Mia continues to amaze us with her incredible vocabulary and verbal skills. The tables are now turned and rather than us asking her to name things, she now asks us constantly "what's this?," even if she knows the answer. I guess she heard that question from us enough. She is putting words together and speaking in short phrases. She loves music and singing. Check-out the link to her videos (see the New Videos link below) to hear her singing "Twinkle, Twinkle," and The ABC song, in addition to her whaling on the drums in music class. She also sings "The Wheels on the Bus" and "If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands". Not only does she like to sing and play music, she loves to listen to it. In fact, if the music stops between songs she gets upset and cries for more "music!" in between every song. One of my favorite stories is when we were in the car and Mia asked me to put on some music. Once it was on she started dancing in her chair and said, "rock out!" That's my girl, the little rocker! She also counts to 10 pretty consistently...although no matter how many things there are to count (even if there are only 4 or 5) she typically still counts to 10.

Mia is very loving and affectionate. She gives lots of kisses and hugs, as well as Eskimo and butterfly kisses. She loves doggies (what toddler doesn't) and knows to be very "gentle." She is often chasing after the kitties saying "gentle pat pat" and trying to hug them. They do their best to stay clear of her.

What else can we say? She is soooo much fun. We are all having a blast!