*VIDEO* Mia playing with Mama in her room 01-29-11

*VIDEO* Mia doesn't like Banana Seeds 01-29-11

*VIDEO* Mia playing with her Alien in her room 01-29-11

*VIDEO* Mia playing "kitchen" 01-28-11

I was finally able to capture Mia pretending in her kitchen! Of course I had to hide the camera from her view haha

Week 133

Current Mood: Exhausted

Happy Friday! It's that time again! Too bad I am so exhausted I really am having a hard time getting motivated to write. But since all these blogs are a gift from me to Mia... I must keep going. Soooo tired. I didn't get good rest last night, then again when do I ever get good rest right? haha But Alex was up on and off and mix that in with Adrian's snoring that wakes me up out of a dead sleep doesn't help either. Alex is back asleep and I could sneak in a couple more hours of sleep but I have no where to do that. The livingroom is way to cold, I can't sleep in Alex's room because he will know I am there and wake up for awake time. Mia snores as well and I can't stand Adrian's snoring so I am stuck. Ah well... at least I have this blog to cheer me up right?

Well this has been one exhausting but exciting week. It started off with a trip to Mia's Nina and Nino's house for a visit with her cousins. It was Alex's first trip to Oxnard and other than a few crying incidents on the way home, he did really well. Mia had a blast with her cousins. She was center of their attention and ate it up. She even got a present from her Nina and Nino, a bubble train which she loves!!! She had lots of fun, but wasn't to much into the whole "sharing" concept, especially when it came to her beloved Sponge Bob balloon.. haha.

We have also decided to get her a hair cut. Her hair is just too wild and unmanagable now. It literally looks like its unkept regardless of how much I try to make it look nice. She refuses to allow me to put anything in her hair like rubber bands and stuff and just yanks them out or cries until they are out. Its awful. So when is the big day for her hair cut? Not sure, we are still trying to work out the details... hopefully soon.

She had a couple of adventures with her Daddy this week too. Once to the park and the other time to Orange County. She always enjoys some one on one time with her Dada and always comes home with new stories to tell. She also accompanied him to get his oil change at a near by tire shop. She got to ride her scooter around but had a small accident where she crashed into Adrian's leg and fell over. She scraped her knee a little bit but got right back up on her scooter and scooted along. What a champ!

Mia still loves to sing and we finally capture her singing "Shadow of the Day" by Lincoln Park! It is the cutest thing to hear her try to hard yet struggle. I know these days are so short lived so I am trying to enjoy them as much as I can, before I know it she will be belting out ballots like the best of them.

Well the main theme of this week is definately baby swings!!!! My Brother and Sis in Law gave us their baby swing to help with Alex. We already had a swing but Mia hated it as a baby and so does Alex. So when Alex accepted the new swing we jumped at taking it home with us. However, Mia didn't approve. She wanted the swing for herself and HER babies, so I brought out her old swing thinking she would use it for her babies but NOPE she uses it for herself!!! Good Grief that little girl is WAY to big for it and I know it will come crashing down any second but she really enjoys it and I don't have the heart to take it away from her just yet.

Since the baby swing has come into the house she has been playing Mama again with her baby dolls. She had stopped doing that for a long while now but is back at it. Its the cutest thing to watch her take care of her dolly like a Mama, she feeds him bottles (thankfully she no longer uses her belly button!), burps him, and calls him brother! Priceless!

The sticker monster has returned!!! Yep, she got ahold of a new pack of stickers and they ended up all on her. She put every single sticker all up her arm and only one arm! She was so decorated that it almost looked like she had a full tattoo sleeve! haha Sure enough, slowly by slowly the stickers ended up all over the house and I am still peeling them off the couch and under my feet!

Another big thing happened this week. She finally realized she can open her bedroom door by herself!!! Granted she has opened the guestroom door before, she never quite put two and two together and it was more of an accident. This time, after opening her door she got all excited and told Dada "I DID IT!!!" Luckily for us, I think she has forgotten about it because she hasn't done it again....yet....

One last amazing thing happened this week. She got a new Sponge Bob toy! (Well she has gotten a few from Daddy already since Burger King is selling them, but I am not talking about that). One morning she peeked outside and to her and my shock she found a brand new (with tags) Sponge Bob sitting under the window outside in the backyard! After getting it and closely inspecting it I found out it was brand new!!! WOW! I cleaned it up a bit and gave it to her and its her new best buddy! I still can't understand how it ended up back there in the first place.

Well thats about it for the week. My eyes are literally burning... I am so very tired. Maybe I will just suffer on the cold couch for a bit. I need sleep before I can start the day with the kids.. wish me luck!

Sponge Bob?!?! Where did you come from?!?!

Current Mood: Shocked

Ok I have no idea how this happened... the odds are sooooo HUGE!!! I am still dumbfounded by it all. I just had to write about it.

First some background....

Mia has been obsessed with Sponge Bob lately. We literally watch about 10 episodes a night.. back to back to back... She sleeps with a giant Sponge Bob in her bed at night, and she makes Daddy go to Burger King every Wednesday just so he could get her a new Sponge Bob Happy Meal toy (she now has 3). When Daddy took her to the grocery store she not only came home with Sponge Bob Gram Cracker cookies BUT a book that she carries around with her EVERYWHERE and makes me read it to her ALL the time. She recently also got a Sponge Bob balloon (one of those that never pop unless you really abuse them) and she takes that everywhere with her as well. So ya, she likes Sponge Bob.

I have let her have her way with her new obsession but I never ever EVER thought what happened today would happen. A Sponge Bob appeared out of thin air! She found it and now its her new favorite toy!!! What?!?! I know!

Heres what happened...

I was in Alex's room with Mia. He just woke up from a nap and I had him on the changing table. We were all hanging out in the room together listening to music and having fun. Mia was bouncing on the bed and I was tickling Alex. Then Mia opened the blinds to the window and looked out like she always does. All of a sudden with sheer panic in her voice she said "Oh No!!! Mama!!! Sponge Bob Outside!!!" I thought for sure she was just pretending, but the urgency in her voice made me check things out anyway. I peaked out the window and to my utter most shock.. she was right.. Sponge Bob WAS outside!!! There was a small, brand new (with tags I might add) Sponge Bob toy just laying there right under the window on the ground!!! What the heck!?!?!? "Mia your right!!! Lets go get him". I went to the kitchen and out the sliding glass door and into the backyard. I couldn't believe it, I thought for sure it would be all nasty, tore up, and smelly but when I got to it and picked it up I realized it was brand new and in mint condition! I sniffed it and it smelled new! I looked it over and no weather damage at all! From the tag it looked like it was only out there maybe a day or two at the most! So I dusted off the tiny bites of dirt and weeds and brought it inside to Mia. She was so excited and wanted it right away. I then cleaned it up as best as I could, gave it one last sniff test and handed it to Mia. She was so happy! She thanked me and carried that little guy around with her the rest of the morning. Laying it on the couch next to her, she made him watch TV... she fed him and even took him upstairs to wake up Daddy in the morning.

Now I have been trying to figure out how in the heck Sponge Bob ended up in our backyard. I know it HAD to have come from the neighbors house next door, but how? why?? Did they throw it over? Did their little girl (who is only a few months older than Mia) throw it over? and if she did she must have an arm of a major leaguer because it was really far from the fence. Oh well... I guess I will never truly know..... instead I will just chalk it up to it being a Magical Sponge Bob...

"I Did It!" Oh No!!!

Current Mood: Scared

The time has come... Mia has finally learned how to open her bedroom door! Dun..dun.. dunnnn... OH NO! I have been waiting for this day to come for awhile now. I was really hoping she would learn AFTER we moved out of this house so I wouldn't have to worry about her tumbling down the stairs at night. Oh well. We have been stalling this milestone for awhile now, as long as we could. We have purposely hidden the way we open her door just so she wouldn't figure it out. She has opened other doors in the house before but it was always by accident. I don't think she really realized how she did it... until today.

Daddy went to get her up from her nap and she was anxiously awaiting to get out of the room. After getting her ready to leave, Adrian asked "You ready to go?" "GO!!" she said as she jumped off her bed ran to her door, twisted the knob and opened the door... "I DID IT!!!" She said all excitedly!!! When she came downstairs she couldn't wait to tell me about it.

So its official... hopefully she will forget by bedtime... I doubt it. I guess its times to bust out those door knob safety handles I bought almost a year ago!