the prettiest beast on the planet

So many of you might think of Mya as the beauty. Those of us who spend time with her on a regular basis know her as the beautiful beast! On Saturday my Mother in law went shopping with me to help me find a Christmas dress for Mya. I have already bought and returned a couple of different ones. I wanted to try them on her in the store so I could save the return trip. As some of you may have noticed she is a little round, not so many dresses fit her. If you can imagine a 25 pound tazmanian devil trying on a dress, you might start to get the idea. i found what appeared to be the perfect dress, it was red and fluffy. Annie held her down, I pulled the dress over her head, she immediatly pulled it back over her head, I pulled it back down and then grabbed a hand to shove it in the arm hole before she could pull it off again. She is screaming and flailing and trying to smack whoever is closest, sorry Grandma! She landed a few. We got the other arm in only to find out that this size 2T dress is too small. We could not button the third button. We removed the offending dress set her down and away she went. Santas village was just outside this stores entrance and looked way more exciting. We chose another dress, a gorgeous dark plum and equally fluffy. Repeat tazmanian devil attack. To our suprise it fit much better. Today, add Aunt Emily, we took the beautiful beast and her gorgeous plum dress to get pictures done. I cannot express the challenge it was to get her back in the dress, get her hair fixed and pry a smile out of her. I need a Xanax, for real, I'm not kidding. THANK YOU GRANDMA AND IWI!

Trick or Treat

The Itsy Bitsy Spider and Batman! Okay, so there is nothing itsy or bitsy about Mya but she was a darn cute spider. Thomas was a terriffic Dark Knight Batman. Grandma Annie and Dad took the kids trick or treating down town as my back is on the fritz. Then we went to Grandma & Grandpa Thaynes for dinner and more trick or treating. I left a bowl full of candy on our doortstep when we left to go to dinner as I knew we would be back in about an hour. Turns out the trick was on us, someone had emptied the whole bowl!!! Oh Well, I learned my lesson. I took Thomas around our neighborhood to do a little last second trick or treating while Dad put Mya to bed. Then we played card games with a neighbor family until it was bed time. It was a fun night!

She Sits

We have had a crazy week. Thomas starting school, Mya having a week long asthma attack that I did not recognize, and now she sits. A couple of times yesterday and then today she was sitting up when I knew moments earlier she had been crawling around. Finally I saw the sit in action. She gets up on her hands and knees, then rocks for a second, then carefully leans back and settles on one bum cheek, then pulls herself upright, TA DA!! Thomas and I cheered and clapped for her, she gave us her toothy grin and clapped too. I don't know if she was just mimicking us or maybe she was proud of herself as well. It is a good day!