Hard to believe it but Miss Mia is already 3 months old. She makes us laugh each day for new reasons but if we’re honest, mostly it’s her hair. She is “talking” constantly and cackles at our goofy faces. We’ve had a few sleepless nights but mostly she crashes out for 6 or more hours a night and for that, we are thankful!

Mia finally learned the subtle art of turning over. It seemed to happen in a couple of days and she’s still working out the details. Sometimes she just gets stuck on her side and decides that’s close enough. We have to pay close attention at all times so Dixie doesn’t take the opportunity to give her a full face kiss. Well, that or steal Mia’s pacifier… We’ve lost a few pacifiers over the last month thanks to Dixie (see photos for proof.)

Yesterday, we took Mia to Sears for the obligatory photo shoot because we wanted to get pictures of her hair in full height. Of course, her hair didn’t cooperate so the pics make her look like she’s been on the ski slope for a few hours. One of the pics we’ve named “Sven, the ski instructor” for just this reason. Mia was extremely patient with the crazy lady who kept trying to get her to smile – which she flatly refused to do. Between the giant flashes of light in her face and Jillian holding her upright by the back of her sweater, Mia was pretty much over the whole process after an hour – as were we.

All in all, it’s been a beautiful month. We spent a weekend in Bend after visiting Nika and her family in Eugene for a couple of hours. The drive to Bend was, shall we say, noisy. I don’t know which was worse when trying to navigate the winding mountain pass roads – Mia crying or Jillian singing to her. The best I can say about that drive was that Jill finally learned all of the lyrics to “Itsy bitsy spider.” The weekend was wonderful and we got to get away for a few hours while Jill’s parents watched Mia.  I have to say, Oregon is underrated in the list of “Places to See Beautiful Fall Colors.”

That’s all for now. We really are trying to keep the pics updated but hear (often!) that we need to get them posted faster. So, we’ll do our best to keep you updated as time permits.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, YO!