Current mood: exhausted
Talk about a fast and wild weekend! In fact it is still going as I write this! As I am writing we are on the 118 freeway and I am on the laptop on our way back home. We went to Oxnard this weekend for Cousin Robert and Tiffany ‘s baby shower for little baby cousin Delilah.
So because Daddy had to go to work on Friday and the party was on Saturday at 1’oclock we had to leave the house extra early Sat. morning. In fact we had to wake up Mia earlier than usual even before she woke up on her own. I had packed the night before so I packed up the car the morning around 5am and got Mia up from bed (she was really grumpy for being woken up early) We fed her a big bottle and figured she would make up for the lost sleep on the road.. WRONG! After we left she refused to take a nap. To top it off she was so grumpy from earlier she fussed in the car most of the way! This is very unusual for her but we chalked it up to traveling early morning for the first time. A little half way trough the trip we finally had to give Mia a break and we pulled off in Granada Hills. After getting some fresh air , stretching her tiny legs, getting out of the car seat, some snackies, and water she was A-OK to get back into the car. I then took over the driving and drove us the rest of the way. Mia FINALLY decided to fall asleep about 5 mins from the off ramp in Moorpark. Once we got off the freeway she woke up again… sigh.. however, this time she was in a better mood.
We decided to stop off at my parent’s house first so we could rest up there before the party. We got there about 9am. We were quickly greeted by Grandma Pizano and she couldn’t get over how big Mia has gotten. Right away Mia’s face lit up and she smiled. Grandpa Pizano soon came out too and they both fussed over her and each wanted to hold her and play with her. Mia was so happy to finally get out of the car seat and showed off all her new things. She crawled around, pulled herself up on the furniture, an d attempted to stand… all to the ooooh’s and ahhh’s of her biggest fans, her grandparents and us. Then we got a not so good phone call from my sister in law regarding her pregnancy and the baby. She wasn’t feeling to well and needed my Dad to go over to their house to watch my nieces while her and my bro zoomed off to the hospital to make sure everything is ok (and it turned out to be ok.. THANK GOD! But they are still in our prayers… as always) so my Dad ran out the door to their house. It was still to early for the baby shower so Adrian went to my old room and took a nap. I hung out with my mom and Mia and waited for her to get sleepy. Eventually Mia finally got tired and we set up the playpen in the spare room and she went down for a little cat nap. I was just about to rest myself since I was already beat tired from getting up so early, the drive, had a killer headache, and was still tired from the busy week when Mia woke up. Sigh.. she only took a 30mins nap and was ready to go. My mom then had to get ready so I had to wake up Adrian and have him watch her while I got ready myself. (We all went up in our jammies… Daddy, Mia and myself! Haha) After I got the baby ready, got myself ready and Adrian got ready it was off to the baby shower we went.
The shower was about 30 mins away on the other side of the Conejo grade. I had never been to the restaurant where it was being held before, but I had a slight idea where it was. We thought things would go good but we were wrong. Mia decided she wanted to go poopies even before we hit the freeway! The classic red face pushing Mia happened so I figured we should pull off at the nearest gas station so I could change her before we hit the freeway so she wouldn’t have to sit in her poopies very long. We found a Cheveron and I popped out of the car and got Mia set up in the back seat to change her, I checked her diaper and there was nothing!!! Oh-no! not a good sign, she was pushing to much for it just to be gas so I knew something was coming soon and it wasn’t going to be pretty OR easy. I figured she would finally go by the time we get to the party so we all got set up again and on to the freeway we went. About 5 mins later right when we hit a point in the grade where there is no where to turn off she decided to try to go again. Unfortunately for us all, especially little Mia, it was one of her “poopie attacks!” We call it a poopie attack when she becomes so constipated she can’t get it out and she ends up pushing so hard tears come out and she screams in pain. Poor baby. So there she was screaming in pain and scared, we are climbing the grade, and I couldn’t do anything to comfort her like I always do when she has one of these attacks. So I did my best to rub her tummy under her safety belts and talked to her calmly. We didn’t make it to the turn off we needed to take and ended up pulling off a off ramp early (Wendy Dr. ) we found a McDonalds to park at and I jumped out of the car lightening speed, grabbed Mia out of her car seat and attempted to comfort her. Once she was up and out of the car she felt better. I set up the backseat with her diaper stuff and checked her diaper……. Still nothing! Oh-no! (By this time we were already over an hour late to the party) Daddy said we would stay put for at least another 10mins to see what would happen. So I kept Mia there, laying the back seat while I sat down next to her on the floor (half hanging out of the car) rubbed her tummy and talked to her. Eventually the pushing came back and FINALLY she was able to poop. YAY!!! And boy it wasn’t pretty! Haha Anyways, I got her all cleaned up and ready to go again. Strapped her in and threw that stinky diaper out! Back on to the freeway we went and after getting alittle lost at first we FINALLY made it to the party.
As soon as we walked in we were greeted by family. All of the Pizano family members who never got to see her yet! Like Great Auntie Teri, Great Auntie Gina, and Cousins Frankie, Kote, Denise, Justin, Robert and Great Uncle Dennis not to mention family who did meet her at Baby Cousin April’s 2nd birthday in early Feb. like Cousins Tiffany (who looked absolutely glowing while pregnant (it was her baby shower) Gina-lisa, and Baby Cousin Gianna. Everyone went NUTS over her. Especially the Great Aunties! She got all kinds of compliments from “look how beautiful she is”, “she has your eyes”, “look how smart she is”, “aww how pretty” , “how cute” etc. we were beaming with pride of course and Mia was acting her inquisitive self. No smiles but staring at everyone studying every thing. She did good she didn’t cry or fuss. My Auntie Gina quickly took her and showed her off to everyone. She didn’t want to put her down so I let her hang out with her. She sat with my Auntie Teri and they both got a kick out of her. Mia warmed up quickly and showed off to everyone what a big girl she is by eating some snackies and drinking her sippy cup. Her Great Auntie Gina kept saying how beautiful she was and how wanted to keep her haha Anyways this little break from her let Adrian and I get some GOOD food and hang out and catch up with my cousins Frankie and Kote. After about 30-40 mins my Mama radar went off , sure enough Mia started getting alittle fussy. I quickly came her resuce and knew right away she wanted her lunch and was hungry. So I busted out her bumbo seat and she ate her veggies like a big girl. Then she got to meet up with her baby cousin Gia (2 weeks younger than Mia). I wasn’t sure how the meeting would go this time since last time they met up at baby cousin April’s bday party the “kick heard around the world” happened. Yes, that’s when Mia kicked Gia in the tummy and made her cry and was pulling on her. Well Mia got her come-up-ins. This time it was Gia! Who started in on Mia. She was quickly grabbing Mia, pulling her and attacking her. Poor Mia didn’t know what was going on and I got some pics of this. Eventually we had to pull them apart because Gia wouldn’t stop. I had to tell Mia “see Mia you have to be nice to people because what goes around comes around”. Eventually they made up and started baby talking to each other. After playing with some decorations and showing off her new standing skills to family she finally started to poop out. She never got any good rest the whole day since her naps were cut short and she was woken up early so she wasn’t very happy. We put her in her carseat and covered her up and despite all the noise from the party she knocked right out and was out cold for almost an hour! What a good girl. After her nap she woke up her normal perky self and went nuts playing with balloons and her toys. Then Daddy waited until I wasn’t even paying attention and before I knew it he was giving Mia a lime to taste!!!! All I heard was a bunch of laughing and I turned around and saw what was going on. He would give her a taste and she would make the cutest sour face but she would want it again and get mad when he would take it away! I got mad at first but after watching her reaction I could tell she liked it! So it was fun watching her and I even got a cute picture of her sour face haha. Both Cousin Frankie and Kote both got a huge kick out of her as well. Frankie couldn’t believe how smart she is and was shocked how she claps when you ask her too without even having to show her. Anyways after spending some more time with family it was finally time go get going. So we packed up and off we went back to my parents house. Unfortunately we did have a casuality…. We accidently forgot one of her favorite teething rings at the party .I am still bummed about that but I told Mia I would take her to babies r us tomorrow and buy her a new one.
Once we got home, Adrian and I played with Mia for a bit and she did a first! She was crawling everywhere and then pulled herself up on the coffee table. She let go with one hand (she does this all the time) but for the first time she let go with the other and just stood there! Not holding on to anything! She stood there for a good 2 seconds then blop she fell back on to her butt! Adrian and I both were shocked! She really wants to stand up unassisted. She tried standing on all her little toys by holding on to it with her hands and having her butt in the air, back legs stiff. But she just can’t get herself to stand straight up yet.
Eventually her Grandparents and two older cousins (Tracy -9 and Sarah -6) came home. (They went to a separate party… I had another cousins turn 10 from my mom’s side of the family). So all the cousins (Tracy, Sarah and Mia) all played on the ground and had a good time. Mia tuckered out fast and due to being so tired from the day she drank her bedtime bottle and went to bed at 7. I got to spend some more time with my darling little nieces (who ended up spending the night) and they even drew pictures for Mia’s room. It was really cute. It soon got late and off to bed we all went. I had a killer headache and was almost delirous tired so I welcomed the bed, even if it was hard and uncomfortable haha Phew what a day!
I wasn’t sure when she would wake up in the morning but to my shock she didn’t wake up until 7:30 the next morning! Wow its been a looooong time since she has slept that long and that heavy. So she woke up well rested and ready to go. Her cousins soon joined her and today was filled with running around and playing. Then her Great-Grandpa Pizano came over to visit just to see Mia. He was so happy to see her and was in utter shock in all the new things she did. He commented on how smart and pretty she was and was thrilled to see her stand and crawl. What a big girl. Then Daddy AGAIN decided to give her a taste of something new, he came over with a cherry sugar-free popsical. I again, being the over protective Mama wasn’t too keen about her tasting that but since it was sugar free I said it was ok. To our amazement she loved it and kept wanting more tastes. Soon her lips and tounge were all red and she was having a blast licking it. She would even try to bit it and you could feel her scrape it with her tiny teeth haha Then Daddy said, ok that’s enough… well ok maybe 1 more taste and CHOMP! Mia bit off a chunk! I freaked out but my Dad reassured me it was a tiny piece and she would be ok. We all watched intently on how she would react to that cold piece in her mouth. She made a face but kept it in her mouth, eventually she opened her mouth and you could see that tiny piece on her tounge, but like a champ she ate it and didn’t spit it out. Then she wanted more! We didn’t let her and she started to cry. Then big Cousin Tracy got the idea about giving her, her snackies and that did the trick. She was happy again… phew thanks Tracy! Anyways, we were planning on visiting my sis-in-law and baby cousin April but time just zoomed by to fast and before we knew it, it was getting really late. We were planning on leaving around 2pm and didn’t end up leaving until 6ish! So unfortunately we couldn’t make the trip to my sis-in-laws house and that leaves us to where we are right now. On the 210 freeway, in San Dimas about 2 hours from the house. She just woke up so I think I need to get going to entertain her before she gets bored.
Overall the weekend was great. It was tiring but in a good way. I can’t wait to come back in a couple of weeks for my birthday and Easter! YAY
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Its now 8 oclock its dark and we are about 25mins from the house. Almost there yay! She is hanging out with her little glow worm and she is getting a kick out of it when I squeeze it and it glows and sings to her. This little thing is a life saver! Ok I am going back to play with Mia! I just had to add that because it is so cute to see her light up as her little glow worm lights up.
