation!!!!

Mia continues to grow and grow each day. She's very into climbing and talking right now. She started singing (her own songs!), she's saying all kinds of words and just within the last day or so has put two words together a couple of times. I can't believe all the new things she says each day.

Our Sweet Doggie Ali

2009-11-04T21:12:00.005-06:00

Our sweet doggie Ali had to be put to sleep today. Last night she started breathing shallowly and she continued this through the night. We could tell she was in pain and not doing well. She was 10-1/2 years old (pretty old for a bulldog) and had been slowing down over the last few months. Luckily Brian had the strength to take her to the vet and hold her until she passed. I didn't have the strength to go. I said my goodbye's this morning before leaving for work and gave her kisses and hugs and let her know we loved her very very much. The vet said she was likely struggling due to a failing heart from old age. It was good we took her because she was probably in a lot of pain struggling to breathe.

Ali was our little baby girl for 10 years before we got our sweet Mia. Ali was born on the same day I was baptised so she has always been my little angel. She's seen me through some rough times and been there to give me puppy kisses when I needed them. She will be terribly missed. It was so hard to come home to a house without her tonight. Peace to you my baby Ali. We love you and miss you so much.

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Halloween Fun

2009-11-04T20:45:00.005-06:00

Mia had a really fun time this Halloween. She kept her costume on and didn't fuss a bit about it. I thought she would be tugging at the head piece but she didn't. She had so much fun helping carve the pumpkins. She stuck her little hand down in there and pulled out the gook. The most exciting part for her was finding out that people were going to actually put CANDY into her little basket!

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Three little words

2009-10-27T21:54:00.004-05:00

Tonight I was holding Mia and she leaned in to give me a kiss. Then she said "I-RA-ruh" or... "I love you" <3 Then she kissed me two more times. It was the sweetest thing ever and of course I cried! She has said "I love you" before but only after we have said it a few times to her. This was the first time she initiated it. Oh, how I love this little girl! She's so sweet.

I have tried to get her on video saying "I love you" several times but every time I bring out the camera she quits saying it. Tonight I finally got her on video saying it. It's not her best attempt but good enough to give her mommy butterflies. (Her shirt is dirty from day care :) not from mommy)

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16 month pics

2009-10-25T19:51:00.003-05:00

Harvest Festival

2009-10-17T18:07:00.004-05:00

Today we went to the Harvest Festival downtown. It was lots of fun. Mia dressed up in her Halloween costume. I was glad I bought her a warm one because with the wind today it was really chilly!!! She got to throw an apple into an apple grinder and drank some apple cider from it, ate some kettle corn, shook the governor's hand at the Governor's mansion, petted his doggie (that was dressed up like a bee), petted lots of different animals at the petting zoo (the chicken with baby chicks was her favorite I think - she was saying "bock, bock, bock"), and watched her friend Lindley ride a pony (we skipped that one this year). What a fun day!!!

The Governor's wife and dog. He was dressed as a bumble bee.

Standing by the pumpkins and mums on the steps of the governor's mansion.

Looking at the mice. She was quite intrigued by them but wouldn't touch them.

This was the cage with the chicken and baby chicks. She was giggling at them and saying "bock bock bock"

Dumpling Festival

2009-10-17T16:30:00.005-05:00

Last night we took Mia to a Dumpling Festival put on by a local Friends of China group. This was the 4th annual event. We have gone for the last 2 years. It is so much fun. They serve all kinds of Chinese foods, snacks, appetizers and we even had moon cakes for dessert!

Mia dressed up in her Chinese lantern dress. She was absolutely beautiful, of course! (Like she would be anything less than that! LOL)

LOL. Chowing down on a steamed bun.

Here's a video of her shoveling her rice into her mouth. She REALLY loves that stuff!

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FALL FUN

2009-10-06T21:17:00.004-05:00

Mia and I went to my school's Parents As TEachers (PAT) Fall Festival the other night. We went on a hayride and decorated a little pumpkin. Mia was very serious through the whole thing but seemed to have fun.

I bought her Halloween costume today... tee hee...

Dancin' Machine

2009-10-04T21:46:00.000-05:00

Tee Hee...

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Potty Training

2009-10-03T16:23:00.002-05:00

Well, we have been sticking with the potty training for over a week now. We haven't taken it full force yet because she really hasn't shown the ability to tell us she has to go. Although one day she did take off running down the hallway and I found her in the bathroom by her potty so I put her on it and she did go! We take her and set her on the potty if she wakes up dry, if she has been dry for a few hours, and about 30 minutes after eating or drinking. She has gone almost every time we have put her on the potty. (#1 and #2) Her potty sings to her when she goes so that makes it even more fun. She wiggles and puts her hands in the air dancing to the music. It's really cute! I never dreamed she would show interest in pottying this soon but hey - I'm sticking with it! We'll see where it goes.

Here's a video of Mia so I don't get yelled at! :)

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the cure

2009-09-24T19:59:00.004-05:00

I took Mia to the doctor last week because of a suspected UTI. Further testing revealed that was not what it was. But anyway the dr. said her molars were swollen, meaning they were about to cut through her gums. So needless to say, Mia has not been a happy camper the last few nights. She has been fussy fussy fussy. Last night she wouldn't stop crying and fussing for anything! I tried everything with no results. I started thinking she probably needed something to chew on to ease the pain on her gums. Soooooo.... I gave her a pacifier. I presented one to her when we got home from China and she didn't want anything to do with it so I just threw it in her toy box and she sometimes pulls it out and sucks on it for a minute and throws it down. Like a novelty. Well last night she sucked and sucked on that thing and finally fell asleep on the floor with it in her mouth. She has NEVER fallen asleep on the floor in the living room. And she slept really well last night. I took it to the babysitter today and put it in her bag, told the sitter the story (she thought I was CRAZY) but I said "If she gets crabby and nothing else works just try it!" When I picked her up tonight I said... Was she crabby today? and she said "No... she didn't say a peep all day..." because she had the pacifier in her mouth all day... So, some people may think that I am a crazy mom to be giving my daughter a pacifier at 15 months old... but look at this picture I took tonight...

one in mouth, one in hand. and again -- asleep on the living room floor. Obviously this is something she needs right now so I am going to give it to her. She will not be one of those 3-4 year old kids running around with it in her mouth... but for now I am ok with it. Anything to comfort my baby!

oh... and she went poopy in the little potty tonight... but I didn't want to make a whole post about that for fear of embarrassing her when she is 17 and going to prom or something....

Family Reunion

2009-09-15T19:17:00.006-05:00

This past weekend Mia and I went to Iowa for a family reunion. Mia had an absolute blast running around. The reunion was at a lodge at a local state park. The other kids were rolling down a hill and Mia really wanted to be just like them. I refused to let her roll down the hill with them, visioning her being trompled by their rolling bodies. So I held her hand and we ran down the hill, then trotted back up. We did this about 20 times and I was tired so I decided to let her venture on her own. She fell and tumbled the first time but she loved it. She ran around all night, even skinned up her little knee one time on the big stone path. She played so well with my sister's two girls. She absolutely loved Riley (the older one). She kept running to her and sitting on her lap, even giving her some kisses. It was so sweet. And her and little Marlee, who is just a couple months older than Mia, were so good together. Here are some cute pics from the day.
Cousin Marlee

Cousin Riley

I love how Mia is running in the background.

HAHA. Her face cracks me up in this pic. She was having so much fun running around.

Rolling down the hill.

My mom and her 3 granddaughters.

While visiting my dad and step-mom, we took these pics with cousin Riley and my step-sister's son Sawyer. Go Hawkeyes!!!!

Not happy to be taking pics!

Troublemaker

2009-09-02T21:21:00.004-05:00

So... this is what I assume Mia looked like today at day care...

Standing in time out after throwing a block at another child!!!

ooooo... my spicy girl!

Tonight for dinner Mia had corn on the cob and grilled zucchini. She loved it.

Gettin' Fancy with Dinner

2009-08-30T20:22:00.004-05:00

Today I tried a fancy dinner recipe. It looked so pretty in the picture in the magazine that I had to try it. And it turned out just as pretty when I made it! So since it was so pretty I had to share!

Here is the pic in the magazine.

And here is my version. Isn't it pretty?!?!?!!

I also made zucchini and yellow squash and rice. It was a super yummy dinner!!!

Now for the good stuff.... Pics of Mia!

Reflections

2009-08-28T21:29:00.002-05:00

I submitted this picture for the "Reflections" photo contest. Check out the web site to see more beautiful pics!!!

First trip to the zoo

2009-08-23T09:47:00.004-05:00

Mia loved the zoo. But she REALLY loved the monkeys. She was not scared one bit standing by that Chimpanzee! LOL She even tried to kiss him!

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Walking all over the place!

2009-08-21T17:55:00.004-05:00

Yes - I have enough fashion sense to know this bow does not match her dress... I grabbed it quickly to get her hair out of her eyes. We are in the - bangs or let it grow stage. I don't want her to have a mullet! LOL

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Animal Sounds

2009-08-14T06:35:00.000-05:00

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Swimmin' Fun

2009-08-09T22:37:00.003-05:00

My workplace had a family get together tonight at a local pool. Mia had so much fun. I think she did about 30 laps around the kiddie pool in her little floatie thing. She was so tired by the time we got home! She also loved playing with the lei's that were there. Check out her stylin' photos! LOL

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walking and eating... not at the same time!

2009-08-07T22:09:00.003-05:00

Mia is taking more steps now. It is so fun to see her beginning to walk!

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She has recently started spitting out her food if I feed it to her. Not any foods in particular... just everything! If I put it on her tray for her to eat herself she won't do this... sometimes we just don't have 30 minutes (or more) to eat, ya know??? LOL
Here are some pics of her eating tonight. Required a bath afterward!!!

She always separates out the meat and puts it into her little cup holder in her tray. These are hotdog chunks but she does it with all meats...

cheese everywhere! She was rubbing it in her hands like lotion! LOL

Putting a hotdog chunk in the holder...

Ready for a bath!

Fun videos

2009-08-02T19:31:00.002-05:00

Mia saying "Hello" on her toy phone. So adorable.

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Mia taking a few steps. We've gotten about 7 steps out of her. It isn't really functional walking yet. She gets so excited that she lunges forward and falls. But it's so cute watching her get so excited about it!!!

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The CRIB!

2009-07-25T22:20:00.003-05:00

For the 3rd night in a row Mia is sleeping in her CRIB!

I had been telling myself that we needed to start trying the crib again. She had been sleeping in the pack-n-play next to our bed. When we tried the crib after we came home from China she was terrified of it. She would play in it but if you laid her down in it while she was awake to sleep she would scream. If you laid her down asleep and she woke up she would scream. I think it was more that she couldn't physically SEE us when she woke up that scared her. But now that she knows we will come to her when she wakes up she is a little more ok with it. She still cries when she can't see us when she wakes up (or when she's awake for that matter!!!) but she calms down quickly now!

The other night I rocked her to sleep in my arms and then laid her in her crib. She woke up about 5 times that night but she never screamed the fearful scared-to-death-whimpering-for-an-hour-after-you-take-her-out cry she had before. I went in each time and reassured her, laid her back down and she went back to sleep. Each night it has gotten less that she wakes up. I think we are on a roll here!!!!

I do have to say though that my mommy side really misses having her right next to me at night. I just like the ability to lean over and make sure she is ok. But she cannot sleep in a pack-n-play forever!

First Steps

2009-07-24T20:15:00.002-05:00

Mia's first few steps. I actually have a much better video of her taking about 4 steps but I am in it and what I am wearing is not very flattering so you are getting this one! LOL!!!!

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2009-07-22T08:34:00.003-05:00

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Feet

2009-07-19T20:37:00.004-05:00

About a week ago I took this picture of Mia's feet after her bath. She loves to take baths and I can't hardly get her out of the tub! Her feet end up looking like sponges!

I was visiting one of my favorite photography sites and the theme for this week was FEET! How perfect was this photo!!!

Go here to see the other submissions for the week:

Cousin Marlee Visits

2009-07-10T14:59:00.003-05:00

Cousin Marlee, Aunt Beth and Uncle Dave had a sleepover last night on their way to the zoo today. Marlee is 3 months older than Mia. They had so much fun together! At one point they were kissing each other and I snapped this super cute pic of them. They are just adorable together.

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Reflections from an infertile mind

2009-07-08T21:05:00.004-05:00

For those of you who know me, I have always been a very spiritual person, but not always a really religious person. I don't like pushy religious people for the most part. However, today I have a story to tell... (Bear with me Valeri...)

I have been doing a lot of reflecting lately. For so many years I doubted my religion. People would always tell me "He won't send you anything He doesn't think you can handle." You've heard that, right? I would always ask myself, "why? Why is this happening to me? Why does God keep sending me all this pain in my life. Why does motherhood come so easily for some and I can't catch a break?" I doubted God and, yes... even cursed him a little. When you are in the depths of your depression it is hard to see the sun through the clouds. All I could think about was the negative. The fact that everything always seemed to turn out for the worse for me. I was in a sad, dark place and I couldn't for the life of me figure why God would keep putting me through this. I don't care how strong He felt I was, I didn't want any of this. I didn't ask for it so He could just take it back! That's how I felt.

Now that the clouds have cleared, it is His love that has come shining through and that has spoken to me. Quite clearly I might add. Most of you also know the footprints story... "for it was then that I carried you..." It hit me about a week ago that all along I was thinking of this totally wrong. I now think that line of Him not giving you anything He doesn't think you can handle must have been said by someone who doesn't totally understand God. I have come to know, now that the clouds have cleared, that He is always there with you. He doesn't "send" you trials in your life. He is there to help you through them. When times are tough, it isn't because He wants you to learn a lesson or because you need to value things more deeply... He doesn't send these things your way, He walks beside you, and sometimes carries you through them until you can walk on your own. He's there to lean on when you are weak, when life has dealt you a bad set of cards, when things happen that are beyond your control. Even when you are cursing Him, He will still carry you through. That's the beauty of it all.

Infertility hurts. It hurts deeply and unless you have experienced it, you cannot fully understand the hurt that comes with it. It is the same hurt that is experienced with death. Because, in its own way, infertility is the death of an opportunity that you have dreamed of your whole life. And when you find out what you have always dreamed of cannot happen, you go through a period of grief.

I had to finally make the decision of whether I wanted to be pregnant, or if I wanted to be a mom. In my heart I knew that what I really wanted was to be someone's mom. Because of that, we chose adoption.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Yes, I grieved the loss of the emotional and physical feelings that go along with pregnancy, of having a child that looks, talks and acts like you, of people saying "She has your nose". And I still grieve these things today. But looking at my precious daughter and the journey of a lifetime that we experienced on the path to receive her - I wouldn't change for anything. My daughter is the most wonderful thing I have ever experienced, the truest love I have ever known and I wouldn't trade that feeling for anything.

I am hoping today that my story of losing and finding again my faith will help others experiencing this same pain in their lives. Hang in there, stay strong, hold out hope, stay true to your faith even when you have doubt. He will carry you through to your sunny day.

*hugs and kisses to all*

Sara

Giggle Fest

2009-07-07T22:07:00.001-05:00

My Mama is so funny!

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Happy 4th of July!

2009-07-05T21:24:00.004-05:00

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July. (Dada's favorite holiday!) Ours didn't start off so great but we had a fun time. Mia had tonsillitis and fever on the 3rd so she didn't get to ride in her first parade. Our local FCC group had a float. We were really looking forward to that but the princess wasn't feeling up to it. On the 4th she was feeling better so we walked around town and had a funnel cake. She loved it!!! She also loved the fireworks! A local radio station plays music that goes along with the fireworks and she was dancing to the music and staring at the fireworks. She had a really fun time even though she felt like crap! I am glad she got to have some fun on her first 4th of July as an American Citizen.

She doesn't particularly like to sit in the grass, so I didn't get a smile out of her (plus her throat hurt). This is in the Governor's garden at the capital.

The staredown for more funnel cake!

Here is a video from the fireworks. This is the "one-armed-I'm-tired-but-I-wanna-dance" dance.

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Even though it has nothing to do with Independence Day... Here's a video of Mia standing up. She can get up to about 13 seconds or so and then sits down!

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Just another day

2009-07-03T18:27:00.004-05:00

I was so extremely excited when I turned the corner at one of the aisles at T@rget and saw a display of Kai Lan toys!!!!! Hooray! They had 3 of the 4 dolls in the series. We got Giggly Kai-Lan, Silly Kai-Lan, and Sweet Kai-Lan. They didn't have Happy Kai-Lan. The dolls are so adorable and they have plush heads, not the hard plastic heads which is nice! They had other toys too, lego-like play sets, DVD's, books. I was so excited!

Mia wasn't really sure what to think of the doll.

As you can see, she was more interested in her shoes and hair bows!

Well at least she was a little interested...

Realized I hadn't posted a video in a while and that you may be craving one. So here is a video of Mia mashing her peas. I've been trying to let her feed herself more... boy is it hard. she mashes everything. most things she grabs in her fist and mashes them. but her peas... she mashes like this. It was so funny it took me 3 videos and about 30 peas to get a video that I wasn't cracking up laughing through.

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I <3 Faces

2009-06-29T07:56:00.005-05:00

I have been watching this blog for a long time now. I love looking through all the photos submitted on people's blogs. The categories never quite fit the pictures I have of Mia so I have never submitted before. But this week there is a "just for fun" category! So this is my submission. I couldn't decide on just one! And since this is "just for fun" I figured it was ok to pick more than one! lol

FCC Event

2009-06-27T22:36:00.006-05:00

Mia went to her first FCC event today. It's always so fun to see all the other little girls who have been adopted from China. Mia seemed to have fun. She's always pretty sober around strangers so she kept quiet most of the time. She stayed up past her bedtime to attend and boy did we pay for that when we got home. She was CRABBY! whew! the spicy girl came out! Here are some pics from tonight and some pics from today in the pool. She LOVES the pool!

First Birthday and Baptism

2009-06-21T19:47:00.005-05:00

Mia was baptised today on her first birthday. It was a very magical day. The baptism was beautiful and the birthday party... well... it was a mess! holy cow! This girl can tear up some cake! She had it everywhere! Needless to say she went straight from the high chair to the sink (the side with the garbage disposal!!!) and the high chair went outside to be hosed off!

Today I couldn't forget to say a prayer to Mia's birth family. For one year ago they gave her the miracle of life. We couldn't be more thankful to these two people whom we will never know. I hope they know in their hearts that the beautiful child they gave birth to a year ago is so loved and cared for. We will be eternally greatful to them for this amazing little girl.

And to my daughter, Happy First Birthday Baby Girl. I love you like crazy cakes! You are my world and I can't imagine it without you. *kisses*

Mia and her friend Lindley

Dirt is Fun

2009-06-19T20:36:00.004-05:00

Mia had a blast helping me plant flowers today. And she only ate a "little" of it...

oopsie! mommy was busy taking pictures... She snuck her little hand in there right as I snapped the pic! Yucky!

My little girl

2009-06-13T19:22:00.006-05:00

Mia loves BeechNut Good Evening Veggie Delight Juice. It's like Baby V-8. I put it in a Y-cut bottle for her and she slurps it right down. while humming "mmm-mmm-mmm".

Here is a video of her playing with the bottle. She likes to tease me with holding things over the edge of her high chair tray now. She will get a real serious look on her face, hold it over the edge and look at me, then laugh and either drop it or pull it back onto her tray. Sassy girl!

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Mia will be one-year old in just a week! She's really starting to jabber now. No real words other than "mama" and "dada" (the ones that count) and an occasional "bye-bye" and she will hum a sweet little high-pitched "mm-mmm" for "woof-woof" for the puppy sound when she sees our dogs. She is learning the signs for milk, more, eat, ball, all done, poop (you wanted to know that! I only taught her that because I think it's a cute sign). She claps all the time, especially when you sing the "patty-cake" song. She waves "bye-bye", knows what "up", "no", "puppy" and "baba" (bottle) mean. She knows what it means when you put a little bowl in the microwave (time to eat!). She giggles like crazy when our dogs come around her. She loves it when you sneak up to "get" her. She loves to play peek-a-boo (especially with her blankie). And so many more new things she is learning!

She is such a joy and we are blessed beyond belief to be lucky enough to be her mom and dad. I get choked up to this day thinking about how this little girl came to be a part of our family. I especially think of this as her first birthday approaches. I am hoping that her birthmother knows in her heart that she is safe and that she is loved. Yesterday I sat feeding her a bottle with my cheek pressed against her little head. Brian looked over and asked me what I was doing.... just soaking it all in... and breathing.... finally.

First Haircut

2009-06-13T13:36:00.003-05:00

Yesterday... in her funky shades.

Today before the cut with Mommy.

She didn't cry one bit. Just sat there with a look on her face like "Are you about finished?"

Mia with Miss Joannie and her spiffy new "do".

My friend

2009-06-09T22:41:00.004-05:00

We went to our friend Lindley's baptism last Sunday. Here are some pictures of the two of them in all their cuteness! Mia will get baptised in the same church on her birthday! June 21st. Which is also Father's Day. What a special day with all that's going on that day!
(Yes she is wearing the same outfit as in the pics from the post before this one... that's because when we got home from Lindley's baptism I took pictures of her in her cute outfit! I had to wait for Lindley's mom to send me these pics because I forgot to take my camera with me... hard to believe, I know!!!)

Today

2009-06-07T19:55:00.001-05:00

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present." --Oogway, Kung Fu Panda

Misc...

2009-06-06T12:41:00.004-05:00

Today while making breakfast, I cracked two eggs into a pan and they BOTH had double yolks. I broke one of them in one of the eggs. And the third one I cracked into a bowl to make scrambled eggs.... also had a double yolk. Craziness!

Total Cuteness! In her crabby shirt.

Oh my goodness

2009-05-30T21:57:00.003-05:00

ok. I know kids need to learn to eat by themselves by practicing... but c'mon. This is no fun. I stripped her down to her diaper, but no one told me I should strip down too! I started with the little dipper spoon and her Stage 3 baby food... she just wanted to dip her fingers into it. So that was quickly taken away.... ugh! So then I gave her diced cooked carrots... and all she wanted to do was mash them in her fingers or drop them down into the seat of her high chair. Let's just say, by the time we were done, I was pretty frustrated and I don't think she got much to eat other than what I spoon fed her before I let her "play". Anyone got any tips here???

I think we need to master the pincer grasp and the hand to mouth transfer before we try this again... She was doing really good eating her cookies and zwieback toast and cheese puffs and is starting to get good at picking up her little gerber puffs and yogurt drops and putting them in her mouth so I thought she could handle this, but no... it was not fun for mommy!

And she insists on dropping everything into the seat of her chair or raising it up above her head to try and put it over the back of her high chair. I don't know why she is doing this but it is really annoying. It wasn't so annoying with the puffs... but it IS with diced cooked carrots! All they do is mush into her seat!

I am scared to try again. I may just spoon feed her until she is 5.

Afterwards we went straight to the bathtub! We now have to bathe her in the bathtub instead of the sink. She has too much energy and leg muscles now to bathe her in the sink. She kept getting into everything around the sink. It was a total pain! So I stuck her little pool in the bathtub. It's perfect! And a lot cheaper than those bathtub things! It was only like $4 at Wal-Mart. It is great when washing her hair. I just lay her back and put her head on the ring part and rinse away. Today she decided she was going to crawl halfway out of it into the tub and splash in the water that was around the little pool. She loves to take baths. I have to take her out because after a while her water gets cold and she starts shivering. But she never wants to get out!

Combing my hairs

2009-05-27T19:18:00.002-05:00

Mia is learning so much lately. Today she picked up her comb and started combing her hair!!!! It was so cute. I am just amazed when she does these things out of no where!!!!!

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Crawling!!!

2009-05-24T19:31:00.002-05:00

We love it!!!!

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Chubby Cheeks n Piggies

2009-05-23T14:27:00.003-05:00

Mia's face is getting so round and cute! I just wanna kiss her little cheeks all day long! She is now up to 17.5 lbs from 14.8 when we got her home. In one month it will be her one-year birthday! We can't wait for that day! We are going to get her baptised on the same day. That will be really special.
Enjoy the pics. Mia went swimming in her mini (and I mean MINI!!!) pool the other day. We didn't mess with a swimming suit yet! It was 85 degrees out! She had fun but didn't know what to think of that grass outside the pool. I have been trying to get her to feel all kinds of different textures outside. She still isn't sure!!!

She has now figured out how to transfer things from her hand to her mouth. Although sometimes things get stuck in her little palm and she can't get it out!!! LOL

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running

2009-05-21T18:14:00.001-05:00

I know you don't really care what I have to say... you just want to see photos and video. So here are some more.
Mia loves loves loves this little exersaucer thingee. She runs runs runs all around it.

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Firsts

2009-05-18T09:30:00.007-05:00

I was changing Mia Saturday getting her ready to go out and she started doing something I hadn't seen her do before. First of all, her cute little hands flapping open and closed caught my attention and I was like "what are you doing, crazy girl?" and then the fact that she was using the "ai" vowel for the first time instead of the "ah" vowel like she always has and the "b" sound that she has never said before caught my attention and I was amazed at that... and then I put two and two together..... SHE'S SAYING BYE-BYE!!!!!!!! She continued to say it until we got to where we were going. It was so cute! Here is a video of her in the car. Of course she was saying it non-stop until I put the camera in her face... then I had to prompt her to say it!

The first video shows the hands going...

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and the second video shows her saying it better...

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She also said "dada" this weekend and is now holding her own bottle most of the time! So many new things!! It's so fun to see!

Quest for the Perfect Picture

2009-05-15T20:36:00.004-05:00

I have come to the realization that our precious princess is going to be quite a handful when she gets older. Holy Moly! She is really starting to be a crazy girl. She loves to hang upside down... especially over ledges!!!! with no fear of falling!!! I guess the accidental fall off the changing table a few weeks ago didn't teach her any lessons (not that that's what I was trying to do! don't get me started on how terrible I feel about that one, still!!!). She seems to crave adventure! She loves to play hard, be turned upside down, be tickled and thrown up into the air... these things are usually met with many giggles and the "look" telling us she wants more.

She is learning to do lots of new things...
--smacking her lips to give kisses when she sees or even hears us doing it [that doesn't really sound appropriate but that isn't what I meant!!!!!] (she even does it when she hears the noise the camera makes when it takes a picture LOL),
--clapping her hands when excited or when you say "yay!",
--screaming when you don't stick her bottle in her mouth quick enough (this may not really be a good thing!),
--mimicking the intonation I make when I say "IIIII LOOOOVE YOOOUUU!",
--starting to give open mouth kisses!,
--giggling uncontrollably when you say "I'm gonna get you" and start to come towards her (especially when she is getting to close to the gate that separates her from the dogs... oh how she loves the dogs... she will laugh and giggle at them.
--She is starting to understand the sign language sign for "more" however, I sometimes think she is confusing it with clapping?! LOL. She still hasn't caught on to "milk" or "drink" or "eat" or "all done" but we are working on them.
--She loves to play patty-cake, only because she now knows how to clap!
--She is now getting up on her hands and knees to crawl (she has mastered the low crawl -- as Brian calls it) but when she reaches one arm out she just does a belly flop!
--Starting to show interest in sippy cups. She still doesn't "prefer" them but she is interested in them!

She is very laugh-out-loud ticklish on her back, feet, and thighs. She loves it when you rub lotion down her legs to the tips of her toes and down her arms to the tips of her fingers... giggles out loud about that! I guess overall she is just a giggly silly little girl! We truly couldn't have gotten a sweeter little girl. We love her to pieces.

I probably shouldn't encourage this, but it was too precious. This video is after about the 20th time she rolled off into my arms!!! I told you she has no fear of ledges!

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Climbing up to standing position for the first time!

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And now... the Quest for the Perfect Picture with a 10-1/2 month old who will NOT sit still for a second!!!

oh no.

2009-05-11T20:46:00.005-05:00

We're in trouble.

And she loves Zwieback Toast... Gerber Graduates brand snacks for infants/toddlers. (Thanks Aunt Beffie!!!)

Mother's Day

2009-05-10T19:44:00.004-05:00

Today has a new meaning for me. Every year while waiting for our beautiful daughter I dreaded this day. Because when you are trying so hard just to become a mother and you can't, the day when mothers are celebrated is a very sad day for you. But this year, it's a beautiful day! My daughter is the light of my life. She is amazing in every way. This long journey I have been on for the last how ever many years is over, and now we are on a new journey. The journey of motherhood. It's so beautiful. More so than I ever imagined. I never in my wildest dreams thought it would be this wonderful. I love being a mother, especially to this wonderful little girl.

(The MOM craft was made at Mia's day care. So cute!!)

To all the mothers-in-waiting out there.... hold strong to your dreams. Don't let the long wait let you give up on your dreams. You too will reach your journey's end and when you do... it will be amazing! Today I pray for all of you, that you may have the strength to carry on toward your dream, the faith to know that someday it will happen, the knowledge that now is not forever, and the courage to walk each step of the journey. Keep smiling and grab this >>HUG<<>

2009-05-08T15:24:00.003-05:00

I couldn't choose which video to put up so you are getting them both... I am sure you won't be disappointed at seeing TWO!!! Mia loves our dogs!

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Pony tails and Mohawks

2009-05-06T20:31:00.002-05:00

Caught Mia doing this today....

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She's still tiny but she's growing so much! I can tell she has filled out a lot since we got her in China. Don't get me wrong... she is still a little peanut!!!!

The need to post

2009-05-05T08:55:00.004-05:00

Boy, some people are really pushy! (Just kidding Chris!) I don't have any pictures since I don't have my camera card with me but I realized it has been a week and you all are probably wondering what is going on! (except after more pressure I did add a very cute picture of her with one of her taggie blankets from a couple weeks ago...)

After my last post Mia got an ear infection and upper respiratory infection.... one thing after another! She's been sick for over 2 weeks now with all this crap! poor little thing. I am forgetting what her "normal" is!!! Although we are getting more giggles now so we are approaching "normal" once again!

She started day care and seems to be doing wonderfully there, with the exception of throwing up a lot there. She isn't doing it at home so we are trying to figure that one out. I think maybe today I figured it out. I gave them a fast flow nipple bottle and we have been giving her slow-medium flow at home. In China they cut the holes bigger or even cut off the end of the nipples so we had to work our way "down" to a fast flow nipple while in China. Then when we got home we worked down to the medium/slow flow nipples. She could guzzle down 7 ounces in about 5 minutes or less in China! whew! So we will see if this bottle works better. I am getting sick of soaking her clothes to get out the puke stains! And I am sure the sitter is tired of being puked on daily! LOL.

She seems to be teething pretty badly right now. Which is good because she still only has one stinking tooth!!!! And it is only about half way out! However, it sure does make for some really long nights! I haven't slept in two nights now. She wakes up about every 5 -10 minutes.... that's no lie! Finally last night I pulled out the oragel and slathered her up... that lasted about an hour-hour and a half. So I am assuming that is the problem! She won't have anything to do with those teething toys! I am thinking tonight I will wrap one of the teething rings with a silk ribbon and see if that works. She sucks on her taggie blanket ribbons like crazy. Yesterday I looked over and she was sucking on the outer ring of her water mat she was playing with. Which is not like her being that it is plastic and not cloth!!!! LOL. so her little gums must really be hurting!

I promise to get pictures up soon!!!

Finally Better!

2009-04-27T13:20:00.003-05:00

Mia is finally better! woo hoo! Today she had some macaroni and had more fun playing with it than eating it! I still can't get her to put stuff in her mouth that she picks up with her fingers... except the biter biscuits. So we have been working on that. I am so glad that she is feeling better! The next couple days I will get her back on her normal eating routine and then probably Thursday I will go back to work..... boo hoo!

Love how she is sitting in her high chair! Just chillin!

Macaroni bow!

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Here she is displaying her new tongue clicking skills and I believe this is the first time she has said "dada". Her voice sounds like she needs to cough somthing up! LOL

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