Mio

All posts about our firstborn, Mio Elise Allen.

Those Chubby Cheeks

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Since Dan is back in San Francisco working while Mio and I are in Virginia, we frequently call and chat with him online to keep him updated with how Mio is doing.

Here’s an excerpt from our conversation today…

Me: My mom found this bouncer seat among some items her friend left behind when moving, and we have been putting Mio in it.

Me: She seems to like it – she coos and smiles and looks at the toys, and likes to kick to bounce it up and down

Me: I think it’s good for keeping her up in the daytime… because the swing puts her to sleep

Dan: nice

Dan: thats a good find

Dan: we can buy one when you guys get back

Me: Yup! I read it’s good to develop muscles.

Dan: thats good

Dan: burn off some of the chub

Dan: but NOT the cheeks, those must stay

Daddy misses Mio and her chubby cheeks!!!

Visitors for Mio

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Mio is getting a lot of love in Virginia from not only family, but a lot of her Mommy’s friends, too! 🙂 Here are some of the wonderful people Mio has had the pleasure of meeting the past few days — she is such a lucky girl! 😀

On Friday, my best friend Debbie came to see Mio.

the bestest with Mio
The bestest with Mio. They're matching in plaid! Mio is already learning from my fashionable best friend!

 

Georgetown Cupcakes!
Debbie brought Georgetown Cupcakes! I finally got to try them, and they were amazing.

 

Our family friend had a baby in February, so we had a playdate with their daughter Junna-chan on Saturday.

Mio slept through most of the playdate...
Here is Mio with Junna-chan. Mio slept through much of the playdate...

 

Mio’s aunt Hyo (Dan’s sister) came down to visit from New York for the weekend, too!

Mio and Auntie Hyo
Mio finally got to meet Auntie Hyo!

 

Mio with Elisa
My brother's girlfriend Elisa also came to see Mio!

 

My friend Stephanie came to meet Mio on Monday evening!

Stephanie came to see Mio!
Mio with Auntie Stephanie... sucking on her arm. Way to make a first impression.

 

Thanks for visiting, Steph! :)
Thank you for visiting, Steph!

 

Today, Mio and I took the Metro to visit our friends Lan and Mie and their adorable sons! I forgot my camera so I couldn’t take many photos, but here are a couple that I took on my phone.

He is so adorable!
Mie with 10-month old Kosei. Super cute!!!

 

Auntie Lan with Mio
Lan holding Mio. Thank you for a fun afternoon together!

 

Mio is so lucky to be showered with so much love while we’re back East. We still have a little over a week left in Virginia, but we’ve already had so much fun making great memories with everyone here.

New Tummy Time Mat

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Mio has been having a rough time with tummy time lately. Although when she first started out, she did pretty well with it and started being able to lift her head up a little, the past few weeks have been difficult. Within the first couple minutes of putting her face down on her playmat, she will start screaming and crying. It’s hard to watch, and she won’t even try to do tummy time anymore, so I tend to give up too and just pick her up again.

In hopes to improve Mio’s tummy time experience, I ordered a “tummy time mat” and had it delivered to my parents’ house in Virginia. It’s a mat with a pillow for Mio to rest her head and arms on, to make tummy time a little easier with less of the face-plant aspect.

 

Mio's cute new tummy time mat
Mio's cute new tummy time mat

 

playing on her new tummy time mat
Mio's first time on the tummy time yesterday. She didn't cry and did pretty well!

 

 

 

Mio on her mat again
This morning on the mat, she looked like she didn't even want to try.

 

frustrated Mio
A frustrated Mio.

 

getting sleepy...?
Getting sleepy...?

 

knocked out.
...AND she's out. ::sigh::

 

The road to successful tummy time still feels long, but the new mat seems to be helping a little. At least there are no more tears and screams. We’ll just take it slowly day by day, at a pace Mio is comfortable with. 🙂

Mio Arrives in Virginia

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Mio and I arrived in Virginia early Thursday morning, exhausted. Mio cried inconsolably for about fifteen minutes towards the beginning of the overnight flight, and although it was only fifteen minutes, it was the longest fifteen minutes of my life. I’m still uncertain about what was wrong with her, since I made sure to nurse her during takeoff and landing to make sure she didn’t get ear pressure problems. She slept for the last three hours of the flight, though, but I couldn’t sleep because I was afraid she’d slide off of my lap. The cabin of the plane was really hot, too, which made for a very uncomfortable five hours. Boy, was I relieved when we finally landed at Dulles Airport…. When we got to my parents’ house in Vienna, we just slept for several hours through the morning.

Mio got to meet some new members of Mommy’s family this time — my father, sister Miwa, and brother Kosei were all seeing her for the first time.

Miwa holding Mio
Mio met Auntie Miwa for the first time. She is already alarmed by her crazy aunt....

 

おじいちゃんと初孫
Meeting ojiichan for the first time.

 

My Dad passing Mio over to my Mom.
Happy grandparents with their first grandchild.

 

Mom holding Mio
My mom reunited with Mio. She was surprised by how much she'd grown!

 

being held by Auntie Miwa
Getting some love from Auntie Miwa.

 

Mio is awake this time
My Dad holding Mio again. A proud ojiichan!

 

rwide awake!
Mio wide awake from the excitement of meeting everyone!

 

I’m really happy to be back home in Virginia and am looking forward to the next two weeks that we’ll be spending here. We hope to spend a lot of time with family and friends, and just relax and enjoy our time here. It’s definitely summer here — hot and humid! I actually kind of missed the humidity of the Mid-Atlantic region, since this is the type of summer weather I grew up with!

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