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Mia had fun at her Sesame Street birthday party. We have a two-year-old!!

We don't know many people yet, so the three kids that came ranged in age about three years. But they were so sweet, everybody seemed to have a good time despite the age differences. We put an Elmo tablecloth down and decorated Elmo cupcakes, played "Find Elmo," and ring around the rosies on our hands and knees.

New friends

Yesterday evening our new friends, the Bevans, came over and brought dinner. Maury made steak lettuce wraps with oriental sauce that tasted just like Asian Star back in Utah. Mia and Abby ran around playing and squealing. They hugged each other so hard that Abby somehow managed to tip Mia over- which was funny to see, cause Mia is almost a head taller. We had a great time! And I'm pretty sure Mia enjoyed playing with someone other than the neighbor's cat for a change.

In a different state

We got to Ohio on the 1st. I just re-read some of my past blogs, and I realized what an eventful year we've had so far. And that's about all I can say right now. Mia's really lonely. The rest of the crap I'm dealing with right now isn't even bloggable.

Coincidence or "the curse?"

Zach and I took Mia to the zoo. If you haven't ever taken a neglected 22-month-old to the zoo on Friday the 13th, you have been deprived of the experience of a lifetime. We dropped the babies off at the Van Wagoners. Mia didn’t want to leave, so she cried. She whined all the way to the zoo, cause the sun was in her eyes and we didn’t have anything to put in the window. She started crying when Zach dropped us off at the entrance. The first animal we saw was a giraffe. Mia wanted to ride it. And when she realized she couldn’t, she started crying. Then, we left to go see something else, and she started crying. We got to the water fountain shaped like a lion. She loved it! And then another girl came to fill her canteen- guess who started crying.