Dave turned 30 on December 5th. It was a packed day!
- Church in the morning - Birthday lunch with Andy, Kelly and kids at Red Robin - Played ping pong with Andy and friends from church - Birthday dinner at home with old friends and family and ate a humongous platter of sushi, chicken lo mein, dumplings, and a birthday apple pie with ice cream for dessert - Played his new birthday present, the game Settlers of Catan, until 11:30 at night
Dave, we are so grateful for you! You are my loving husband and best friend, and you're our girls' playful and loving daddy. We love you so much! Happy 30th Birthday!
Mia turned 1 year old today. Wow. Our little girl is 1! We've enjoyed every bit of Mia's first year.
At 1 year old, Mia is now walking everywhere she wants to go. She tries to climb chairs and stairs. She loves jumping and rolling around on the bed. Mia likes to read books but only when she can flip the pages herself. She loves music, especially when Daddy plays music on the guitar.
Mia knows how to communicate hi, bye, and night night by waving her arm/hand. She also rubs her hands together I say, "Mia, let's wash your hands." or whenever she sees someone washing their hands in the sink or with hand sanitizer. Mia is often found playing with the shoes by the front door (that's no no!) or holding two toys, one in each hand.
Mia still has one tooth, but thankfully she sprouted one tooth by the time she turned 1 year old! Mia loves most food and fruit. More times than not, she's screaming at the dinner table for us to give her food, but if she spots any fruit on the table she'll push everything else aside and demand the fruit.
Last week we tried putting Mia in the church nursery. There was a lady holding Mia to sleep. She called her "Mia la nina", which means "my little girl" in Spanish. We love our Mia girl so much.
Dave worked hard to put together a video of Mia's first year. Lilly has a first year and second year video. We still like to watch them! It's nice to have short video clips and favorite pictures together in one video/slideshow.
