A day at the museum

 

Look how big I am...

 

mia at the store

picking out her favorite dinner vegetables...

Hello Everyone...from Mia and Dora

 

Mia and Dora resting by the fire

 

Mia is ready to eat...

 

Mia having brunch

 

Mia's new bestfriend

Dora has become a permanent fixture around the McGrath house. Mia loves her. 

Mia entertaining...

 

Mia and Mel

 

Mia and her friends at Moovin' and Groovin' class

 

mia entertains...

watching their favorite cable TV show... jack's big music show

mia went swimming today!

in spite of her cold, she did very well at her first swimming lesson... she was able to use the swimsuit pat and kathy gave her!

Happy New Year

Hello Everyone,
Hope you had a great holiday. This was our best ever. Having Mia with us was something we always dreamed about over the last year. It was more than we expected. She was able to meet her extended family and visit with a few of her friends from Guatemala.

I've posted some pictures of our trip.

Enjoy!

Mia's Cousins

Tommy, Josh and Kaitlyn. 

 

Mia's Xmas Morning Bed Head

 

The McGraths on Christmas

 

Mia with her Uncle Pat

 

Aunt Bridget and Mia

Mia with her Aunt Bridget and cousin Alan. 

Mia's Princess Chair

Mia's Aunt Debbie gave her a princess chair and she loved it!  

Mia and Aunt Stephanie

 

The 1st Annual Bono Sister Family Party

We decided to have a family holiday party. It was so much fun. We had most of our extended family and laughed pretty much all night. It was great for Mia ot meet her aunts/uncles and cousins for the first time.  

Mia and Lily

 

Our visit with David, Julie and Ms. Lily

We also had a great visit with the Deck family. Mia and Ms. Lily had a great time catching up on their ear piercing adventure in Antigua.  

Our visit with Margie and Ms. Lulu in Milwaukee

We stopped in Milwaukee on our way back from St. Louis to spend the New Year with Margie and Lulu. We made a wonderful dinner and drank too much wine. It was a great way to ring in the New Year. 

hi...

just in case you are wondering about mia, she had a big week last week. she met her great uncle jim and her great aunt susan from maine... we missed our roadtrip to see margie and lulu in milwaukee... because mia and papa caught a bad cold the day before thanksgiving. she is getting better now and learning how to dress warmly for her first winter.

hob-nobbin'

mia went to her first art opening a couple of weeks ago... she's the one in pink.

pure goodness

mia has discovered the emrald pineapple, a smoothie at the local coop