Laughing in the New Year

Happy New Year! Mia got us off to the right start this year w/ a real laugh on New Year's Day. :o) Jeff & I spent New Year's Eve at my mom's house on a (mostly inflated) camping mattress. The next morning, we laid Mia on it and Heather started pressing down & releasing part of the (mostly inflated) mattress, causing Mia to rise and sink. It was pretty funny to watch, and Mia apparently thought it was the funniest thing ever, b/c it caused her to really laugh out loud for the first time!

This is a picture of Mia in her very own chair! No, she can't sit up on her own yet, but this chair is designed to prop up babies 3 - 18 months. I love it b/c she likes to sit in it and look around, and I get a few minutes to eat breakfast and drink my coffee w/ two hands!! (Thanks, Chris!!) And you'll notice that she is wearing the most adorable pink Converse. ;o) Every time she's worn these outside, we get stopped by someone telling me how flippin' adorable Mia is in her little shoes. (Thanks, Dolly!)