visit to Boston

Boston (8/28-8/30/09)

Mia was very good during her grandpas funeral (8/29/09). She made many sad people just a touch happier. That is her job-to bring smiles- and she did as best she could under the circumstances. She also met a new batch of cousins: Rachel and Josh and their two sons Zach and Sam. They fed her and let her play in their room.

We stayed with my brother and brother in law for the weekend in Boston and they were moving that same Sunday (8/30/09). So Dave and I helped watch Randall and it was so cute when they needed to take a nap in the play yard together (bed had been moved). I have a brand new appreciation for parents of twins and daycares. Randall was having trouble going to sleep, which kept Mia up a bit and then Mia was ready to wake up before Randall, which woke him up early :) But it was worth having them together because Randall, who can crawl, pull up and get from sitting to any other position inspired Mia to start moving as well. She can now go from tummy to hands and knees and will push back until she gets across the whole room backwards!

On the way home Mia ordered from the kids menu for the first time! We had forgotten her baby food at Matt and Harolds and went to Cracker Barrel since they have so many veggie side dishes. The waitress rinsed the sugar/butter off the carrots and we got the applesauce as well. I drank her milk that came with her "meal".

Back in Binghamton

Yesterday (9/5/09), Mia started to make some kissing noises. I can't wait until she plants one on me. For now she is an expert hugger (and hair tugger) and I love every squeeze.

Pictures to come. . .

Messy Me: a photo montage of Mia eating

That is one tired carrot face if I ever saw one.

Rice cereal, I think it was a little too runny. Here lemme scrape that chin for you, Mia.

Not a fan of avocado . . . at first- she always hates things the first time and loves them thereafter.

I like playing with 2 spoons at once.

Look mommy, I can feed myself and play with a wooden spoon simultaneously!

Babbling Begins!

What happened to "mama" and "dada"?

8/19

Although Dave didn't hear it, I distinctly heard Mia say "Gogo" once. Our kitty cat gets more lovin' than us. . . sniff. jk I'm sure she doesn't know what she is saying but it was still cute

to hear her say her fur-sis's name.

There it is! :)

8/23

I was 3 hrs away at an amusement park when Mia did her first babbling. "Mamamamamamamananananananana" Yippie! She goes on and on and on. Sometimes there is a B sound or even once I thought I heard the D sound (dada). Do you think she missed me or was just practicing sounds? I'd like to delude myself into the former.

June 29th 1942 - August 23rd 2009

Sadly, on August 23rd Mia's grandpa, Dave's father, died. It comforts me that he had a chance to see his granddaughter one last time. He was such a wonderful Grandpa and so sweet with her: making silly faces and noises, letting her sit on his chest and squeeze his nose. We miss you so much Morton/Dad/Grandpa!

well baby visit stats

Mia is 20 lbs 13.5 oz, 28.5", and her head circumference is 43 3/5. She cried a bit but did pretty well. She was tired going into the appt so she slept like a champ afterwards. She's about the height/weight of a 10-11 month old, but it seems like she's slowing down a bit (see? her weight is on the chart now :)

Length = above percentile 95
Weight = between percentile 90 and 95
Head Circumference = above percentile 95

updates

From rolling over to all fours

slowly it is happening. . .Mia's trying to become mobile ahhhhhhh!!!! So she has been spotted (dozens of times now) on hands and knees. This mostly happens when she wakes up and is in her crib or when she is protesting being put down in her crib (yes, on her tummy--gasp, sirens, the mommy police is coming!!!). She is now starting to even rock back and forth when she is on all fours. Here she is rolling from tummy to back, which she does when she doesn't want to go to sleep. I haven't yet caught her with a camera on hands and knees yet.

Diaper details

She still has a diaper rash but we are starting to think it has to do with heat and urine irritation. Persistent rashes can turn into yeast related rashes so we're putting an anti fungal cream down there with a barrier ointment to keep the urine off. Hopefully this will do the trick. In any case, I'm pretty sure it isn't the cloth diapers. OK so the creams seem to be working. We are now only using the A&D barrier ointment and the rash seems under control.

Over the river and through the woods to NH

8/14-8/16 Mia visited her grandma and grandpa (Dave's parents) and her great gramma G (Mary's mom). She played with Lucy (grandma's dog) and sat on grandpas chest. She even did a new trick in front of grandma on her 7 month birthday (8/15): she rolled over from back to tummy for the first time.

Bathtime with Grandma!

Lunch with Grandpa (Mia: "I'm the centerpiece")

A Mia Month (6-7 months old)

A sure sign that life is busy is when my "Mia Month" updates only have 2 pictures :)

7.21.09

7.29.09

Miami Part 2

The Palmer family including (L to R) Bryce, Denise with Mia, Gary and Ethan. . . my cousins!

Here is Bryce feeding Mia, he is such a great older cousin
Here I am playing beer er I mean pool with my cousin Gary (thanks for babysitting mom!)

me and Denise; she inducted me into the mommy club with a red-headed slut. . .for those of you who are scratching your (possibly red) heads it is peach schnapps, Jagermeister and cranberry.

I told you Mia has a love for her feet. Here is an ultra close up of said love.

Bienvenido a Miami

7/30/09 - 8/03/09

Of course going to Miami entails a strict regimen of sunscreen and swimming and we did our best to abide. Here is Mia chillaxing with her new sunhat and sunglasses (courtesy of Bubbe and Pop pop)

A group shot taken of my mom, Mia, my best friend, Vicki and my dad.

Here is Mia in the pool with her Bubbe.
And playing with Pop pop on the couch.

Vicki playing with Mia in the high chair.

random pictures and short commentaries

7/4/09, Mia is sporting a shirt from Argentina given to us by my good friend Mariana :)

7/12/09 Mia has had a love affair with her feet now for quite some time but I only recently caught a really good picture of it
7/14/09 Here is Mia and I in my bedroom mirror. We were just getting ready to go on a walk using the Moby wrap and tried out the Lotus position (Mia is kind of cross legged but with feet touching). She seemed to like it. I'm not sure what I was laughing at.

7/18/09 Here are pictures from when Dave, Mia and I went rasperry and blueberry picking at Apple Hills farm. We went with a group called the Binghamton University Parents collective, it was fun . . . and free!

7/21/09 Just so you non-parents know. . . baby bathrobes are useless. I got this one as a hand-me-down from a friend of a friend and they only used it once. I decided to catch a cute picture of her in it for the first and last time before we put it away in a box for some other unsuspecting new parent. I mean, come on, what's next a cigar and slippers? :) Now THAT would be cute :)

7/25/09 Practicing with a sippy cup. Here she is doing really well with it because we put breastmilk in it. With water she is less skilled- less motivation perhaps? In any case, we're not in a rush but just thought it'd be cute to give her one to play with occassionally.