3 months old

Our little Mia Catharine is 3 months old today. It is hard for me to believe because I don't want her to get bigger. Mia is still a great baby, very happy most of the time, and still pretty laid back. She loves watching her sisters do anything, playing with her toy monkey, hanging out in the bouncy seat, and being held in a standing position. Some things Mia doesn't like.....large crowds of people, the swing, and getting in her car seat. She is cooing and babbling more and loves it when you talk to her, especially in silly voices. She smiles all the time but doesn't laugh often. Here are some pictures taken over this last month.

stretching as she wakes up...so cute!

her favorite toy, she likes the feel of it

hanging out on the couch...she loves the tv, even if it's turned off


Mia also figured out how to roll over from her tummy to her back this month. I'm not sure if it is early or on time compared to other babies, but I was not ready for it. She does it pretty consistently and one day I was able to get a video of it.

Little Giggles

When Mia was just 2 months old, she laughed for the first time for daddy. Since then I have been trying to get her to laugh and have failed over and over. Finally this past week she laughed for me and Matt happened to be home so he grabbed the camera and took this video.

Baptism

This past Sunday we celebrated Mia's baptism. During the morning service, Mia and two other little girls from our church were baptized. My dad was there to do the baptism like he did for Lily and Sadie. It was a special day and we were able to celebrate with family and friends at lunch after the service. Mia did great during the service and even took a little nap. She woke up to fill her pants....very loudly during prayer, people across the aisle were looking over and laughing. She didn't want to be held by anyone but mommy and daddy during lunch, so that was a little disappointing but overall she was great. Here is a picture of Mia in her dress. She wore Sadie's 1st Easter dress with the booties Lily wore on her 1st Easter and the sweater Lily wore at her baptism.

Family Photo

Matt's mom brought along some coloring supplies that entertained the kids pretty well.

Thank you to all who were able to be there. We had a great time visiting with you!

New Dresses

Lily & Sadie love their new dresses!! Thanks Grandma!

Camping....sort of

Lily has been asking to go camping because she saw Caillou do it with his family this week. (For those of you who don't know, Caillou is a show on PBS). So, we decided to use our fireplace for the first time this year and try to have a camping experience in our den. I set up our play tent and Matt started the fire.

Lily & Sadie watching Matt get the fire going from the tent
We decided to roast marshmallows and Sadie got really silly with hers.
She thought she was really funny and laughed so hard she spit out the marshmallow.

Watching Daddy roast the marshmallows

The first bite of s'more......yum! Would have been better with chocolate but we didn't have any in the house and Lily wouldn't eat it anyway.

Me and my girls in the tent.

Bedtime!

Lily and Sadie really wanted to sleep in the tent and we were pretty sure it wouldn't work, but we decided to let them try. Sadie was just having too much fun and couldn't quite settle down. After she screamed for the 4th time, we decided she needed her bed. Lily did great, she was very quiet and we thought she might fall asleep but after about 10 minutes she was done. She said it wasn't very comfortable so she ended up in bed too.

It wasn't exactly like camping but I think we gave Lily what she was looking for. And we all had a great time, even Mia who had no idea what was happening but loved watching her sisters.

Hand-Me-Downs

When Lily was born she recieved a lot of clothes as gifts and my favorite was this pink and white Nike outfit. Each of the girls has worn it, although it is still a little big on Mia. I think this is my favorite because it is one of those outfits you see and love but then you feel like you shouldn't spend the money on it....the perfect gift :) So here are my 3 girls.

Mia, 2 months old

Sadie, about 1 1/2 months

Lily, 4 months

(This picture shows the whole outfit the best)

Christmas 2009

Ok, so I'm a little late in posting this but here it is :) We had a great time celebrating Christmas this year. We had 4 parties 4 days in a row so we were exhausted by the end but we had a great time celebrating with family. So, where do I begin? Well, Lily & Sadie got their first present when we put the tree up this year. Every year I give them an ornament and this year they each got a ball, Lily's was bright pink and Sadie's was purple. Mia got her ornament on Christmas Eve so she would have something under the tree too :)

On Christmas Eve our celebrations began. We traveled to Kalamazoo to my grandparents house and celebrated with my mom's side of the family. It was a full day and Lily and Sadie had so much fun. I think Mia had fun too but she slept a lot of the time. My cousin was there for the first time in a couple years with his wife and son. It was great to see them. That night we had our own little Christmas at home. We opened gifts while listening to the Messiah, a tradition that Matt insisted on, and then we had pizza for dinner at the request of Lily and Sadie.

Christmas morning we opened our stockings and although there wasn't much in there, the girls were very excited about all of it. I think they liked their toothbrushes the best. Then it was off to church and another party, this one was the Staal family. We had a great dinner followed by the opening of gifts. Lily and Sadie love seeing their cousins so they had a great time. Saturday we were with my dad's side of the family in Kalamazoo again. The girls were tired but they did very well and we all had a great time seeing the family. Then we had my parents, sister, and Yvonne stay at our house that night. Sunday my whole family gathered at our house for our last day of Christmas celebrations. Lily and Sadie got a soccer goal and soccer balls and were able to play with them in our den for a little while. It was so cute to see them playing soccer in dresses while wearing their new necklaces :) Mia did pretty good at all the parties, but by Sunday night she had had enough. I think she cried for a couple hours before she finally settled into a good sleep. Now here are some pictures from our Christmas.

Our family, Christmas Day 2009

Sadie with all her new jewelery on

Lily showing off her necklaces

Mia's first Christmas

playing on her new quilt beneath the Christmas tree

We hope you all had a blessed Christmas too!