Daddy and Mia ride in coach

Debbie (Mommy) went on a business trip and flew on the corporate jet. Daddy and Mia had the opportunity to see the jet land and Mommy get off it with a few others from work. The pilot even let us go on the plane and check it out - pretty amazing. Mia liked all the green, blue and red buttons in the pilot's chair. We made she she didn't push any though.

Mia also liked the suckers that were in the hangar and enjoyed one on the way home.

Who's coming for Easter?

Grandma's Visit

Grandma came out from Michigan to see the three of us and spend some quality time with Mia. It was a short trip, however we covered a lot of ground including a visit to the train park (thanks Jamie for the great find), shopping for shoes (Leah and Mia's favorite thing to do), playing with bubbles in the back yard, swimming lessons, dinner with Susan and Bill (it's always great to see them), and we even went swimming (Debbie and Leah included). Daddy warmed up the pool to a brisk 90 F so that Debbie and Leah would join Mia and him.

Here are some pictures from the exciting weekend!

Mia dancing to some tunes while brushing her teeth. Mia's Aunt's and Uncle will be proud that she's a good tooth brusher.

Mia's second photo shoot

We hired a photographer (Eric Merkow, www.merkowphotography.com) to take Mia's 1-year pictures and here are few shots from that photo shoot. The pictures turnout awesome!

Weekend with Marty and Angie

Marty and Angie came out to visit us over the past weekend. What a great time we had from the Fountain Hills Art Fair, Spa for the girls while Marty and I played 36 holes of golf, to family and friends over for dinner and going out in Scottsdale. What a weekend, and there was good quality time with Mia by her Uncle Marty and Aunt Angie.

Trip to Michign - Mia and Daddy

Mia and I had a great time in Michigan. For the first time Mia played in the snow and she loved it - well until she fell and her hands got cold. Grandma, who Mia continued to call Nana, and Aunt Michelle help Daddy out by watching Mia so that Daddy could squeeze in some quality time with my nephews Sean, Mitch, Brad and Kyle. Wow how my nephews are growing up fast. Brad and Kyle are in high school and seem to have friends over all the time - play video games all night long.

Mia and I picked up Sean and Mitch from school - which they all enjoyed. The boys introduced me to their teachers - much different then what I remember - Mrs Troy was my 5th grade teacher. Mia had fun meeting all the other kids at the school and loved walking up and down the hallways in the school.

Brad and Kyle played some hockey - and seemed to be the best players on the team. Unfortunately, I didn't have an opportunity to see Brad play in a game since he was not feeling well. Kyle, on the other hand, had a tournament where they won every game. I was able to see Kyle score at least three points...!







Both Sean and Mitch had basketball games which was fun to watch. Sean has hands like Nash while Mitch runs and jumps like Magic Johnson!











The day before we left Michigan, Michelle and the kids made Mia her first snowman. Mia has a book that Jamie gave her about Winter and it has a picture of a snowman. Mia loves to touch and feel the snowman in the book and seeing one in real-life was very exciting for Mia. After she was finished in the snow, Grandma asked her if she wanted to hot coco. Mia continued to say coco. I think she liked how it tasted as well as the sound of the word.











Lastly, Mitch and Sean have some pet birds which were fun to play with. The boys really never played with them before our visit because they bit. Maddy, a friend of Sean, figured out that using a thin glove helped avoid being bit. Mia and the boys enjoyed playing with the birds.