Happy Valentine's Day!

Mia sends her love to all of her adoring fans! Happy Valentine's Day from the most loved child on the planet...

Mia Walks!!!!!

It was with shock & awe that we finally witnessed our midgets first steps! Mia has been taking a step or two here and there for some time now. All of the sudden she stood up and walked across the room on Tuesday night... Now she simply can't stop walking room to room! Everything changes today...

The Foot Rub...

After a long day of walking, it's only right that Mommy should rub my feet and help keep me fresh! Life as a new walker can be tough on the footsies...

Our Little rock Star!

After Kindermusik class today, Mommy bought Mia a set of musical instruments! Mia has a drum, tambourine, cow bell, etc. She's really enjoying music lately and loves to create her own little rhythms and dances... After work tonight Mia & I jammed for a bit. I'm quite certain she didn't inherit her musical capabilties from Mommy or Daddy! The girl has skills...

Club Mia!

Aunt Caren, Uncle Pat & cousins Alec, Gavin & Hadley sent Mia a butterfly tent for her birthday! Thankfully Mom had two healthy hands to assemble the tent! Our home office has now become Mia's official clubhouse... She even let's Mommy & Daddy inside to play occasionally. Shhh, don't tell Mom, but Dad became an official secret club member recently!

I'm sorry, did I wake you?!

My girls were so beautiful this morning that I just had to snap a photo! Unfortunately, Mia wasn't too pleased with the flash...

Happy Birthday!

On Tuesday, Mia's official birthday, we took her to a local cake shop and let her pick out a cupake! After we sang to her, she gagged herself on frosting... Thankfully, we caught it all on fiilm. Trust me, it was funny enough that we could submit it to 'America's Funniest Home Videos'! It's amazing that our little angel is already one year old...

Party Girl...

As you can imagine, Mom was quite the party planner for Mia's first big event... We hosted about 70 friends & children at the club, with all the usual food, drinks and birthday cake. Mia also insisted that we hire the current world champion balloon artist! (no joke...) What this guy could do with balloons was more impressive to the adults than it was the kids. And of course we had the obligatory face painter to make sure that no child went home clean! Mia was very proud of her Winnie the Pooh art. It was quite impressive that the painter was able to finish this piece in the 7 seconds that Mia sat still for her... The party was lots of fun for everyone.

While we realize that Mia won't have any memory of her first birthday, it warms our hearts to see her surrounded by so much love and attention. She's such an incredibly special little girl. We will spend our lives showering her with love and attention in hopes of showing our appreciation for all the happiness she has brought into our lives!