Loving life

Mia's smiles

Baby Blues

What do you think? Will Mia's eyes stay blue?

New Kicks

Luke is movin' on up in the shoe world. Those feet are growing ... right out of his size 7s. This calls for an entirely new shoe wardrobe. Check out one of his new pairs (and Luke's current favorite)!

We heart Tahoe!

We just returned from yet another fantastic Tahoe weekend. Fun was had by everyone - skiing for Daddy, a few hours of snowboarding for Mommy, frolicking in the snow for Brooklyn, cuddle time for Mia, another dinner out at our favorite sushi place and Luke ... well, here are a few pictures:

Picnicking with Day outside - they set up a little table in the snow after some fun snow-play time

Gambling with Paw on his slot machines

Hanging out in the snow with Brooklyn (she and Luke share a love for all things SNOW)

Luke also enjoyed another round of "cave sleeping" (sleeping in a sleeping bag on the heated floor of Day and Paw's closet), and built an awesome fort inside out of blankets, which he spent quite a lot of time in.

Mia was a star traveler. We stopped once on the way up to console her, and not at all on the ride home - she slept the entire way!

All in all, a fabulous weekend (minus the "vase incident," which I won't blog about here, but we can talk about in person ... let's just say that toddler and fancy vase do NOT go well together - thankfully the toddler "won" in this instance!).

Focused

Mia loves to watch the mobiles over her crib (which Luke convinced me to put up, and I'm so glad that I did!) and on her swing. She is so cute and really focuses in and watches for quite a while.

Looking so big...

...already :(

Talking to Grandma

Apparently, Grandma tells really fabulous stories!

Mia "talking" to Grandma (6 weeks old)

Luke "talking" to Grandma (2 & 4 weeks old)

Buddies

Luke and Linus have a love-hate relationship.

Here is one of their more loving moments:

Stylin'

I just couldn't resist ... he'll kill me one day for taking these (and worse, posting them for all of you to see).

SnuggleBug

We call Mia our little SnuggleBug ... she just LOVES to be held and snuggled. Unfortunately, she also sleeps best when being held or snuggled! I guess we should enjoy it as I'm sure that that will not always be the case!

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's Day this year. Sweet Luke woke me up with a card and box of chocolates (which I knew he had gone to get with Daddy the day before because he promptly returned home and told me all about it - ha!). He proceeded to unwrap the See's box and dig in :). Nothing like chocolate before 8am! Now, that's Mommy's kind of boy!

What Luke was able to keep a secret was the beautiful pair of diamond hoop earrings from Daddy! I'm sure that this has more to do with the fact that Michael didn't tell Luke what they were picking up ... and not really Luke's ability to keep big secrets! I LOVE my new earrings - a perfect gift not only for Valentine's Day, but also to commemorate Mia's birth (I have a beautiful necklace from when Luke was born).

We spent the morning in bed exchanging cards, went out together for breakfast, and had a restful afternoon. That evening Mommy and Daddy were able to sneak away for a few hours to have sushi together followed by a drink at the Fairmont.

It was a perfect day ... I couldn't love my three Valentines more!

Oh, and I didn't get a picture of Luke in his V-Day shirt :( ... oh, well, I'll just make him wear it another time and take pictures then! Here are a few of Miss Mia.

Smiles (and just general cuteness)

We've been seeing "social" smiles from Mia in the past days. Today we were finally able to capture a few on camera. And, of course, Mommy just couldn't stop taking pictures, so here are a few more of Miss Mia.

The new babysitter...

Okay, maybe she's not quite ready for babysitting on her own (she might lick poor Mia to death!), but she is VERY gentle. You're such a great dog, Brooklyn!

Boy's Best Friend(s)

First Tahoe trip of 2010

We spent this past weekend in Tahoe. It was our first trip up this winter, which is a bit unusual, but since the snow arrived there I was either very pregnant or had a very new baby. It was a great weekend - Michael got in two days of skiing, Mia went two nights of 6+ hours of sleep, and Luke had his first real snow experience and LOVED it (he wasn't crazy about it last year).

Some of Luke's favorite wintertime activities included:

Catching snowflakes on his tongue

Making a snowman with Uncle Kenny (he very creatively named the snowman Frosty)

Sledding

& throwing snowballs

Mommy and Daddy also enjoyed a fabulous night out (our first since Mia arrived). We enlisted our sweet Tahoe babysitter, Emma, for some help, and we enjoyed a sushi dinner at our favorite sushi restaurant and a post-dinner drink at the new Ritz Carlton at Northstar.

And, of course, we loved having our little pink snow bear with us for her first trip to Tahoe. She was an amazing traveler and slept for the entire car ride ... both ways!

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All in all, a wonderful trip and we are looking forward to our next visit in a few weeks!