Mio had a playdate with her friend Izumi on Thursday! Little baby Izumi was born on Christmas Eve to our friends Megumi and John (whom we threw a baby shower for back in November). We’d been over to see Izumi a couple times since her birth, but this was the first time baby Izumi came to visit us at our place!
Mio lying down in solidarity with baby Izumi.
Mio was definitely curious and kept tottering over to Izumi, trying to touch her, so I had to keep pulling her away.
Megumi with Izumi in her arms.
So alert! Look at those beautiful eyes...
It's difficult to remember that Mio was also once this small!
Mio and Izumi are almost nine months apart, and the difference feels huge at this baby stage, but they’ll level out in age in no time! They’re both 2011 babies, and I’m sure that in a few years, they would become sweet friends. 🙂
One of the biggest perks of having a little girl is how much fun it is to dress them up! I know Mio will not let me be her stylist forever, but until she starts wanting to define her own fashion statements, I’m going to take full advantage of the opportunity for as long as I can! 😛
Rocking hair clips for the first time!
I saw this lovely blouse at Gap a couple months ago, and couldn't resist. The print is just the cutest!
I’m finally caught up on uploading photos from the past month, and I had to post some adorable photos from some playdates that Mio had with her baby girlfriends, both here in California as well as during our visit to Virginia! Scroll down for some cuteness overload….
Here is Mio at her friend Sofia’s! Sofia is four months older than Mio, and such a sweet and bubbly talker! She’s Mio’s only girl friend in the area, and so we love hanging out together. This was from our playdate right before we left for Virginia in December. Thank you Sonya for all the great photos!
Looking into the drum: "What's in there?"
Mio loves hanging out with Sof!
Looking out the window together... so sweet!
Sofia giving Mio a hug!
More hugging! This is pretty much the cutest thing I have ever seen.
While we were in Virginia, Mio met baby Clara for the first time. Clara’s Mommy and I went to high school together, and we happen to have the same exact birthday! (We were both Christmas babies!) Clara is exactly four months younger than Mio, but she is the same height!
I love this picture of Becca and Clara
Me trying to keep Mio under control...
Clara has the most beautiful blue eyes!
Thanks for having us over!
Mio also got to play with Anna for a second time — they had met when they were only 8 and 11 weeks old back when we visited in June. It was so fun catching up with Pat and Theo, and seeing how much each other’s babies had grown. I hope that Mio and Anna can be close friends as they grow up, since they’re so close in age! 🙂
Mio and Anna... only three weeks apart! They're so cute together.
Mio got to play in Anna's Jumperoo while Anna was asleep.
Letting out a yawn.
"I put my hands up in the air sometimes..."
Mio cruising around, peeking over at Pat and Anna.
Both Mio and Anna love Winnie the Pooh.
Pat holding Mio.
Pat and I with our baby girls!
Sweet little Anna. She's going to be a beauty!
Isn't Pat the most beautiful mother ever? She looks great!
Mio had a lot of fun hanging out with Anna! Can't wait until the next time we can hang out!
We had a couple other playdates scheduled while we were in Virginia, but I forgot to take pictures when we went to visit my friend Erri’s kids, and then Mio got sick right before we were supposed to hang out with a bunch of our friends over in Maryland, so we couldn’t make it. I love that Mio has so many friends around the same age back on the East Coast… we miss it already!
Yesterday, I took Mio to Annandale to meet my friend Erri and her two adorable children, Audrey and Brennan. Audrey is almost four, and Brennan is almost eight months old — about five months older than Mio! It was their first playdate together and Mio had a great time, as you can see from her smiles here…
Look at that huge smile! Mio is so happy to meet Audrey and Brennan.
Mio looks so smug here. Brennan is so cute!!!
Later in the evening, we went to Sushi Yoshi in Vienna to have dinner with my girlfriends from high school. It was so much fun catching up with everyone and introducing them to Mio. Thank you Debbie for organizing the dinner!
With some of my girlfriends from Madison High School
