she's a weirdo but she's ours.

it's funny the things mia will suddenly notice. things you thought she knew about before but apparently? not so much. this week mia noticed that josh is hairy. "hairy legs? hairy arms? hairy face? hairy neck? hairy head?" yes, josh is hairy. i compared him to the dog (who is also quite hairy) and she thought that was pretty cool. josh did not.

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mia does not like josh being in the bathroom with her anymore. he has to wait at the door for her to finish. he is also not allowed to push the cart at the grocery store if i am around. she would rather sit still and try to make the cart move by swinging her legs back and forth than let daddy push the cart. it's mama's job.

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mia's cousins came from texas to meet her and play 'til they dropped. ian is almost 4 and aidan is almost 2.5 and they are BOYS. they fit that "all boy" stereotype pretty well. sweet boys, yes. but boys that wrestle and fight and run and jump and get time out. mia was havnig a great time watching them play but was content to sit on the sidelines and not get hurt. silly boys.

the thing about older boys is that they go to time out. a lot. mia doesn't go to time out. (there was a time when we did the "think time" routine that her daycare was doing but her new daycare doesn't do that and she has since forgotten it. anyway...) after a day and a half of visiting mia came home, walked up and slapped me (not hard) right in the face and screamed out "TIME OUT!" i was shocked. i asked her if she wanted time out and she got very excited and squealed "YES!" thanks jen.

the lies we tell.

i just had to promise mia that i would take her on an airplane after her nap. you know, instead of going to the vet. she's going to be so disappointed.

daddy's girl weekend

i asked mia if she had fun this weekend and she said "yes, daddy." and my heart melted and slipped into my belly.

saturday morning josh got up with mia and let me sleep in. until 9. 9!! they played and giggled and watched sesame street. i lay in bed listening to them play airplane while chasing the dog around the house, read book after book and make breakfast together. it was like a random mother's day.

after i took her to gymnastics and she had a nap josh took her to the park (while i napped!) for at least an hour. and they were together all night.

sunday night we went to a rivercats game. mia sat on her daddy's lap and ate chili cheese fries and drank lemonade. sadly, she didn't enjoy baseball the same way she enjoys basketball (and how could you). she kept saying "no ball?" no worries, we were all bored, mia.

these two were made for each other, i tell ya.