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Mia and Binky

Binky. Waa Waa. Chup Chup. ‘cifer. Well, it’s that green thing in this photo that Mia puts in her mouth to calm herself. We were at Maggiano’s celebrating Farrah’s birthday when I snapped this photo using the Canon S95.

This photo was taken on December 19th, 2010 at Maggiano’s.

This photo was taken by the good people at our daycare.  Mia looks so comfortable, doesn’t she? Even though we miss these tiny moments because Mia is at daycare and not with us, we know she is making friends, learning, and having fun.  By the way, today is Mia’s fifth month birthday!

This photo was taken on November 3, 2010.

There are obvious reasons to be thankful, especially this year. As always, I’m thankful for my family who supports me in whatever I choose to do. I’m thankful for the friends who are always there for me. I’m thankful for my health - even though there have been a couple of rough patches this year. I’m thankful for being gainfully employed - though this may change next year. I’m thankful for having a wife who puts up with me. And I’m thankful for our healthy little baby girl.

This photo was taken with Mia’s Grandma on Thanksgiving morning. 2010.

The plan in the morning was for Mia to wear this lovely outfit to daycare. (Aren’t those tights cute?) Of course, it didn’t turn out to be the case. After taking a few photos, Mia promptly made the dress part “unwearable” for the day.

Mia is getting stronger. She grips items with her hands, making some of them difficult to take away. She can’t stand on her own - those are mommy’s hands holding her up - but she can stand propped like that for a while. Next thing you know she’ll be running around the house.

This photo was taken on the morning of November 23, 2010.

Mia and Roseola

I believe it started on Sunday. A slight redness developed on her cheeks. By Tuesday, it spread ever so slightly to her arms. Today we saw a doctor who diagnosed it as roseola.  It’s nothing serious.  It seems to look worse than it is.  Either way, Mia is staying home with me today.

Mia had her second set of immunizations on Friday.  The occurrence of roseola after the shots appears to be coincidental, as the vaccines she was given wouldn’t normally produce a rash.  She had a rough night last night - waking every two hours wanting attention and food.  But today, at least for now, she’s in good spirits.  If the rash gets better tomorrow, she’ll be able to go back to daycare.

This photo was taken on the night of November 16, 2010.  It was taken after Mia took her bath.  You can see a bit of the rash on her cheeks.

It’s Mia’s first Halloween. We carved three pumpkins that afternoon - one representative of each of us. (The fourth pumpkin in the back is made of plastic.)  Well, Farrah carved two of them. Can you tell which one I did?

We posed Mia in her pumpkin outfit next to the pumpkins as you see here. She looked over her shoulder, then back at us, then over her shoulder again. I’m guessing she wasn’t sure what to make of those “dudes”  behind her who are dressed like her. Perhaps next year she’ll find pumpkins less suspicious.

This photo was taken on October 31, 2010.

Mia is cheering on her favorite baseball team, the San Francisco Giants, as they head to the World Series.  Her favorite player is Tim Lincecum because of, you know, his hair!  LET’S GO GIANTS!

The photo was taken the week of October 17th, 2010.

Is this a lollipop?

I blame Auntie Sarah for talking about Starbucks doughnuts last week.  Of course on Saturday, during our regular coffee run, we had to try them.  We chose the Birthday Cake Mini Doughnut. Before consuming the little doughnuts, we couldn’t pass up a photo opportunity with Mia and the doughnut (or donut if you prefer).  Farrah placed the doughnut on the end of a chopstick. What you see here is the end result.  I could have sworn she tried to take a bite of the doughnut, even though she doesn’t have teeth.

This photo was taken on October 16, 2010.

It’s bath time! Mia thankfully enjoys taking a bath. She’s always been calm when she’s doused with water.  It sure makes bath time easier. I had to get down into the tub to get this shot with the 50mm lens.

This photo was taken on October 12, 2010.

Mia channeling her inner Gene Simmons (not Jean Simmons). She was very active just before bedtime.  She just started moving around, making faces, and discovering things in her immediate area.  She looked at her feet as if it was the first time she saw them.  Perhaps it was the first time she noticed them. Then of course she got a bit fussy because it was bedtime.

We spent part of this past Sunday morning in Santa Cruz.  Farrah, Mia and I had breakfast at The Buttery.  Afterward, we stopped by my sister’s house to hang out for a while. She suggested we walk over to the local Farmer’s Market, where we’d meet up with Kayla.  After coming back from the walk,  Auntie Susana put a Snow White barrette in Mia’s hair.  Surprisingly, it almost got all of her hair.

This is how Mia looked when we got her ready to meet friends at Stanford Shopping Center one Sunday.  Since it was a nice sunny weekend, Farrah decided Mia should wear a hat to ward off the sun.  Mia seemed to enjoy the hat, and the day as well.

This photo was taken on September 12, 2010.

Ok, this is a photo for “Make Up Monday” since didn’t post a photo last Wednesday.  I took this photo of Mia as Farrah was getting her ready for her first day at daycare.  Unfortunately, I was starting to feel sick that morning, so I wasn’t much help to Farrah in getting Mia ready for this day. (Actually, I’m still feeling awful. It’s the meds I’m certain.)

How did Mia’s day go?  Actually, it went very well.  She was very curious about her new environment. She smiled at everyone who approached her.  If there was any negative it’s that she’s still slow at taking the bottle.

The photo was taken on the morning of September 15, 2010.

Mia had just gotten out of the bath and was all nice and dry when I took this photo.  Her hair, of course, dries into a Mohawk state on its own. This photo was taken on Thursday, September 2, 2010, with an iPhone 3GS.