My Little Mimi.....

So, it's official!! Mia has taken her first steps!!! We are so excited!!! Another walker. Here comes our time to stop being the carriers of Mia. Hhhhmmmmm...... Maybe we should baby proof? :-)

Here's Mia enjoying herself - feeding herself. And yes... I am channelling Austin Powers.

Mia finding new things to taste and explore.

And away she goes!!

Another Bake-off....

Claudia and I, at work, have been trash-talking each other about our baking skills. We had a cookie bake-off and Claudia won, but only because she fixed the contest. :-)

We are going to have an apple pie bake-off, IF I can find a recipe and a make a good pie. I tried with this one below today. The top crust was great....but, I think that there was too much apple and not enough dry ingredients in the filling. There were apples swimming in liquid when I opened it up. Oh well....I will try again. At least I won with the crust - now to perfect the filling.

Taking a cue....

Taking a cue from Emily, I wanted to commemorate Mia's first year with pictures over the year. Thank your for the idea, Emily! And thank you, Mia, for choosing us as your family! We love you!
Yep...we need some coffee as we begin the next year. :-)