Tropical Storms and Binkies

Well after one day back to school, we got a day off!! Even Erik had the day off as well. Tropical Storm Fay decided to visit southwest Florida, leaving us a bit drenched. Luckily the storm was minor, although we live in one of the areas that got the worst of the storm. We chose not to put our hurricane shutters up and I'm glad we didn't. They are such a pain! The windows rattled and the lights flickered a few times but luckily we never lost power. There were about 3,000 homes in out area who weren't so lucky. We spent the day at home and never even got out of our pajamas!! What a great day!! Here are some pictures from our lazy day.

Mia having her first bite of an Oreo cookie. Just like her mommy and daddy, she enjoyed them quite a bit!! Good thing we went shopping for some tropical storm treats!!

When she was all finished, there was chocolate everywhere!!




Mia loves to steal things out of her changing table, hence the wipes refill. She also LOVES her princess chair. She carries it all around the house and then has a nice little place to take a rest when she feels the need.

Playing peek-a-boo through the door of her discovery home.

A full day with Daddy is rare, and she definitely enjoyed his company!

Mia is way into the dogs these days. We are so thankful that Sophia will let her climb and love all over her (actually, I'm pretty sure she enjoys the attention). Stewart isn't quite as cooperative, although he is getting better. Here is a cute picture of Mia giving Sophia a big hug.

Another thing Mia LOVES, LOVES, LOVES are her binkies!! I have no idea how in the world we are ever going to break the habit. I'm not too concerned with it yet though. I know some people take them away by the time they turn 1, but I figure I still need my sanity, so I'll wait a while. She normally only has one in the car or in bed, but she managed to steal these out of her crib. Of course, one is not enough, so she has one in her mouth, and 3 in her hands. We keep a gazillion in her bed because she likes to throw them out at night and then wake us up crying because she doesn't have a binky.

Playing peek-a-boo behind the glider (with all 4 binkies of course). By the way, she is missing her shirt because she had pasta for dinner and rather than try to get spaghetti sauce stains out, Gram was smart enough to just ditch the shirt.

1 year pictures

I forgot to add any of Mia's 1 year pictures to the slideshow. So, here are a few of my favorites.

So cute...

Well, I officially head back to work on Monday and I am soooooooo dreading it!! I have had so much fun with Mia this summer that I wish there was some way I could stay home full time. However, since neither Erik or myself make enough money for that to happen, it's back to the classroom for another long year. I was looking back at some of the pictures from this summer and decided that some were definitely blog worthy. Mia has taken a liking to her stuffed animals lately, particularly her ducky, bear, and bunny. She carries tham all around the house and gives them hugs and kisses all day. She especially likes to hand them to Mommy and Daddy for an occassional hug and kiss. Last week Mia discovered her bag of swim diapers in her changing table and decided to get into them. She brought one to me and started whining (I'll be so glad when she can tell me what she wants, right now she assumes whining will get the job done). I couldn't figure out what she wanted, so I treid several different things before finally putting it on over her pajamas. She got the biggest grin on her face and off she went. A few minutes later she came back with another swim diaper, whining again. So, for about 2 hours, until her next diaper change, she walked, no waddled around with 2 swim diapers on. Too cute!!