Oh Christmas Tree

This whole month has been filled with lots of Christmas fun. Mia has been enjoying her first Christmas tree. Surprisingly, she doesn't seem to have too much interest in it but loves the ornaments when you bring her close up to the tree. We are well aware that we have gotten a break this year and next year she will be much more interested.

Mia received an early Christmas present from Auntie Erin...a pink tutu. Although it was an 18 month tutu, mommy couldn't resist and pinned the tutu to fit so we could play in it now. As you can see, she is practicing for her upcoming lessons... :-)

One of Mia's favorite things in this world is her daddy. She just loves her daddy. We went into uptown to have lunch with daddy and to see the Bearnstein bear orchestra play Christmas music. Whenever Mia sees something slightly out of the ordinary (such as 4 foot mechanical bears singing and playing music...she says "ooohhh" over and over. It's really very cute.

We keep getting the question...."is Mia crawling yet?". The answer is technically no. She is much better about playing on her stomach and gets into the crawling position. She moves herself slowly towards her desired location by doing an inch worm move lifting her butt in the air and then propelling herself forward just a little bit. Cruising, however, she is a pro at. She will pull up and then calculate the best way to get her destination using couches, coffee tables, walls, etc to get there. In the picture below, she had started off holding the slats on her crib and ended up over on the side wall to check out (much to our dismay) the phone jack behind her bed as well as the electrical outlet. Breaking news today is that she is walking by herself while holding a push toy in front of her so maybe we will have a walker before you know it!

9 Month Check Up

Quick update....we just got back from Dr. Richter and all went great. Mia is now 16 pounds 5 ounces and 28 inches long! She is still "small" for her age but her height is great so the doctor is not worried about it because obviously she is getting enough calories.

We are ready to launch into the world of peas, meat, and assorted finger foods. And...we are going to try out some Yo Baby yogurt soon and see what happens. Maybe we can get off that Alimentum some day soon.

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth...

I forgot to include this in the last post but we finally have a picture Mia's two bottom front teeth. Maybe for Christmas Santa will bring her her two top teeth!

Mia's First Thanksgiving

The Hanna clan boarded a Jet Blue plane to Boston for Thanksgiving week. Mia was thrilled with this experience and stayed up wired on the plane until we arrived at grandma and grandpa's house...at 12:30am in the morning mind you. She was a trooper and bounced back the next day.

I have to admit that I was extremely nervous over the Boston trip due to our last trip not going so well. But this time everything was fabulous...despite Mia still getting over a cold. It was like Mia arrived in Boston and said "I"m a big girl now and I get this object permanence thing." She let almost everyone hold her without an issue. This is a HUGE deal as Mia has screamed since 4 months whenever someone other than us held her. Being "older" now, Mia and grandpa had a lot of quality conversations about the Patriots and, as you can see below, caught up on the local Middlesex news with grandma. She tells me she is joining the League of Women Voters next week (sorry...inside joke for GG).

Mia had time to catch up with her old friend Caroline. They discussed many things ranging from what Caroline has done at day care recently, to their other buddy Aidan, and their mutual dislike of tummy time.

Gearing up for Boston trips this winter also meant purchasing a Boston appropriate winter coat (versus our Charlotte winter coat). When Mia's coat arrived in the mail, we tried it on and she gave me this look like "mom is all of this REALLY necessary???!!!!". Little did she know that she would fit right in with the rest of the Boston ladies.

This week we are off to Mia's 9 month appointment so stay tuned for our new stats. I am going to try to be more like Nick's mom and post weekly updates from now on. I'll make that my New Year's Resolution! Have a good week and make sure you check out the new photo's and video's!