For the Love of Mia: Last month in the single digits!

This past month has been jam-packed with lots of holiday festivities, from the 3rd annual Cookie & Ornament Exchange to my work holiday party, our 1st annual 'Deck the Halls' party at our home to taking Mia to visit Santa! We also had dinner dates (Daddy brought me to meet Mommy after work in City Place), did lots of Christmas shopping (thank goodness our baby is a trooper and loves the mall) and took Mia for her first trip to the bowling alley where I think she beat me, which is not difficult to do ;) All in all, it was a wonderful Christmas season full of love, laughter, cheer and lots of memories with wonderful people.

The best lil sis a girl could ask for....love you Apes!

The cookies were abundant, sangria was flowing, ornaments were stolen and fun was had by all! This year's party was a huge success!

By the tree with my babe at The Sailfish Club for our 6th holiday party with my company (well my sis had to fill in for him last year, but 6 years, that's insane to me!).

Some of the people that made the party a fabulous time, as always....this year's surprise, karaoke!!
P-Diddy and the Financiers made their debut (and probably the last time we'll sing in front of our co-workers!)

Back to the reason for this blog....Miss Mia has been pretty busy this month too with lots of new activities, foods, etc....here's a rundown of some of the highlights in the life of a 9 month old!

~ Weighed in at 20 lbs (75th percentile) and measured 29 inches (95th percentile) at her well visit (12/17)

~ Tried and LOVED baby yogurt and a few finger foods - yogurt melts and puffs

~ Can get from her tummy to a sitting position and stays there....is not a fan of being on her hands and knees at this point or in any hurry to start moving!

~ Is able to pull herself half-way up to standing, but still needs some assistance to get all the way up!

~ Has really started to begin 'playing' with toys (i.e. she loves to take everything out of whatever it is in, like her blocks out of the bin!) and can play independently for longer periods of time

~ Moved to the big tub for good....tear! I loved being able to bathe her upstairs right off her nursery, but since that bathroom only has a shower, we now have to give her a tubby downstairs in the master bath.

~ Talks up a storm and loves to have screaming matches with Mommy!!

~ Can wave at herself (hasn't mastered the hand motion facing away from her yet, but we'll get there!)

~ Gives open mouth, slobbery kisses (sometimes on command!)
~ Takes two solid naps (one at 9 am and then another around 1:30 pm) and sleeps great at night (8 pm till about 7 am)
~ Certainly not a highlight, but Mia got sick for the first time with a really high fever (105 at the peak, which had both of us freaked out), but thankfully it only lasted the weekend and she was back to herself in no time

~ Loves going to My Gym with Mommy (and sometimes Aunt April)...the swing is her favorite!

Some My Gym pictures, courtesy of Aunt April...oh and so is the super cute leotard that she is wearing! Obviously someone was a superstar gymnast and is a coach! ;)

What, you guys are going to leave me to stand in here by myself?