Mia has been performing since she mastered voluntary movement. She sings, she dances, she put on elaborate shows, requiring all adults and young children to sit on the couch (or floor) and watch, and any children old enough to be biddable to participate to her exact specifications. She loves going to the theater and re-enacting movies and seems to have drama in her bones.
And this weekend, she had her very first real performance, on stage with lights and costumes and her entire family cheering from the audience. She was amazing and confident and brave and beautiful and I sobbed the entire time, because oh my god, where did this kid come from?
Comments (34)
I can see why you sobbed...I've been reading/lurking/randomly commenting on your blog for a few years and I can't believe how much Mia has grown - and how amazingly beautiful she is becoming. The costume is adorable and (from the look of all the flowers) she seems to have many adorning fans already! :)
Posted by Janene | March 15, 2010 9:14 AM
I hope that first picture is already in a frame, sitting on your desk, where it will sit from now until the end of time. That is a TIMELESS picture.
Posted by pseudostoops | March 15, 2010 9:22 AM
She IS beautiful! This post kind of choked me up because I can see a similar situation in my (near) future) Congratulations Mia!!
Posted by carrster | March 15, 2010 9:30 AM
She is heartbreakingly beautiful. You and Chris should be proud!
Posted by Sparkle Pants | March 15, 2010 9:35 AM
Okay, so I'm sitting here crying... she's grown up so much!!!! Wow Beth, just... wow...
Posted by Corinne | March 15, 2010 9:41 AM
She's just gorgeous!
Posted by Kelly | March 15, 2010 10:03 AM
So sweet! She looks like she had a blast!
Posted by Shelly | March 15, 2010 10:18 AM
She is simply lovely! I love the pure bliss she is exuding. :)
Posted by Michelle Pixie | March 15, 2010 10:23 AM
How wonderful!
Posted by cassie-b | March 15, 2010 10:25 AM
Oh, Beth- she is just so radiant :^) A natural performer! Congrats to you all!
Posted by Tina G | March 15, 2010 10:59 AM
Se is just lovely.
Posted by ewe_are_here | March 15, 2010 12:16 PM
OMG! Beth, she is so lovely! How is one so young, so graceful and totally gorgeous? Oh yeah, she's your daughter! No really, I have tears in my eyes. She is wonderful!
PS: You and Chris are terrific parents and it shows in your children, who are exceptional people!
Posted by Maribeth | March 15, 2010 12:18 PM
She looks just like you in that first picture! It's uncanny.
Posted by k8 | March 15, 2010 12:47 PM
I was all "oooo, pretty Mia..." and then suddenly a lump formed in my throat.
I too am totally a mess when the kids are doing anything like that. Christmas concert, with 100 other kids? TEARS. In fact, I can get choked up by the music (ie: HYMNS) at church.
Also, she looks so OLD!
Posted by Marie Green | March 15, 2010 1:24 PM
I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but Mia is so beautiful Beth. I would have been sobbing too.
Posted by samantha jo campen | March 15, 2010 1:32 PM
Loved this. Great for Mia.
Posted by One Mom's Opinion | March 15, 2010 1:45 PM
She looks so beautiful! Love the shot of her with her flowers.
Posted by coolchick | March 15, 2010 2:55 PM
OMG is there anything more adorable??? NO!
Posted by Jen | March 15, 2010 3:41 PM
I think I'm going to cry! Well done Mia!
Posted by Katherine | March 15, 2010 3:57 PM
Wow, your pictures are even better than the ones on Chris's site. She is a natural beauty and appears to be a natural dancer also. She has the poise and stance of a girl 3 times her age.
PS--My mother-in-law still cries every year at her granddaughter's performance, and she's almost 11...keep the Kleenex, in fact, buy stock. My mom cried until I was 18 and "retiring".
Posted by Krush | March 15, 2010 4:13 PM
Gorgeous! I only "know" Mia in the context of this blog but she sounds like an amazing girl :)
Posted by Jane in Pa | March 15, 2010 4:29 PM
beautiful. you done good :)
Posted by kati | March 15, 2010 5:32 PM
so, so beautiful... congrats to your little springtime ballerina (and to her parents.)
Posted by karla | March 15, 2010 5:59 PM
Oh that is a heartbreakingly wonderful set of pictures. Bravissima!
Posted by Pammer | March 15, 2010 8:55 PM
So incredibly graceful, wow!
Posted by mikkie | March 16, 2010 9:31 AM
She is so beautiful! That ballerina dress is just too much. So cute!
Posted by Christine | March 16, 2010 11:52 AM
Wow! I can't get over her beauty and poise!Prepare for many years of crying, my son is 22 and I cried last year when he won a regional competition!
Posted by rcat | March 16, 2010 2:33 PM
GORGEOUS. STUNNING. ELEGANT. Just perfection!
Posted by rougeneck | March 16, 2010 9:15 PM
OMG am now weeping like a lunatic!
Posted by mamacrow | March 17, 2010 11:35 AM
She is so beautiful! How did she score such a timelessly beautiful ballerina outfit? When I took ballet and dance I ended up with a poodle outfit. Seriously. Now I want to cry since I have 'known' Mia since before she was born. Why do they have to grow up so fast?
Posted by Sam | March 18, 2010 6:55 PM
this is mia?! this adorable and mature kid? what happened to her?! she grew up! this sort of thing just makes me into a puddley mess.
Posted by kat | March 18, 2010 7:05 PM
what is it about first daughters?
Emily was - and still is - EXACTLY like that. And i know that feeling of watching them on stage for the very first time. CONGRATULATIONS. Mia is amazing! and it's so clear in that first picture just how happy she is!
Posted by alimartell | March 20, 2010 2:24 PM
Just had to say that she sounds like she was born to be on stage. (And WOW those are great pics!)
Posted by Run ANC | March 21, 2010 8:40 AM
Really spectacular pictures...she's perfect!
Posted by Danell | March 24, 2010 9:47 PM