3 Months!

Our little beauty is 3 months old! She keeps growing and learning every day.

She has become much more talkative, and she likes to tell us about her dreams in the morning and tells Dee about her day when he gets home from work. I tried to upload a video of her talking but blogger kept having errors:(

She is so playful and today was giggling at her Micky Mouse stuffed animal, and she loves having things to hold onto.

She wants to sit up so badly but still gets fatigued easily, so the Boppy pillow is her friend right now. I love when she gets that wide-eyed excited look.













And here are the pictures I eventually was able to take with her in her fluffy pink bottoms. They are still a little big for her.










And sleeping away to warm back up. After all, it is January and that few clothes can make a kiddo cold. Good thing we are in Arizona and it has been in the 70's during the day!














 Dressed up for the winter.

Uncle Danny came over to play and captured this one of her hanging out.

Happy New Year! & Our Christmas Report

Happy New Year! We hope you all had a great Christmas or winter break! 

We have been having fun enjoying Dee's time off of work. Christmas was fun this year with Mia. 

She was so tired from all the Christmas Eve festivities she didn't want to wake up, but when she did, she had presents waiting for her.

She knew something was different that day but wasn't quite sure what to think. She needed a little help to open her gifts.

We got all dressed up and headed to Christmas dinner at Carrie's parent's house.















Uncle Danny took more cute photos of her including the first one with all three of us.

After we all got home, she needed a break from the excitement and took a little cat nap.














She isn't asleep too long before she wants to play again.

This is how Dee likes to spend his breaks. Getting a well deserved rest. Actually he has been hard at work. He fixed our heater, and my treadmill, and organized things, and has been getting up to feed Mia early so I can sleep in a bit more. Does he really have to go back to work tomorrow? ... boo.

We wish you all the very best for this year! You never know what wonderful things will come. We never could have imagined a year ago that we would be holding our beautiful 2-month-old Mia. 

Keep up hope for whatever your wishes are, they might just come true.

2 Months Old!

Our little girl keeps growing. If there is a way to freeze time let me know. So here are some updated photos.

She is getting so big. I put her in these clothes before her 2 month doctor appointment, and she totally looked like a toddler.

And just to prove she isn't happy all of the time. Here is her pouty face. She wasn't really in the mood to get dressed for church that morning.














Just taking a break from it all. Witness the "I don't want to nap, you can't make me close my eyes" stare.

Thanksgiving Week

Dee's parents came down to visit for Thanksgiving, to spend time with us, but mostly to play with Mia.

Visiting with a newborn probably isn't the most restful or exciting thing to do, but we loved having them and appreciated the break from doing all of the feedings.

We probably overworked them too. They helped paint our family room while they were here, something that we hadn't gotten to in the 7 years we have been in our house.




This is clearly the before, but they had already painted the ceiling and removed furniture of course. It is nice now. Neutral. His parents gave us our Christmas gift early. Two new lamps that coordinate with the room. the room needed them. At night it can be really dark. Thanks Mom and Dad!

We went to the Miniature Museum which is basically old dollhouses and fancy miniatures. I think that I liked enchanted land the best. The door going in was funny. Three different sizes.




Dee looks really small at the large door.













His parents at the mini door, waiting for the elves who must live inside to answer.

Through the glass, looking at all the tiny objects. Everything is behind glass. I was impressed at how the miniatures were so detailed.

We had dinner at my parents on Thanksgiving and my brother, Danny, took some super cute pictures of Mia. Eventually we hope to have him over to take a bunch- studio style:)

Here is Danny with Mia... No, he didn't take this one, I did. Note the difference in quality to the following:

I love her little yawns!

 Nap time. My dad has the magic touch to put every baby to sleep, even his older babies. Sometimes he even manages to make himself fall asleep too.

And here are a bunch more pictures of Mia, just because she is so cute!

Loving dad and his entertainment.

One Month Old

Our precious little girl is one month old!.
Where has the time gone? I cant believe it! She is such a wonderful blessing in our lives. She grows every day and I see her seeking out more to learn. This week she has more consistently rolled from her back to her side when motivated, and started reaching for things, albeit without coordination. Everyone says how tiny she is, but I can tell how much bigger she is getting. One of the first outfits I put her in was huge, but now fits just right and soon will be too small. Part of me wants her to stop growing and stay just so tiny and small, but the other part of me looks forward to her communicating, moving, and learning more.

She is starting to show more personality and playfulness.

And she has discovered her super long tongue and enjoys sticking it out at us, which makes taking pictures harder.

She LOVES going to Grandma and Grandpa's house. They feed her and play with her till her heart's content. "Grandpa sings to me and Grandma has a special way of getting the burps out with no stress."

Sometimes she just looks at you with all knowing eyes. "I know you are about to change my diaper and I am going to make it as challenging as possible, you just don't know it yet."













"Daddy is always trying to balance things in life; work, his calling, me, the bottle... Multitasking is fun!"













"We got dressed up and went to church for the first time."

















"I was an angel, showing off to everyone how peaceful I am.... Really, this is how I always am!"

"But sometimes I play so hard I just have to fall asleep in the middle of tummy time."









We have lots of fun, sometimes late at night or in the wee early hours of the morning. My heart swells full with love for this little one, and we are so grateful she is with us to make us a family!