I Can Stand All By Myself

Today, I pulled myself up on my toy bin and was standing, hanging on to the bin, to pull out some of my favorite toys. Then, I really wanted to clap. So I started clapping. Mom was very surprised when I was standing all by myself clapping. After a little bit, I sat down, pulled myself up again, and did it all over just to show Mom that I knew what I was doing. I'm still not sure why she got so excited that she had to call Dad right away. I just wanted to clap.

Time for bed now. I'll catch you all later. Hope you're having a nice enough day to have something to clap about, too.

Happy 10 Months!

Mia is 10 months old today. She spends her days crawling around, cruising the coffee table (specifically to find magazines that she can reach), clapping and dancing to music, reading books, and singing songs.

I think this picture below shows so much of her personality. She is always ready to laugh, tumble and use anyone around as a human jungle gym.

But, we think her true love is music. She will dance and sing and clap to any kind of music around.

How Things Change in Just a Few Short Months

Tuesday, we had dinner at Polly and Emma's house with Kate and Anna and Gretchen and Gavin. Emma's dad has been in Iraq since Thanksgiving, but is coming home on Friday! This was a wonderful evening that moms and babies could get together before Rich's arrival home and then their move to Kansas City in June. To put in perspective how much can change with the babies in just the few short months that Rich has been away, you can see pictures from a get together at Polly and Emma's home two weeks after Rich left for Iraq and our attempt at getting the same shot on Tuesday.

Then...

And Now...

Welcome home, Rich!
Clearly, Anna and Mia will miss Emma when she moves. Thankfully, there is plenty of time to party until then.

Experiencing Spring

This Saturday was a perfect spring day. Mia got to really experience the day by playing in the grass and exploring the flowers.