Lots of Pictures

Because Troy and I love taking pictures, we still haven't taken Mia to a professional photographer. Sometimes it's a challenge taking pictures at home with her. We don't always have the perfect background or props like a children's photographer would, but we do have the benefit of knowing our child and what expressions we want to capture and what looks like "her".

When we started to take pictures, I thought Mia wasn't going to last long because she wasn't real happy about how the grass felt on her hands and knees until Troy jumped up and down and acted like a fool which made Mia start clapping.

We were finally able to get a few pictures that we felt captured Mia's personality. I was even able to take a few shots that show how Mia looks like me!

Mia grew out of her hooded baby towel, so I searched on the internet for something that looked like her. Troy and I decided a dinosaur would be appropriate since he calls her his little velociraptor. (They like to make weird "dinosaur" sounds back and forth with each other.)

Mia had fun the other night when Jeremy and Marcy brought their ever-growing family over for dinner. She enjoyed splashing in the pool with them, but sternly (you would have to see the look on her face and hear the tone in her babbling to really understand) reprimanded them whenever they jumped off of the diving board. Apparently she thinks they shouldn't do that.