Weekend of Firsts

We had an exciting weekend!

On Friday, Mia got to meet Maureen for the first time! When I brought Mia out of her daycare room, she saw Maureen, looked at her for a second and gave her the biggest smile. A few times over the weekend, we caught her looking between the two of us. We both recall Emma had the same reaction when she first met Maureen at 5 months. It was great to have Maureen here; I miss her terribly and the girls both love her. All weekend long, we heard Emma, "Miss Maureen this" or "Miss Maureen that," it was very cute. On Sunday morning, Emma wanted to see Maureen very badly. Some comments:
"Mommy, Why is Miss Maureen still sleeping?"
"Miss Maureen sure is a sleepy head!"
"Is it time for Miss Maureen to wake up yet?"
"Miss Maureen sure does like to sleep a lot!"
Several of these were repeated over and over again between 630 and 815 when I finally told Emma she could go tell Maureen that coffee was ready.

Saturday evening, Maureen gave Emma braids after her bath. She looks adorable and so big all at the same time!  This is a sort of first. Rachel tried to braid her hair a long time ago, but it wasn't quite long enough.

We had pumpkin pancakes for the first time as well on Sunday. They were delicious! We will definitely be enjoying them again! Mia had her first taste of pumpkin. She was not sure what to think of it. I mixed in a little milk, so it might have been a bit of a different taste for her.

Friday evening, Mia was playing on a blanket and got up onto her hands and knees. She's been doing this for a while and desperately trying to figure out how to move her hands. I got down in front of her and told her to come to Mama...and she did! Honest to goodness crawls! It was so exciting! The rest of the weekend, she continued to crawl to me. It's only a few short movements, but exciting nonetheless. This evening, when Kurt and I picked her up, she showed her daycare teacher her moves too. Ms. Virginia told us that she hasn't crawled there before; she'd only been getting up and rocking back and forth. Tonight, I sat her in her room with a toy and was putting laundry away in her drawers. She pushed the toy out of the way and crawled over to the drawer to play with the pull. I guess the days of leaving her unattended are dwindling.

We also think that Mia might be getting her first tooth. She's been 'teething' for quite a while, poor baby. But on Saturday morning, we both felt that her right bottom gum was a little swollen. Ms. Virginia said the same thing today. Mia has been biting on everything and will do anything to get our fingers in her mouth to gnaw on. She seems to be handling it like a trooper, but we can tell she's uncomfortable.

On Saturday, we went to our community's yard sale. Emma quickly spied scooter. And not just any scooter, but a Princess scooter. She's been asking for a scooter for about a year now. (Since the fall/winter were so mild last year, all the big kids raced around on their Razor Scooters all year long.) She quickly turned on the charm: "Daddy, can I please have this scooter, please Daddy?" He tried to pass it off to me, but I quickly put the ball back in his court and of course he relented. She did great on it and was occupied the whole time we were at the yard sale! She's been out on it 3 times now and loves it!

Emma and her new scooter!

Action shot!

She's a pro!