Now that Mia is rolling like a champ, she's ready for bigger and better things! At least, she wants to be! Mia got a cute butterfly toy for Christmas that cruises along the ground and flaps its wings and she just loves it. Just like at the Butterfly house, she likes to grab it and crush its wings. The idea is that she will crawl after it, and you can tell she really wants to. Sometimes I think I can see the wheels turning in her mind, trying to figure out how to move her body forward to get it. I feel terrible when she gets frustrated, at which point I will nudge her forward by pushing on the bottoms of her feet. She'll get it, though.
Mia is also sitting up almost completely independently. Last night at Abby's birthday party she sat and played Barbies with Allison and Aunt Dawn for quite awhile. When we're at home and she's leaning against a pillow she will pull herself up and play with anything she can get her hands on. She also loves her new bigger-girl carseat because now she can sit up and watch the world go by. I guess she doesn't get carsick sitting backwards... I think I would!
Let's see... what else? She doesn't like green beans and carrots, but loves peas and sweet potatoes! She's getting the hang of drinking from a regular cup, and the sippy cup thing is still tricky for her. Mia babbles all kinds of sounds throughout the day, even mixing her sounds up so it sounds like another language. She can give hugs and kisses, and even high-fives! And she gets really excited when it's time for her bath and just loves to splash and splash! I can't wait until she sits up really well so we can use her blow-up ducky bath that my cousins Mike and Angie gave her. Mia's cousin, Lauren, just loved hers!
Lastly, Mia seems to enjoy going places with us. We enjoy eating out with her since she sits really well in the highchair... for now, at least! She's really easy to bring just about anywhere and it's fun to watch her 'soak it all in'.
P.S. We have to start using You Tube for our videos now because Google is going to stop the video uploading capability... please let me know if you have trouble viewing the videos from now on. Thanks!
