She's 1!!
posted on 02/01/2008
Mia had a great birthday party, as you can see. Celebrated with family and a few close friends, including her buddy Dashielle (Dash). She enjoyed daintily dipping her finger in the frosting, but didn't do the big cake in the face devouring that the cameras love. She's such a little lady.
In January the family went on a cruise through the Western Caribbean with all of Len's family (thanks to Grandma Ria). Check out some pictures from our trip in the 12 months gallery. True to form, Mia was a good traveler and has an adventurous spirit. She loved the ocean, swimming with sting rays, meeting monkeys and parrots.
She is quite the chatter box, and her language skills are ahead of "schedule". She seems to understand most of what we are saying. For instance, if you ask her if she's hungry, she crawls over to her high chair. She has about 20-30 words that she recognizes and says - at least that we have caught on to. She is signing a bit, but the signs don't always correlate to the words.
You will find her standing most of the time, but she hasn't taken any steps on her own yet.
If you can't tell, we are very proud of her!
