Wow. It's hard to believe our little 4 pound baby- born 8 1/2 weeks early- is a healthy and strong and beautiful 5 year old! Woah! Time has flown. We had no idea at the time how big a part her personality played in her arriving so early. (We thought it had something to do with me. ;-) Crazy thought huh!) But if any of you know Mia, she is just as fiesty and spunky and impatient as she could have come. (We call Syd "sweet" and Mia our "spice!") Whenever Ger talks about Mia's conversation with Heavenly Father before she was born, he says that Heavenly Father knew that when Mia wanted something she was going to work until she got it and he finally said, "Mia, go right ahead."
We are so grateful that Mia is so talented and healthy and happy! She is already reading kindergarten level books, loves dance, loves soccer, loves piano, loves swimming... loves gymnastics... loves playing computer games like starfall.com and pbskids.org... loves playing with her "sissy"... loves playing with Colby... LOVES playing with Brescia! She also loves music and has loved it from a very very young age. She loves listening to it- it calms her down when she is mad- and she is always singing. She can memorize songs crazy fast and her latest favorite music is Mama Mia! We don't even have it- her friend Maggie does- but she is always begging to listen to it on ITunes and I can't believe all the songs she already knows the words to. She is always busy doing or playing something! She is a very determined and is a hard worker when she puts her mind to it. Mia is funny- so funny she is always making us laugh. Her Mia dance (especially just in her underwear, right Lis!?!) is hilarious- we never get tired of seeing it! Her grin and dimples are adorable and laugh is so infectious... WE LOVE OUR MIA!!
So what did Mia want to do on her birthday? Out of all the gazillion choices we gave her it was easy- she wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese! Ger really quizzed her to make sure she had considered all of her options... and she was sure she had... so off to Chuck E. Cheese we went! We met Grandpa and Grandma Dover there and Brescia, Marcus, and JJ. Wow- seriously they had a crazy good time. It really was so fun to watch them and everything went perfectly. They all shared their tokens and tickets and played hard and then ate pizza and then went and played again and got prizes (cotton candy and crayons!) with their tickets...
Afterwards we headed back to our place for Hello Kitty cupcakes and ice cream and of course presents! She was SUPER excited to get a beautiful soft blankey from JJ, Marcus and Brescia. She has wanted a soft blanket for a LONG time and she has been snuggling with it ever since she got it. She got a fun little carousel from Grandma and Grandpa Dover and we gave her a new big girl bike (since she has ridden without training wheels for a year now), her birthday outfit, a pink soccer ball, a new book... Grandma and Grandpa Hallows had gotten her a new doll and stroller and also sent a book with crafts and Activities on America and another book and some treats too... Cousins Jackson and James sent a gift card for Target- yes Mia screamed when she opened it and knew right what it was! And she LOVED talking to everyone who called her on her birthday. (Heidi thanks for being so patient while she talked your ear off!) She also enjoyed Happy Birthday to you in Dutch from Chris... a few days after the fact since Chris kept calling after she was already in bed! Whew- I've gotta wrap this novel up. It was a fabulous day- she was happy all day and everything turned out sooo great! Happy Birthday Mia-b!
So what did Mia want to do on her birthday? Out of all the gazillion choices we gave her it was easy- she wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese! Ger really quizzed her to make sure she had considered all of her options... and she was sure she had... so off to Chuck E. Cheese we went! We met Grandpa and Grandma Dover there and Brescia, Marcus, and JJ. Wow- seriously they had a crazy good time. It really was so fun to watch them and everything went perfectly. They all shared their tokens and tickets and played hard and then ate pizza and then went and played again and got prizes (cotton candy and crayons!) with their tickets...Afterwards we headed back to our place for Hello Kitty cupcakes and ice cream and of course presents! She was SUPER excited to get a beautiful soft blankey from JJ, Marcus and Brescia. She has wanted a soft blanket for a LONG time and she has been snuggling with it ever since she got it. She got a fun little carousel from Grandma and Grandpa Dover and we gave her a new big girl bike (since she has ridden without training wheels for a year now), her birthday outfit, a pink soccer ball, a new book... Grandma and Grandpa Hallows had gotten her a new doll and stroller and also sent a book with crafts and Activities on America and another book and some treats too... Cousins Jackson and James sent a gift card for Target- yes Mia screamed when she opened it and knew right what it was! And she LOVED talking to everyone who called her on her birthday. (Heidi thanks for being so patient while she talked your ear off!) She also enjoyed Happy Birthday to you in Dutch from Chris... a few days after the fact since Chris kept calling after she was already in bed! Whew- I've gotta wrap this novel up. It was a fabulous day- she was happy all day and everything turned out sooo great! Happy Birthday Mia-b!
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