Fun With Dim Sum

Forget pureed bananas -- shrimp dumplings are really what Mia craves. Just kidding, though the chopsticks were pretty fun.

Hanging Out With Some Friends

Mia rolled, rolled, rolled right into her animals tonight. Mr. Bear makes a mighty fine pillow, don't you think?

Sweet Potato for a Sweet Potato

We are continuing our tour of pureed foods. So far, Mia has enjoyed rice cereal (thumbs down), oatmeal (great, when mixed with something else), pears (yay!), bananas (double yay!!), avocados (eh) and sweet potatoes (possibly a triple yay, judging from the amount consumed). The happiness that she divines from my "cooking," by the way, is far greater than what most of my time in the kitchen produces.

Along with the photos, I offer my Dear Readers a video of our extremely tidy dining session and, pre-dinner, Mia with her jingle bells. She takes the business of jingling rather seriously.

Otter, the Jungle Gym

More Sitting...the Action Version

Here is some riveting video of Mia sitting -- for the really devoted M fans out there. For everybody's sake, I wish I knew how to do a mute version. My Mommy Voice is hideously annoying.

The Whole World Looks Different From Up Here.

Little Miss Mia is sitting!


Here she is, sporting the tripod stance. In other news, you just know this kid is going to want an explanation for these striped pajamas in a few years.

Water Baby

Thanks to today's holiday, David was able to join us for swim class and snap a few photos. Please forget that Lara looks so scary. Mia liked the pool a lot more today, most likely because Lara realized that she need not dunk the poor little one so abruptly in the water when practicing the submersion technique.

Getting Ready for Bed

Since our bedtime routine has become such a big part of our lives around here, I figured we'd share in some photos of this ritual...

After we draw the bath, we change out of Mia's clothes on her changing table -- which, of course, means, playing a quick peekaboo session with the quilt.

Mia loves her bath -- she likes to help me with the washcloth.


Thanks to Aunt Julie and Uncle Richie, we read books in the bath, too. Mia insists (as she aways seems to do) on holding the book herself.


Back on the changing table, it is time for more playtime with Zephyr, the quilt zebra, and showing Mom and Dad how flexible Mia is.


Pre-sleep yoga is the best! Toes and feet are so yummy.


Dressed in her pajamas, Mia often likes to spend a few minutes playing around on the floor before Mom gives her a final snack. See how happy she is about this? Yep, she has crazy hair after her bath.



Tonight was a time for practicing her rolling. Away she goes...


...off the carpet and into the hamper...

...and back on her tummy...

Now we're ready for sleep!

Night, night everybody.

XO- Lara

Christmas in Florida, Part Two

I know that our loyal readers have been obsessively checking our website to see the promised "Part Two" of our holiday photos. Well, I know it took awhile (could not find a missing part of the camera), but HERE THEY ARE!!! And they are only almost identical to the other ones.

Days are getting busier in the Corey household. Mia loves her music classes and tolerated her first swim class. She's not so keen on the whole underwater thing -- though perhaps it is actually me who is not so keen on the underwater thing.

A New Fashion Accessory

We tried out a hat that Grandma Glasgow knitted for Mia before she was born -- she's finally able to fit into it and it is perfect for the chilly walks with Otter.

A Little Girl's Best Friend

Mia and Otter seem to be bonding these days, with both finally realizing that the other is a living thing. Mia follows Otter around the room with her eyes and even smiles at him on occasion, while Otter seems only to dread that someday soon he will be chased day and night by a relentless toddler. Good thing he is such a good sport. We could dangle from his ears and tail for hours and the big mush would merely give us a big kiss.

In other news, Mia is now five months. Data is unofficial, but based on a quick weigh-in at the doctor's office this week when I confirmed her cold was nothing but a cold, she is now thirteen pounds, five ounces and twenty-five inches. This places her exactly at the same percentiles as she was at last month -- she might be a peanut, but at least she is consistently so!

We started music class today and she loved it, especially when we played with rainbow scarves and various instruments. Swim classes were supposed to start on Monday, but we didn't quite make it, so we'll hit the water next week. Judging from the splashfest we have each night in the bathtub, it should be lots of fun.

XO- Lara

Yes, We Have Some Bananas!

After feeling like we were being stalked by Mia while we were eating and after she grabbed a handful of Lara's dinner at Out the Door (a budding gourmand?), we decided to load up on the feeding gear and introduce Mia to her first solid food. As the pictures show, she demonstrated zero resistance to her pureed bananas and even got upset when Lara was slow to fill up the spoon. French Laundry, here we come!

Christmas in Florida, Part One

Here are a few photos taken with Grandma's camera; I still need to upload mine. We took some video as well, so maybe we'll get that on the site -- exciting footage of Mia rolling over and playing with some new toys, as well as shoving basically everything in her mouth (yummy toes!).

In Life Is Slowly Returning To Normal Again news, David and I managed to see a movie in an actual theater (Charlie Wilson's War) and eat an adult meal at a restaurant. Thanks Grandma, Pap-Pap, Aunt Kelly & Cousin Alexis!

We unfortunately are experiencing another first: Mia's First Cold. Not fun at all, though she's been handling it like a champ (except for the snot sucker, which is not her friend). Indeed, her scratchy voice seems to be just another source of entertainment to her. I'm sure our neighbors think we adopted a cat over the holidays.

Jump Around

Falling into the category of Toys That Look Scary, Mia's doorway jumper is now ready for action. She loves bouncing and swinging around. Photos from Florida coming soon. Happy New Year!