Our baby became a toddler today

So Mia has been walking for exactly one week. All of last week she was practicing walking but preferring the speed of crawling not to mention that she could not get up after falling without the assistance of something to hold on to. Today, she woke up from her 9am nap refreshed and ready to take on the world. The first thing she did was get up on her own and then practice that over and over again. She didn't stop moving the rest of the day. She was like "I have places to walk, get out of my way!". All of the sudden our little baby became a toddler which is both a happy and sad thing. So go Mia, the world is waiting for you to conquer it!

This afternoon, Mia tried out her new water table for the first time given that it was so hot. She loved it and note to self...next time take the clothes off and wear just the diaper.

Thanks to our neighborhood yardsale on Saturday, Mia has her very own rocking chair which she is in love with. She is also in love with standing on it.....not good...so we'll have to work on that.

In other notes, this week we drove to Raleigh to visit Fran, AJ, and new baby Zaira. Thanks to Kristin (actually Kristin's mom), we had a portable dvd player in the car for the first time and it was a godsend. I would never do a long trip without one again because it made a usually irritable Mia very happy. We had a great visit and Mia really enjoyed baby Zaira's little feet. It was very cute. We had the added bonus of seeing Melissa and Erin who were visiting from Boston so that was great too.

For those who don't know this is the week of my families annual St. John vacation...which I am obviously not on so I must go so we can have a tasty beverage on our porch in the 90 degree heat and pretend we hear the ocean.

Yes, this is actually St. John....ahhhhhh.

We Are Walking!!!!!!!

It's been a big weekend in the Hanna household. Yesterday, we went to the Kids In Motion festival where there were many fun things to do but Mia's favorite activity was chasing the Chick Fil A cow around...but she got a free coupon for a kids meal because of it (yes, I am training her early).

Then we watched our friend Charlie take a pony ride.

After lunch at Chick Fil-A and a good nap, we talked grandma and grandpa on the webcam then headed out to the drive way to drive our car. This is Mia's favorite thing to do outside.

This morning daddy hung Mia's birthday swing.

And Mia got her first ride...

This afternoon....after pushing our car, Mia took her first large quantity of steps in the drive way. We think the downward incline of the drivewary helped with the momentum ;-) ! And she has been practicing ever since. Hope you all had a good weekend

Happy Easter!

I didn't realize I was so behind on the blog....sorry. Here's a quick synopsis of the last couple of weeks.

We started using everything for it's actual use....phones, remotes, brushes...

Uncle Meelad came to visit Mia for her birthday and we had lots of fun until Mia got that horrid stomach virus going around and we all learned what "throw up" actually looks like....thanks Meelad you were a trooper!

We had our kitchen cabinets painted which was very entertaining to Mia.

Mia went to her first parade (St. Patty's day) and came home and slept for 2.5 hours.....so we think she liked it!

Mia and mommy went to visit grandma and grandpa for a week. Mia started to take 5-6 steps at a time alone....but we still are not officially "walking".

Mia's vocabulary is quickly expanding....she now says "good girl", "cracker", "door", "ball", "ta da", of course "bubble", and then her version of "dog" and a few other things that are evolving.

Yesterday, Auntie Lisa and Uncle David were married. When David finished his vows Mia said "ta da"! It was very cute. Pictures to come of that later on.

I think that brings you up to date. Happy Easter and don't eat too much ham!

Love,
The Hannas