Mia hits the big 10 months old today. Below is a look back at a her growth over the last month. The biggest "first" this month is that Mia as finally sprouted teeth. Razor sharp teeth. And strong jaws to go with them. And when we're not careful, said teeth can chomp right through the nipple on her baby bottle!

In general she's an extremely happy baby, but every now and then Mia has been known to get in one her moods where she is just a bit whiny. The other day was a prime example. All around kranky, and almost inconsoleable. Almost. She has an uncanny knack for putting on a show whenever a camera is around. So we tend to use it as a diversionary tactic. Here's her Mom doing a rendition of a dying duck or aardvark or something of that sort. Whatever it was, Mia quickly shaped up once the camera was rolling and found it quite entertaining. Although I must admit, if you listen closely, that laugh at the end there sounds just a bit forced. I think we're on to you Mia!


(In case your curious, as soon as the cameras stopped rolling, it was back to crying.)

After everyone has had their dinner, Caro likes to create a calming environment for Mia before bedtime. Her Mom had just arrived in town, so everyone was perhaps a bit more hyper than usual but nothing too far out of the ordinary.

... it's the sudden stop.

A few of you mentioned you felt the earlier post with Mia's favorite corner of the house (staring straight out the apartment window) was a bit disconcerting. So I just thought we'd point out the pool is quite make-able from up here. :)

And yes, window bars are in our very near future.

Mia's parents love to try the occasional new restaurant. As such, we've been focusing on some of these finer socially accepted best practices... no launching food on other guests, avoid smacking your hand on the table when calling for service, ensuring you have the spoon right-side-up before placing in your mouth, etc.

Mia's relatives (Dad's side of the fam) were in Hong Kong to visit for the past week and a bit, so Mia got to practice some more of her tour guide skills. She showed them around the beaches, the markets, at least 50% of the malls in Hong Kong, and several nice restaurants. Actually the majority of our immediate family has previously been to all the must-see tourist sites, so this trip was a lot of relaxin' and playing with the baby.

Hot off the trail of her highjump regimen, we've been squeezing in Mia's training minutes here and there on a few other key events.