My Mia is 5 Months Old!!

My sweet sweet Mia baby is 5 months old. She is still such an angel. She is doing more and more everyday and we are having so much fun watching her grow and explore! She LOVES to watch Reese and Charlie more than anything and is still a perfectly content baby. We have just started introducing foods and she is doing good -- we have tried sweet potatoes, squash and bananas and so far, squash is her favorite! She is still nursing and sleeping well. She is also getting over her first ear infection and viral cold, and is finally not pouring snot, yuck! Mia Elizabeth, you are an angel baby and we love you!!!!

I love that I caught Charie holding her hand and smiling in this picture.....such sweet siblings!

February 26, 2012

Mia's New Ride

We spend WAY too much time outside for Mia to not have her "own ride"......she rode around in this car for over an hour yesterday, never making a peep. Mission Accomplished!

February 26, 2012

Mimi and Mia

February 26, 2012

Time to Eat!!!

After watching my sweet Mia stare, and I mean S.T.A.R.E., at us eat the past few nights, I decided it's time to start chunky monkey on food herself. We opted for sweet potatoes, they're a favorite around our house, so I was hopeful Mia would feel the same. It was a hot mess, I think she enjoyed herself, but she was SO messy by the end of the meal we went straight to the bathtub. It is so much fun to watch her explore and learn new things......it's just happening all too quickly!

February 20, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

When we got home from gymnastics today, we had balloons flying from our mailbox. I had no idea who they were from and the kids could hardly contain their excitement! I grabbed my camera and sent them off......thank you PawPaw and Lala for our Valentine's, the kids were SUPER excited to get a surprise in the mailbox! Happy Valentine's Day!!

February 14, 2012

Playing.....

The weather here has been AMAZING and we have taken full advantage! If we're home and the suns out, they wanna go outside and play. I think they would live outside if I would let them!! Just a few random pics.....

February 6, 2012

Pure.Entertainment.

February 3, 2012

Mia's Big Day!!

Mia was baptised on Sunday......finally! She is my latest baby to get baptised, we normally do it around 6 weeks, so we were major behind! She did beautifully and it was such a precious moment to watch. Her uncle John and aunt Vivian were the Godparents, they too are Reese, Charlie and Joe's Godparents, so it's extra special to have them in our children's lives. Thanks to all who came to be a part of Mia's special day, as Father Bazzel would say, "her soul has been saved!" Hallelujah, Hallelujah!!

February 5, 2012

It's hard......

My sweet Mia is getting so big, so fast. Once we got home from the cruise I decided it was time to move Mia into her own "big girl crib" in her own big girl room. Let me just say, I am very happy, and I know how fortunate Joe and I are to have a growing, sleeping, healthy baby girl, but it's still hard. I want her to sleep by my bed forever! She, however, hasn't missed a beat. She still sleeps her normal 12 hours just like there's been no change at all, and seems to really love her new bed, but again, it's hard, sniff sniff!

February 2, 2012

Vacation Time!!!

Joe and I, in tow with all 3 kiddos and my parents, just got back from a Caribbean cruise, and oh my goodness, what a fun trip! Mia got to experience a lot of "firsts", her first plane ride and her first cruise! Reese and Charlie did awesome and enjoyed every minute of their vacation. I'm sad that it is over and Reese and I are already trying to come up with our next "big adventure!!" We went on the Carnival Destiny for 5 nights. We had a great setup, our room connected with mom and dad's room, so we had plenty of space for the kiddos. Reese and Charlie slept in the bunk beds, and Mia slept in a big girl crib (sniff sniff). So many great memories were made, here are a few of them captured on film.....

We had to get a limo to pick us up from the airport......it was the only way we would all fit into one vehicle! The kids thought this was so special!

Once we were in Miami, we spent the night before boarding the ship the next morning. Reese and Charlie had to share a bed at the hotel and this was a first, so I was nervous. They were both so tired, I think I could have made them sleep in the bathtub and they would have gone straight to sleep! They did great -- one small episode of Charlie almost scooting Reese off the bed at 2:30am, but those are minor details and it was corrected swiftly and quietly!!

Look at all that luggage!!

We're going on a Cruise!!!

The kids were so happy to finally get on the ship!

Joe and dad spent a lot of time playing blackjack! This is actually a family favorite -- at night, after we got the kids asleep, Me, Joe and Dad would go and play for hours! I love blackjack!!

Fun, fruity drinks!!

Reese loved the towel animals they left on our beds at night!!

The.Best.Baby.Ever.