Harley Chicks!

Mia is so happy that Blaize & Madi are back from Montana. Here's the Midget showing Madi how she likes to ride on her Harley these days... She can even say Blaize & Madi's names when she sees their pictures on the fridge. Too cute!

Bear Rides with Papa!

Mia spent some quality time with Grammy & Papa today! Mommy & Daddy even got to go to the gym together this evening for the first time in 11 months... When we got home, Papa was giving Mia rides on Betty Bear. The Midget sure loves her Grandparents! I'm pretty sure they like her too...

Big Sister?!

It's official, Mia is going to be a big sister!! We recently received confirmation of our 'log in date' with the Chinese government. Yep, we'll be going back to China to get Mia a little sister... Unfortunately there is going to be quite a wait, but that's ok, if our next child is anything like Mia, we'd wait a lifetime! Plus, this just allows us to spend more quality time with the most amazing child on the planet... I thought I'd get a little nostalgic and throw in a photo of Mia from when she first came home. It's shocking how quickly she has grown from a baby to a beautiful little girl. Our Princess!

Big Girl Chair!

It's official, the Midget is now a big girl!! She hasn't been doing well in her high chair lately so we thought maybe she might be ready to graduate to joining us at the table. Aunt Ruth Ellen got us a great booster chair that Mia absolutely loves... In fact, today Mia walked over to the table, climbed up into her chair, buckled herself in and began beating her sippy cup on the table to let Momma know that she was ready for dinner! How adorable...

1st Labor Day!!

For Mia's first Labor Day we went to the Scottsdale Princess resort with Russell, Christine & Sascha Friend. Not only was it a great, relaxing way to spend Mia's first Labor Day, but we also got to celebrate Christine's 40th birthday! Or wait, was it 39?! (That was for you Christine...) They have a great pool and Mia absolutely freaked out over the water slide! As always, Mia & Sascha had a blast together, wrestling over each others stuffed animals and toys... Here are the Dads & Midgets waiting to head down to the pool.

Sleepy Midget...

Mia has finally begun to give us a bit of a hard time sleeping... It comes as such a surprise since we've been so spoiled by what an easy child she is. Or so we're told... For the past week or two she has been waking up in the middle of the night and the only way to get her to go back to sleep is to bring her into our bed! While it's amazingly cute, this is not something that Mommy or Daddy are ok with. So we're told that we're going to need to let her 'cry it out'. Not something that is very easy... Maybe we'll try that next week!

I took this picture last night at about 3:30 am. We had some of the worst monsoon storms I can ever recall. We even lost power for about 13 hours, which is really fun when it's over 100 degrees outside!! So we tore the sheets back, brought the Midget to bed with us, and all spread out on the bed trying to remain as cool as possible. She's beautiful even when she's sleeping... Like Mommy!

Mad Love for Elmo!!

Ok, I'm guessing this isn't unique with children, but Mia is madly in love with Elmo! In fact, this borders on obsession... The good news is that if I turn on an Elmo movie during dinner she relaxes and eats her whole meal without launching her milk across the room to watch Daddy go get it! (The little things) Veronta & Paul got Mia a gift card and I bet you can guess what she decided to buy with it... Yep, another Elmo for the collection! Mia is very appreciative and can't put her new Elmo down. Thank you Paul & Veronta, you're too sweet to our midget.

Pocahontas!

Mommy & Trenna took all the kids to the new Phoenix Children's Museum last week. Mia had a blast, and decided to make herself an Indian head dress. Pocahontas felt the need to wear it around the house for a few days... I think she thought Baby Bear & Little Bear were her hostages!