The Monlors

Easter 2010

2010-04-07T11:08:00.004-04:00

It has been a long time since our last post, but we are back! Below are Easter pictures of Mia. Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming soon!

Halloween!

2009-11-12T22:05:00.004-05:00

We spent Halloween in Fredericksburg this year. Mia dressed as a flower using the same costume Sarah's cousin Emma used 8 years ago!

Mia's Mitochondria (our science friends will understand how dorky this title is)

2009-10-29T20:27:00.005-04:00

Great Grandma Irene and Grandma Terri visited this past weekend. We had a wonderful visit and took some great generation pictures:

North Carolina State Fair!

2009-10-21T22:21:00.009-04:00

On Sunday, we made our yearly trek to the NC State Fair. We met up with Danny's cousin Lauren and her boyfriend/Danny's hockey teammate Tony. We had a great time sampling deep fried deliciousness and Mia seemed to enjoy staring at lights and animals.

BUMBO

2009-10-17T21:28:00.008-04:00

Mia's neck is strong enough to start sitting up and she loves sitting in our laps to get a better view of her surroundings. To help her learn to sit up on her own, we bought her a Bumbo, which is a flexible baby chair that is supposed to help babies develop good posture. Mia absolutely loves it. Here are some pictures:

Jordan Lake

2009-10-12T18:48:00.006-04:00

Mia and Cammy at Jordan Lake:

Atlanta Visit

2009-09-27T19:36:00.012-04:00

We visited Atlanta over Labor Day weekend so Little Mimi could meet Big Mimi and Pop and we had a great time! Here are some of the best pictures:

Mia is smiling!

2009-08-29T17:48:00.016-04:00

Mia started smiling a few weeks ago. Being able to interact with her is so much fun! Check out the dimple to the right (her right) of her mouth and her big baby cheeks in the final pic.

Mia, cont.

2009-07-27T09:42:00.029-04:00

Mia had a great first week at home. She's very alert during the afternoon and has started kicking her feet and hands and cooing when she hears music. At night, she demands two feeding sessions, but thankfully lets us sleep the rest of the time. Here are some of our recent pictures. You can view or print these and other pictures from this set by clicking here:

More Mia

2009-07-20T18:13:00.014-04:00

Mia Elise Monroe

2009-07-17T16:33:00.010-04:00

Mia is here! After 40 hours of labor (mom is still recovering), Mia FINALLY decided to join us! She was born at UNC Hospitals on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 9:10 PM. She weighs 8lb, 15oz and is 21 inches long. We, of course, think she is amazing and beautiful and are already totally in love with her. Here are some of her first pictures (more to come in a few days):

Bump update

2009-06-05T17:32:00.003-04:00

Today is the first day of the 9th month and we're getting increasingly anxious to meet Mia! She's still kicking a lot (especially her feet into my ribs =-) and we know she's growing because of my growing bump. Check out her progress:

Danny gets hooded

2009-05-12T20:09:00.028-04:00

Even though Danny officially became a PhD in September, he had to wait until last weekend (May 9) to be hooded. During a hooding ceremony, the research advisor places a hood around the recent PhD's neck. In Danny's case, his advisor, Steve Matson, placed the hood. Wearing a royal blue hood with graduation regalia indicates that the person is a PhD. Danny will get a lot of use out of his regalia because, as a professor, he'll have to wear it to graduation every year.

Baby Room

2009-04-28T12:36:00.028-04:00

We finally finished the baby room! Thanks to everyone who helped us fill the room with shower gifts. We are so grateful for everything.

As many of you know, we painted the baby room light blue (almost Carolina blue, but not quite) when we moved into our house 2.5 years ago. It was originally a craft room for my sewing and Danny's beer brewing. When we found out we were expecting, we decided that it would be a perfect baby room. We were convinced from the beginning that, because we had painted the room blue, we would definitely have a girl, and we were right =-). The good news is, blue works just as well for girls as it does for boys. Check it out!

Oh, and for those of you who don't already know, we are planning on naming her Mia. Mia Monlor... it has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

For all of our recent baby room pictures, click HERE.

Bump Watch

2009-04-27T15:45:00.002-04:00

Here is my most recent bump pic, taken April 17 (week 29).

A few days ago, we visited our friends Kambiz and Suzy and their 1 week old daughter, Tala. She is so cute! Now that we have some practice holding an infant, we feel much more prepared for our baby's arrival.

First Post

2009-04-27T11:20:00.000-04:00

Hi, all.

Welcome to our blog! Since our baby is due in a few months (10 weeks, to be exact), Danny and I wanted to get a story and picture-posting blog ready for her arrival.

Enjoy and comment as you please!

-The Monlors (Monroe + Taylor = Monlor)