Mio’s caught Bieber Fever since a couple weeks ago… After hearing the radio play the song a few times, she’s been repeating “baby ohhh.” We’ve been trying to capture it on video, but are always too late!
Today, my sister and I were marginally successful in recording her. Right before I started recording, she’d been belting it out enthusiastically, but as soon as the camera started rolling she started clamming up. Oh well…
Last Saturday, we went out to get some Chinese food and Mio started running around with the two kids of the restaurant owner. She’s usually pretty shy and reserved when she sees other children, but the little girl (apparently 3 years old) was so friendly and kept coming up to Mio and giving her hugs that Mio warmed right up to her and soon they were running back and forth across the store. It was really cute to watch! 🙂
…and here’s the helpful advice I got from my fortune cookie there. ♥
Some of our favorite moments from this past Sunday. The highlight for Mio was definitely getting her own mini kids’ shopping cart to do some grocery shopping in!
Afterwards, we went to the local park and to let Mio run around.
Mio is already a fan of Chinese takeout! Her favorite is lo mein and beef with brocolli. 🙂
On New Year’s Day last week, Mio hosted a little party for Dan and I and her doll friends using her new kitchen. We also let her play with her cupcake set (which our friend Katie got for her last year) and she was super excited to bake cupcakes just like Mama! She knew exactly what to do because she’s always watching me closely while I’m baking.
A video that I took during Mio’s “party”:
It was so sweet to see how much Mio loved playing with the cupcakes along with her kitchen. She’s definitely a dessert lover — she’s so quick to spot them in a book or at a restaurant, and will point and says “kei-ki” (her way of saying “cake”) obsessively. A girl after my own heart! ♥
My first blog post of 2013! I haven’t had a chance to really write because the first week of this year has been a whirlwind… lots of office visits to get my professional life in order for the coming months. It was tough only seeing Mio for two hours in the evenings, but I’ve come back with even more of an appreciation for the time I have with her now.
Here’s a funny video we took of Mio over the weekend. We noticed she was walking funny and wobbling in a way that looked like she was almost limping. We watched her closely and realized that she was walking/running on her tip toes, not letting her heel hit the floor. It’s nothing we taught her nor showed her, and I’m not sure what prompted her to do walk like that, but it amused us so we got it on video.
It’s little moments like these where Mio teaches me not to worry so much and be light in my step… 🙂