Current mood: chipper
Well its official! Mia has offically hit the age where she is exactly as old as she was while in my tummy. Some may not think of that as a milestone type of event but to me its something special. She has grown and changed sooooo much during these past 41 weeks its amazing. Now she is on the brink of walking! I can't believe how much time flys!
This week started off with a BANG! she finally decided to start practicing how to walk! Usually if you tried to practice with her she would either jump or force herself to the ground so she could walk away. However, this week she finally took a huge intrest in walking. Now when you hold her hands she wants to walk EVERYWHERE and she laughs and giggles while doing it. She gets so excited now she takes off FAST! Now she is trying to learn to stand on her own from the floor without any help. She does this tiny little hop trying to get up to the standing position. She can't quite get it yet, but she is close. She also started doing this new crawl where she sticks her butt in the air, keeps her legs stiff (she doesn't bend her knees) and she crawls with her hands and feet. At first I just thought she was doing this to stop from hurting her knees on the tile floor in the kitchen but now she does it all the time. Even on the carpet. She really wants to walk. She is crusing like crazy now and can go from one side of the couch to the other. She is definately on the move now!
We also went down to San Diego and bought her Baptism dress. She lookes so precious in it. Its long white and has tiny flowers embrodered on the bottom. It even came with a bonnet .She did so good in the dress shop and never fussed even when we forced her to try on the dress before we bought it. After dress shopping we stopped by Grandma and Grandpa Santos' house for a visit. It was extreemly HOT that day so we had to cut our visit alittle short... she was getting overheated and tired.
This week was a very special week! Her Grandpa Pizano came down for the whole week just to spend time with her and play with her. I had to do much needed house cleaning so he babysat her while I cleaned and cleaned. They did all kinds of fun things all week and really got some much needed bonding time. Grandpa got to see Mia walk, cruise, and play. We even went to all kinds of stores looking for a new walker for her and Grandpa pushed her around all proud in the shopping carts. Pride was always beaming from him. Unfortunately the only walker Mia and we loved was a bit out of our budget to buy, but at least she got to play in it for a while. She was going nuts in the walker and walking everywhere in it, more than the one she has here at home! Anyways, the week was fun. We even took a walk to the park to play, she rode her first slide, and she showed her Grandpa the Emu farm. The visit was really fun and special and I wrote more detail about it in the previous blog.
She is really starting to learn how to use her teeth now. Daddy used to share popsicals with her but instead of licking and tasting them she BITES them and ends up biting huge chunks off! haha Now Daddy said hes no longer sharing with her anymore haha.
She also got her first semi-tan! If you have ever seen Mia in person she is so light. Its hard to believe shes Adrian's daughter since he is so tanned. While this week she proved that she has some "tanning ability" in her and after our walk to the park and Emu she came home a whole shade darker!!! I am so glad she didn't take after me, I burn so easily! infact after that walk I came home with rosey cheeks and nose! Argh! I don't like Mr. Sun!!!!
She also started letting go the furniture to stand up alone this week! Infact she started doing this today! She gets all excited, throws her hands in the air and attempts to stay standing. She does for a short bit before plopping her butt on the floor. She wants to walk so bad now but doesn't like to be assisted. She wants to only do it on her own so shes been practicing and practicing... walking will definately be in ther near future with the rate she is going. I predict by the end of next month she will be.
Oh ya, I wrote about her first mole a few entries back.. well turns out it was just a broken blood vessle because its gone now. It slowly faded over the last few days and now its gone. Ah well.. I am sure she will get her fare share of them soon enough, just like her Mama and Daddy.
Overall the week has been GREAT! so much fun, especially to have my Dad in town. That was an enormous treat for us all. Mia is growing and changing so much, I love sharing that experience with others.
