Auntie Erin Comes to Visit

This week was a big week. Auntie Erin came to stay for the week and hang out with Miss Mia. And Melissa came to visit from Raleigh at the end of the week. We had a ball....except for Tuesday where Mia cried all day. Mia visibly grew up this week. She was more interactive for longer periods of time, had tons of smiles, and most importantly wore pants for the first time. Even though she was over a month old, even the newborn pants would fall right off of her until this week.

You'll notice a running theme in this weeks pictures....."Things on Mia's head". What can I say other than Auntie Erin was in town so you shouldn't expect any less! A good time was had by all. We enjoyed long walks in the neighborhood, a trip to Target, and even a dinner out at a restaurant. Thank to Erin for all of the help this week. We loved having you here.

All for the last 2 weeks Mia has been a bit stuffed up. We finally went to the doctor to get her checked out and ended up with some antibiotics for a supposed sinus infection. Medication aside (this one tastes like bubblegum though...) the bonus was that Mia had an official weight check. As of Friday, she weighed in at 8 pounds, 9 ounces which to us seems so much bigger than what she used to be.

Off to another week of exciting adventures. The picture link and video link to the left are updated so be sure to check them out!

Little Lizard

Mia is becoming more adorable by the day. She has found her index finger and sticks it in her mouth to suck on instead of a pacifier most of the time. Hence Mia now gets Purrel on her hands at couple of times a day! She has also found her tongue and enjoys sticking it out over and over. Sam and I have given her the nickname "little lizard" every time she does it. Sam caught it on video (it's towards the end so watch the whole thing) so you can see what we mean. She also stands up on hard surfaces and takes any opportunity to straighten her legs out as hard as she can.





Mia also has taken to having a morning conversation with daddy before he goes to work. It's very adorable and she is quite the daddy's girl already. You can just tell she is trying to tell a story and wants us to understand. She has become quite vocal in the last week discovering what noises she can utter.

Lastly and totally not Mia related, national geographic visited the Hanna front yard on Sunday so look for the bonus video on Vimeo. For those who religiously check this on Monday's, sorry this is late this week....

A Week of Firsts

Mia had a big week of "firsts" this week. On Saturday she started to sleep in her big girl crib in her room instead of in the travel crib in mom and dad's room so far this has gone very well and we are getting much more sleep because we are not checking on her every second next to us. It was her first week alone with mommy during the day. On a walk in the neighborhood, she met her first doggy. A very kind black lab gave her a sniffing in her carriage. She didn't mind at all and gave him a very curious look.

Ready to go out for a walk:

It was her first month check up with Dr. Richter. She checked out great and had gained 10 ounces in 8 days! She is now 7 pounds 8 ounces and 21.25 inches tall. On the same day as her doctors appointment, we had a our very first real bath (her umbilical cord had taken a full month to fall off). As we put her in the warm water, she looked curiously around as to say "hmmm this feels oddly familiar but I can't place it...". She happily enjoyed the water for a few minutes until she decided she wanted out. We also had our first "cooing" noise this week. She has been acting like she wants to say something for quite a while now but now she is actually able to utter some noises other than crying. Later in the week, we had our first time out alone with mommy to shop. We made it out with the minivan to Michael's and Target. She stayed asleep the entire time so I'm not sure if that counts!

Over the weekend, Mia went to her first wedding. Good friends of ours we getting married in the states before flying off to Mexico this week to get married on the beach. Mia was great. She took her bottle and then sucked on the bottle nipple for the rest of the ceremony and did not make a peep.

Mia with her bottle nipple during the ceremony (her paci was in her car seat):

Family photo after the wedding:

And top off the week, as if she hadn't had enough firsts...Mia met her first little girl. Meredith Lucy (21 months) came to meet Miss Mia. They held hands for a few seconds. It was very cute.

So reading back through this, it looks like she has alot to live up to this coming week! Be sure to check out the video link on the left because Sam has uploaded some new ones. See you next week!

Link to this weeks photos:

http://www.yorkphoto.com/share/p=786131208133027333/l=366848312/g=25039551/cobrandOid=1002/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

Little Feet

Today marks not only Mia turning 1 month old but Sam's first day back at work. From now on Mommy and Mia will have to find our routine during the day.

Over the last four weeks, I have spent countless hours looking at Mia's feet as she nurses. They literally are my favorite part of her body. They are just so little and cute! It's hard to imagine that we all started off this small.

So last week, Miss Mia went to the doctor to get some medicine for acid reflux (she is a much happier camper now) and weighed in at 6 pounds 14 ounces. By now she is probably in the low 7 pounds. She is still so tiny that she is just starting to fill out the newborn clothes we bought her.

Speaking of clothes, I have yet another load of Mia's laundry running. Who knew that someone so little could go through so much stuff each week. These days we are lucky to wear only two outfits during the course of the day.

Here is the link to this weeks pictures:
http://www.yorkphoto.com/share/p=65161207520998629/l=366767044/g=25039551/cobrandOid=1002/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

And link videos of Mia:

http://www.vimeo.com/867619