Two little Years

This little pumpernickel turned 2 last month. I love 2 years old or to be more accurate I love happy 2 year olds. They are funny, sweet and unpretentious. They are squishy and cuddly and best part is they don't talk right. I love all the missing r's and the "me do dis" or "me do dat". I would love for this year to go slowly but seeing how we are already a month into it I'll just try to eat it up.

I accidentally upload the pictures in the wrong order so we are going to go backwards.

So to finish the Mia birthday hoppla, we enjoyed some Miller time. Make that Miller cousin time...

Carlsbad in January...:)

Thankfully "baby Mawow" seemed to enjoy Mia pushing her around in the doll stwolla. They did it for much of the weekend.

On Mia's actually birthday we had Uncle Tom, Aunt Ma-wee, and Aunt Wendy over for dinner. They brought "PWESENTS!!"

She loved it when everyone sang happy birthday to her. She would bob her head, sing along and then clap when we finished. We love you Miss Mia!

December Idaho Trip

But before we get there, a couple that were in Dec 2010 folder... Helping Mama

80's Day

For Christmas vacation this year we loaded up the car and made the drive to Idaho. Day 1 took us as far as our friends' house near Salt Lake City. Not only did we enjoy reuniting with old friends but Lucas and Daddy thoroughly enjoyed their HUGE skateboarding bowl in their garage. I'm pretty sure we will not be able to drive through again without Lucas begging us to stop. Before we continued on our way, Nathan even got some snowboarding in at Sundance.

We had such a fun time visiting Grandpa and Grandma's, seeing friends and cousins. The snow provided lots of fun for the kids. Nathan and I also took advantage of it and the Grandparents and went to Grand Targhee for a day on the slopes. What a treat! On our last day there we got Lucas and Jill skiing along with E. and T. And even though it was bitterly cold the kids did great. After the skiing we went to Lava Hot Springs to sit in 104+ degree water. Basically, your nice and toasty from the neck down and have ice forming from the neck up. As we left, the thermometer in the car read -12. Yes, you may wonder at the wisdom of our decision.

Although there was really no doubt the Mia was getting along just fine with Grandpa and Grandma, on the return trip we realized how strong the attachment. Off and on for well over an hour Mia would start crying, "Bumpa's house, Bumpa's house." I would say, "We get to go back to Mia's house." "No! Bumpa's house, Bumpa's house." Ahh, it was enough to break your heart.

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