Mio

Our Sweet Angel

August 31, 2011 By Misono in Mio Tags: angel, baby, Mio, onesie, wings

Last winter, I bought this adorable winged onesie in hopes that Mio could wear it the following December as our little Christmas angel. Estimating that she’d be close to nine months by then, I bought it in the 9-month size, naively unaware that babies rarely follow the month-sizing that’s on baby clothing. Mio is not even five months old now, and she barely fits in 9-month sized clothes! And so here I am, cursing myself that I should have gotten the 12-month size. The angel outfit is definitely going to be too small for her come the holiday season, but I still wanted to get some cute photos out of the outfit.

So here is our angel Mio with her cute little golden wings…

Our little photo session ended with a faceplant. ::sigh:: ….

No worries, Mio — we’ll totally be the wind beneath your wings! 😉

First Family Picnic

August 29, 2011 By Misono in Local Gems, Mio, Recreational Fun Tags: baby, Berkeley, family, family picnic, Mio, picnic, Tilden Park, Tilden Regional Park

It finally felt like summer here in the East Bay this weekend, so we decided to get out and enjoy the nice weather with an impromptu family picnic over in Tilden Park in Berkeley. We set a blanket down on the field and ate the sandwiches and fruit we brought, and just soaked up the sun for a couple hours….

I created a makeshift canopy to shade Mio from the sun, with a blanket and some help from the wind… 😉

Hopefully the warm weather will continue for a few more weeks so we can get some more outings in… I’m not ready to say goodbye to summer yet!

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August 27, 2011 By Misono in Mio, Videos Tags: baby, dance, Japanese, Japanese song, jumper, Mio, song, The Dance of the Rabbit, usagi no dance

Mio’s favorite song seems to be å…Žã®ãƒ€ãƒ³ã‚¹ (Usagi no Dansu, or The Dance of the Rabbit), a Japanese children’s song, which I’ve been singing to her from when she was born. Lately, she starts jumping up and down to the song in her jumper whenever I sing it or play it from a CD for her. Here’s some footage we captured of Mio hopping up and down to the music, as if she were a rabbit herself!

Polo Baby

August 25, 2011 By Misono in Mio Tags: Mio, Polo, Ralph Lauren, Sophie, teething

My little Polo girl. — My, aren't we fashionable today?

Good morning, sweetie! — "Whatcha lookin' at?"

Still not very much hair... I feel like she had more hair when she was born!

Love the little frills... gives the outfit a feminine touch.

Chomping down on Sophie — Chomping on Sophie the giraffe's legs.

20-week old, teething Mio — She's definitely teething! (She has two teeth now.)

Ice Ice Baby

August 23, 2011 By Misono in Mio Tags: baby, Foodie Love, ice cream, Mio, sherbet

Last night, I was eating some sherbet in an ice cream cone when Mio suddenly started trying to grab at my treat. I don’t know if it was the colorful colors (it was watermelon-flavored, so it was bright green and red), or how deliciously I was eating it, but no matter how much I’d try to pull it away, she’d keep going for it.

I suppose this is one of those signs that they tell you to watch for of when your baby is ready to start solids, but Dan and I are on the fence. We had been thinking of waiting until Mio turned six months, since we read that starting solids on the earlier side can lead to a higher risk of the child developing food allergies as well as obesity issues later in life. For now, we’re thinking of sticking with our plan to not introduce solids until she’s closer to six months of age. She will have decades to eat lots of yummy food, so waiting a couple more months shouldn’t hurt.

For now, Mio will just have to be satisfied with milk and attempts to eat her stuffed animals: