Little Miss Mischief

Mila is obviously at the age where she is getting into EVERYTHING! I really don’t have much of anything left out anymore around the house. It does make cleaning easier but I feel like the closets are packed full of things! The one thing I can’t put away are the dog’s toys.  Sure enough, no matter where I move them to she finds them. Yesterday I caught her with a rubber ball. Luckily she was getting ready to take her bath after an “incident” with cottage cheese! You can see in the pictures she knows she isn’t supposed to play with the toy but she continues because Mommy was taking pictures and laughing!

Whatcha doing?

He he he...caught me!

NO!  Please don't take it away!

Nope...I'm not on my way back to get it...I swear!

If I just stay in here she'll never notice!

Dang it!  She took it AGAIN!

What a great week!

This weather has me ready for Spring!  Well, mabye not the rainy day we've had today but the sunshine and 65 was FANTASTIC!  We were able to enjoy a family walk one night this week.  Hopefully Jeremy's work schedule will ease up soon so we can get out more often.  Mila enjoyed her fist visit to BabyTalk this Thursday!  Our weekly playgroup decided to do something a little different and it was a lot of fun!  Think massive playgroup meets preschool teacher + parent.  She got to sing songs, dance, listen to a story, and play with other kids...although she did stay pretty close to Mommy.  Grandma Linda also came down for a visit on Thursday.  Mila was is great spirits considering she missed her morning nap.  Our biggest accomplishment this week...we found a sippy cup that she will drink from!  Thank goodness! 

Here are a few random shots from this week:

She loves hanging out at the front door with Ozo

I think they are going to be great friends!

I see London, I see France, I see Mila's diaper!

Cheese!

All tuckered out!  Such a rough life....

The Mystery of the Curling Tounge

For the past few months, Mila has been rolling and curling her tounge like CRAZY!  It has gotten so bad that I don't even check to see if there is something in her mouth anymore...probably not the best thing!  She seems to be rubbing it on her bottom teeth that are coming in, my guess is that it feels good on her gums.  The thing is, EVERYWHERE we go someone comments on it and I am beginning to realize that not very many people can roll their tounges.  Both Jeremy and I can and we discovered that it is an inherited trait.  So, can you roll your tounge?

I actually caught her in the act!

Weekend Fun

This past weekend we celebrated our nephew, Evan's, birthday at my sister's house.  Jeremy and I went up a little early to hang out with the kids before all the chaos began!  Here are a few shots from the party!

Our crazy birthday boy!

Mila being silly with the boys!

(and rolling her tounge)

Isaac, Mila, and Aunt Tina

Mila and Grandpa Roger

Morgan being silly...not really sure what my child is doing??

Standing Tall

That's right, Mila is standing on her own!  Well, for about 10-20 seconds at a time, but that counts, right?  She is just one step closer to walking, a milestone that I want to put off as long as possible!  She is fast enough on her knees, once she's is running around the house it will be impossible to keep up with her!  Mila also had yet another tooth pop thru over the weekend!  That now makes SEVEN with number eight on the way!

Can you say...teething!

Cousin Lydia and Mila playing with Grandpa Albert's phone at Cousin Lia's birthday party

I was bummed this one was blurry...

Grandpa Albert, Cousin Levi, and Mila at Lia's birthday party

I think she is ready for Spring to get outside and play!

Around the house

We haven't been up to much lately.  The cold and snow has kept us inside for many (many, many) days!  I love my winter and snow but even I am ready for Spring!  Mila is looking forward to walks and playing in the grass!  (or at least I hope she is!!)  One thing we have started is a playdate.  A group of us girls have been getting together once a week and it has been WONDERFUL to have a reason to leave the house every week for something other than groceries or Target.  Mila is having a great time with the other babies too!  One of these days I will have to remember my camera to catch them in action! 

This week Mila has been running a low-grade temperature between 99 and 100.  I wasn't too concerned about it because she has been REALLY happy and giggly, almost so much that Jeremy and I were really wondering where this baby was the first 10 months!  Last night I was holding her upside down and noticed two more top teeth have popped through!  I am now officially one of "those" moms that I complained about a few months ago!  I didn't even know she was getting more teeth!!!  WOW!  That was WAY too easy...I can only hope molars will be the same but I'm not holding my breathe!  She is also FINALLY sleeping through the night!  I almost hesitate to talk about it because I don't want to jinx anything but she's been doing so for about 5 days now.  It's been fantastic!

Here are a few shots around the house over the past few weeks....

She loves to share her food with us now

She ate all her egg yolks, Cheerios, and prunes!

Climbed into her soft toy bin and now she's stuck! 

(this is the only pic where she isn't freaking out)

At least she is learning early that her Mommy is a clean freak....

and she's helping, well, sorta!

Potato thief!!

Baby Shower time!

Baby Steps

Mila has started to take an interest in her bunny walker lately! She used to crawl and push it around because she liked the sounds the bunny clackers made but now she is pulling herself up and walking! We obviously have a loooong way to go before she is walking on her own, but it's a start!! (you won't notice the bouncing stuffed bunnies on the walker in the video...she likes to pull them off to chew on them!)