What's up?

Well, Lily is a month and a half old! Time flies when you're trying to figure out all the changes a new baby brings. She had a week there of pain and spitting up...colic? reflux? We've narrowed it down to lactose intolerance...maybe. She proudly holds her head up and is all smiles. She coos a LOT and is pretty mellow. She'll cry in the car if we are NOT moving and is sometimes comforted by hiphop...but never anything else. She sometimes takes a paci...that's nice.

Mia is almost an adult, or so it seems. Daryl and I frequently talk about how mature she is, but we need to remember that she's only 3.5 yrs old. She's a little little little kid. Smart, kind, funny, empathetic..well unless she's ripping out a paci from a sleeping baby sister's mouth....which makes Lily scream as Mia sits there. Content. Paci in mouth and sucking it like that Simpson baby...can't remember and don't care.

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!! How cool is that?!?!? It's in a super fab neighborhood and it's pretty much perfect for us. We don't have to move in till the end of July, so we have a while to get things in order. Painting. is done....the living room used to be PEACH! Flooring will be done next weekend...or so Daryl promises. It's been fun picking out colors and stuff...watching it go from house to our home. Finally done renting white walled apts and houses....we've got lots of color going on!

Along with these pics that Mia took with my p&s, I'll leave you with a Mia-ism:

Mama: ohhh Mia, love your owl jammies (wayyyy too small..they're over a year old)

Mia: Thanks. They're new. I got them in Africa.

Mia's first day as a photographer

I'm not sure why, but I can't wait til the actual proper date to let someone open a gift from me. It's not that I want to open one so bad, b/c it happens on other people's birthdays, too. So, yesterday (Dec 20th) Mia opened one of her Christmas gifts. A new kids digital camera. She LOVES it and it soooo easy for her to use. Here are a few of her shots in a collage, then some of my faves a little larger. Now the camera's turned!

I'm not sure if Mia took this one or if Auntie M got ahold of the camera and graced Mia's camera with a self-portrait :)