Friday, January 28, 2011

Mia is 16 months old!

She is one funny little girl. She wakes up with a smile on her face. She copies almost anything we do. Her favorite song is "Itsy Bitsy Spider." She learned how to fist bump and cracks up doing it. If you squat down to talk to her, she'll squat too. I can't say enough about her funny little faces and how she blows kisses at me when she walks away. She loves her books and pretends to read them. She has a little attitude too. She'll grunt at me when I'm trying to buckle her in the car seat because she wants to do it all by herself.

She weighs 24.5 lbs. She is eating everything in sight but her favorite thing is Danimals yogurt smoothies. She'll point to her mouth and say "agua" (water) but what she really wants is the smoothie.

My best friend May puts it best, Mia has adjusted, Chris and I, well, we're still adjusting.

How many words is she saying?
1) Mama (although not frequent)
2) Dada (all the time)
3) Aba (To My Dad)
4) Agua (water)
5) Abre (open)
6) Wow wow (dog)
7) Caca
8) Papa
9) Hi
10) Bye Bye
11) Gracias (More like "Grah")
12) Alela - Yaya (My mom & Grandma on occasion)
13) OFF! - This is one is for the dogs
14) Mas (more)
15) Dah (like Dame in Spanish - she could be giving you something or asking you to give her something)
16) By far her favorite - "Uh Oh!"


















Monday, January 17, 2011

Mia's Baptism


We had Mia baptized on Sunday, January 16th at St Max.

I bought her dress in Chile in 2006. We had just applied to adopt a little girl from China and we thought we would have her in 14-18 mos. Little did we know how long the journey would be, but so well worth it. Mia's dress is from the same store that Chris' baptism outfit was purchased when he was a baby.

Mia's Godparents are my very dear friend Nilka and Chris's friend Lester.

God has blessed us over and over again with this precious gift.