Seven Months of Fun

Mia is ever changing. She is now over seven months old and constantly moving. While she is not doing a full crawl yet, with her army crawl, she had no problem getting where she wants to go. The two stairs (small ones) in the living room can't stop her. Pillows stacked up can't stop her. Furniture cant stop her. We may need baby-gates, but then again she is so strong, they wouldn't stop her for long. She has no fear. Diving off the sofa and out of mom's arms seems like such fun. Right now she can't sit still for a minute. (Unless it's on grandpa's lap. He has some mystical baby-charming magic.) Energetic, yes, but boy-oh-boy is she cute!





 She likes to choose her activities. "I think that I would like to swing now, please."

"I might sit still for you to take one picture of me, but no more than one... I have stuff to do!"

"Are you still taking pictures? I thought we were done with that."











Mia has started talking more. Her favorite sounds are da-da-da-da and ab-a-dab-a. She just started making ma-a ones and th-a too.  One day last week she had a  full 15+ minute conversation with herself while playing and looking at herself in the mirror. Funny how the girl in the mirror seems to repeat everything she says. I try to video her, but as soon as she sees any technology, she is so focused on grabbing it that she stops all that she was doing.

She loves to ride around on Dee shoulders. Holding onto his hair is also the best!

We have been pretty busy, and in the chaos of life there were pictures that I was remiss in posting.

We went to the International Wildlife Museum. There are a lot of things for kids to touch and feel there and Mia was excited to be able to grab so many things. It was also small enough that she lasted through the whole museum. Dee had never been there and I hadn't since I was very little. If you aren't into taxidermy this isn't the place for you, since all the animals are stuffed.

Riding the buffalo- I am not sure if we were supposed to do this, but Mia had fun.

Under the giraffe. I think Mia was underwhelmed. Everything looks that big to her!

Also in March we went to the Zoo and a petting zoo/ranch with Dee's family and with my sister and her family. It was a lot of fun and Mia enjoyed looking at the animals, but she got tired easily and had to take a couple of eating breaks while we were there.


Becky and her family were there- well, Paul is in the picture behind Becky looking at the peacocks. Tom was off chasing James since that day he had great disdain for the camera.

Enjoying the elephants putting on their log tossing show.











At the ranch; Petting the ponies with Grandma. Poor pony, it might have lost some hair that day.

 Her first pony ride

As she gets older it is both easier and harder to take her on outings. She is much busier, and wants her independence. Keeping her safe is more of a challenge, but she enjoys it more and you can see her learning about the world. I am sure there are many more adventures to come!