Catch up

So I have been a delinquent poster...sorry. There is so much to update everyone on. Mia now has her two front teeth although they are still too low to get a picture of them so stay tuned.

Uncle Meelad came to visit on his fall break. We had a great time. Mia and Meelad watched the game together. Mia is already a big Vols fan as you can see! We went to pick out pumpkins for Halloween.

It seems like every day Mia is doing or saying something new. She is more active than ever although still not crawling. She is babbling in sentences and has so much energy when she wakes up for the day or from naps. We are constantly looking for new ways to entertain her. A few of my favorite things that she has done lately: in the bath if you dribble water from a squirt bottle she tries to catch the stream of water to no avail, she tries to touch the wreaths on the wrong side of the glass front doors, gives you the biggest smiles when she wakes up from a nap, she LOVES paper, every new baby she meets she tries to touch their face, she says "da da" with semi meaning.

Sam and I have a new found freedom. We have discovered that Mia will go down for the night at someone elses house then we can put her in the car seat, come home, and she goes right back to sleep in her crib with no crying. We have been trying to take advantage of this and recently went to a Halloween party at Kristin and Patrick's house and dinner with Lisa and David. It's wonderful! As you can see below, Mia has gotten good use out of her Halloween costume. Her friend Maddy was thrilled by the sparkles on her witch costume.

Mia has been eating up a storm. She is now having carrot, sweet potatoes, avocados, butternut squash, summer squash, rice cereal, baby oatmeal, green beans, spinach, and today we started bananas....all made right here at home by mom! She is loving the solid foods and is finally gaining some good weight. We were at the doctor about a week ago (for an unscheduled visit of course!) and found that she now is in the mid 15's in terms of weight, which is great!

She is so steady on her feet these days that we think she will most likely watch before crawling or crawl for only a short period of time. It's like she watches us walk around and thinks she needs to do that instead of shuffling around the floor like regular babies.

Mia and mommy have been doing many activities during the week. We go to story time for pre-walkers at the library which she is a big fan of. We have a Wednesday play date with her friends Nick and Maddy. We go to the kiddy pool at the YMCA. And this past week we met a new friend and her mommy from CharlotteMommies so it looks like we may have another play date in our future. Not to mention, her friends Jill and Silas up the street who are now 4 months old. She is part of the Hanna family...so a heavy social schedule from the beginning is essential!

Ok, I think that is it to get everyone caught up. I will try to be better about posting every week in the future!