Current mood: exhausted
Its only 9:30pm and I am BEAT! Wow what a whirlwind weekend, but it was LOADS of fun! It was Mia's baby cousin April's 2nd birthday and all three of us went down to Oxnard to be there for her special day!
We left early on Saturday morning, and early being 10am! This is so extreemly rare mainly for the fact Adrian is never up before 1pm! We didn't want to be late for April's bday party so he took the day before off from work just so he would have enough rest to make the trip extra early. So after getting Mia all dressed, packed, and ready we zoomed out the door. I wasn't sure how she would be in the car on that long distance trip (about 2.5-3hrs) that early in the morning but she did great! We never had to pull off once for her, but we did a couple of times for Mama and Daddy to use the restroom and stuff haha. She slept a good portion of the way and when she wasn't sleeping she was happily singing or playing. She never cried or fussed once. We drove into Oxnard on good time. It had been storming for a few days now but the rain let up the whole trip which was also good. Everything was going great till it happened... the famous Mia tomato face happened. We were about 5miles from my brother's house when Mia decided, right then.. she wanted to go poopies! Oh No! what to do?! We were too far from where my parents (who also live in Oxnard) house to make a side stop and we still had a good 10 min. drive before we got to my brother's house. So we decided to just see how Mia would do and if she could stand her poopie diaper long enough to try to make it to my bro's house. She is notorious for screaming and crying when she poops and NEVER wants to sit in it. (This is good to prevent diaper rash, but bad when she needs to wait just a bit longer so we can find a good place to change her) She has been this way since she was a newborn. But she was good and let us make the rest of the trip... phew...
Once we got there we were greeted eagerly by the birthday girl April who looked soooo darling in her little pink polka dot birthday dress, her two big sisters cousins Tracy and Sarah, and her Auntie Lauren and Uncle Jimmy. After some quick hello's to everyone there including Grandpa and Grandma Pizano, Great-Grandpa Pizano, friend Julie and her daughter Avaree and a few other family friends we rushed her off to her cousin April's room and changed that poopie diaper ASAP! She fussed alittle during that time because she was sitting in that dirty diaper a big longer than she wanted and she was brought into a new place with tons of people at once. However, once the fresh diaper was on she perked right up and it was party time!
The whole party was a blast. She warmed up to everyone right away and quicker than I expected. She also got to meet some of the Pizano family members for the first time, like her Great-Aunt Annie, Cousin Tiffany whos 7 months pregnant with Mia's next baby cousin Delilah, and Cousin Gina who brought her daughter Gianna (who is alittle over 2 weeks younger than Mia). This was a huge treat! The two baby cousins finally got to meet. It was so cute watching them check each other out and interact. Everything went well between them till it happened... it was the "kick heard around the world!".....
This was too cute and funny. Great-Grandpa was leaving and Gina was holding baby Gia and Tiffany was holding Mia. I finally found my misplaced camera so I was eager to get a picture of both baby cousins together. So Gina and Tiffany, while each holding one baby, stood closer together for the picture. Then Mia decided that she wanted to practice her famous Karate kicks and poor Gia was the target. As I was taking pictures Mia kicked Gia really hard on the side and she started crying really bad. Then Mia attacked her! She started grabbing at her clothes and kicking more as Tiffany (the one holding Mia) tried to carry her away. Gina was trying to comfort the poor crying Gia and I ran over to Mia and gentally gave her, her first scolding! "You don't kick your baby Cousin! no no no!" haha Gia was fine after she calmed down but I am serious when I said, it was the kick heard around the world because word spread quickly around the party that "Mia beat up Gia" My dad even called me today telling me that my Aunt (Gia's grandma) who wasn't able to make the party even told my dad "I heard Mia beat up Gia at the party" haha Poor Mia not even 7 months and shes already getting the rep of the bully haha I have a picture of the after math and it is funny I will have to post it. I will have to get Mia to send an apology card to baby Gia haha.
Anyways things went great for the party. Baby April got TONS of toys and had the biggest cake I have ever seen for a birthday party and it was sooo good! Strawberries and cream yum yum! I still can't get over that she just turned 2! It seems like just yesterday I was at the hospital the day she was born! Wow how time flies, now she runs around and talks up a storm. It just makes me realize more how precious time is with your little one and how we need to cherish every day with them.. before I know it, Mia will be running around and talking up a storm! ACK!!!!! haha Anyways, we stayed for a while, long after most of the guest left and got to catch up with everyone. Mia did great she only cried a couple of times and that was because she went poopies again... yes again.. I felt bad she kept going and stinking up poor cousin April's room with her bommers. I think something didn't agree with her, because she usually never poops that much in one day. Of course it had to happen while we weren't home! Anyways, we later went to my parents house for the night and after getting Mia down for the night Adrian and I squeezed into my old twin bed in my old room. That was just comical, we were like sardines in a can most of the night.
The next morning (this morning actually) Mia woke up alittle early but she was in good spirits. Grandma and Grandpa got to spend tons of quality time with her, just playing and having fun. Mia is really getting close to crawling with her hands and knees now and she even made an attempt last night at my brothers house right in front of Mama and Daddy who were beaming with pride. She does semi-crawl around now and has been, but she just doesn't tuck her legs under her belly yet.. she is getting there though. Anyways, the visit with my Mom and Dad was fun. My mom even busted out my old baby book and we got to compare my newborn pictures to Mia. It is official she definately has my eyes and mouth. I couldn't believe it when I saw those pics how much she looked like me with those feature but of course Mia was so much cuter I think! haha After going through some pictures it was starting to get late. We still had to make a quick trip back to my bro's house for a couple of things.
We got to my brother's house soon after and Mia was uncharacteristically whiny and fussy. I thought it could be because she was tired and needed a nap. Then it happened again... she went poopies.. AGAIN! Peeee-U it was not the best smelling kind either and once again she stunk up poor baby cousin April's room again. (I think she will need to send her an apology letter to! haha) but after that she was a happy little clam again. She played with her cousins and Auntie and Uncle for awhile and was a good little baby. My brother then started cooking a HUGE steak and potato dinner. It smelled soooo good! It was the first time I ever saw him really cook. It looked great. We really wanted to stay for dinner but it was really getting late by that point. Mia was getting really tired and we still had that long drive ahead of us. We both felt bad having to miss that awesome dinner but parenthood came first and we had to get that little one home. So off we went back to Riverside.
It was already dark and Adrian and I both weren't sure how Mia would react to that in the car. Past Oxnard trips didn't go to well while traveling her at night. She would cry alot and thats mostly because shes afriad of the dark.. just like her Mama! However, she was sooo worn out from the busy weekend that she was out like a light even before we left the Oxnard city limits. She was so knocked out she didn't even use her two fingers to suck on to put herself to sleep! That was a definate first! She always sucks on her two fingers to sooth herself to sleep. She was chonked out and didn't even wake up until we were 10 mins from our home! That was a Mia record! She woke up all perky and ready to go.. uh..oh. Once we got home we unloaded the car and set up her stuff. She spent some time with Daddy on the couch and we gave her another bedtime bottle. She drank most of it and I attempted to put her to bed. Thats where I am now...waiting to see if she goes to sleep. Adrian just checked on her and said she was almost asleep.. yay! I figured she would be tired from all that fun this weekend I am glad to see she will get her rest. That sounds like a good idea actually.. I need to get some rest myself so I will have to end this shortly.
Overall the weekend was awesome. Whenever we get the chance to visit family its always a treat for all of us. Especially the Pizano family since they live the farthest. I can't wait for the furture visits! I will post pictures soon but right now I really need some sleep...zzzzzzzzzz.................
