Current mood: blissful
Happy belated birthday to me!!! I would have written this blog yesterday while it was still my birthday but I was having too much fun with my baby girl and husband! haha The day was filled with surprises, joy and laughter and heres how it went...
Adrian wanted to give me a break from the baby and some extra rest as a present but Mia had other plans. She wanted to be with her Mama for her birthday so she woke up extra early (7:30am!) just to wish me a happy birthday. Daddy woke her up around 5am to give her an early breakfast with hopes she would sleep in and give me some extra rest but that didn't happen, obviously. So at 730am I was greeted by a bouncing happy baby in my bed! Adrian had laid her down next to me to wake me up and they both wished me a happy birthday!
I then got up and went downstairs with the baby while Daddy got some rest before our big day. Mia was extra good and I think its because she knew it was her Mama's 29th birthday! So we played a bit, I fed her breakfast and we cuddled on the couch. Something she RARELY does with me, its more of a Daddy/Mia thing. Eventually she got sleepy so I put her down for a nap and I climbed into bed myself for some rest. Then the phone calls started pouring in from all my family to wish me a happy birthday. It made me so happy to know they remembered and thought of me. I had fun talking to everyone on the phone and I forgot to get some rest. Mia then woke up from her nap and it was more fun time.
Then Daddy woke up and sent me off to bed for some rest. I didn't argue and ran upstairs and jumped into bed. As I was napping he snuck Mia out of the house with him and went shopping. When I woke up and went downstairs they had TONS of surprises for me! Daddy had bought me all my favorite snacks and goodies! My birthday present from my parents also came in the mail and was waiting for me on the kitchen table. Then they surprised me by taking me to my one of my favorite restaurant's to eat, Don Jose's. Of course we left AFTER Mia took a quick cat nap and ate a small meal herself. Oh, to change the subject for a second, she ate her first Spaghetti and meat sauce baby food and she liked it!!! Ms. Picky Eater actually liked it! Wow! so now we finally have a "dinner" we can feed her YAY! ok back to the blog...
At Don Jose's (the same place we took her a couple of weeks ago and sat her in the high chair for the first time which turned out to be a toy flying disaster!) we decided to give the high chair another go but only because this time we were prepared! I packed EXTRA toys and made sure to bring this special toy she got from the Easter Bunny. Its alitlte spinning thing that has a suction cup on it so you can stick it to the table and she can play, spin, and yank on it all she wants. She sat in the high chair like a big girl and got a kick out of her spinning toy along with her other toys I brought (all attached to the chair so she couldn't throw them on the ground haha). We ate our meal and Mia ate some yogart melts. It was tons of fun. Again the waitresses and bus boys all stopped by to say hi to Mia because she is so cute. She tried to get everyones attention by making noises and playing. We had a great time, a big improvment from the last time we ate there. After dinner it was time to go home but before we made it home we stopped by Long's because Daddy forgot candles for my cake.
She sat in the basket at Longs and we did our shopping. We ended up buying her a new pack of 6+ mo. pacificers. She has given up using these since she was about 2-3 months old, however, just recently she found them in her play area (the new born ones) and shes been kind of using them. So we bought her 6+ month pacificers (the only other larger ones were for 18+ months are were too big) in hopes she might migrate back to them instead of using her fingers. So while we shopped for Easter clearance items I gave her the package of binky's to play with. Before I knew it she chewed off a big chunk of cardboard from the packaging!!!! Both Adrian and I tried to examin her mouth to see where the chunk went but we couldn't see it. We figured she ate it and I of course started to worry. Then we saw her chewing something in her mouth so I instictivly stuck my fingers in her mouth and sure enough found the wad of cardboard all chewed. I got it out of her mouth and took away the packaging. We paid for our stuff and off to home we went. It was getting late and close to Mia's bedtime by then...
Once we got home, I went to play with Mia in the living room while Daddy set up my birthday cake. Mia and I watched some "Yo Gabba Gabba" and then Daddy came to get us. He took me to the kitchen and there I found my favorite fudge cake with 29 candles on it saying "Happy Birthday Angie". Along side of the cake were two cards, one from him and one from Mia, a small present and the present my parents send me in the mail. After lighting the TONS of candles, I held Mia while they sang Happy Birthday to me. I made my wish and blew out the candles in one shot! (I hope my wish comes true now!). Then we decided to give Mia a chance to blow out a candle so we lit one again and tried to coax her to blow (which she does but only when SHE wants to... its mostly when she has a mouth full of food!) she blew alittle bit but was pretty much only interested in the flame haha. Then it was card opening time. I opened the one from Adrian first, and of course I got all choked up. He always picks out the sweetest cards that make me cry. I almost cried but I didn't quite get to the point tears.. that is until I opened Mia's card next. As soon as I read "Mom" on the top of the card I cried! It really hit me, Wow I am a Mom! I looked at little Mia and just couldn't help but cry. I do somewhat feel like a Mom, I mean I do all the "Mom" things... but its still new to me and still hasn't really sank in yet. I don't know why its taking so long but once I read that little line on the card it really hit me! Adrian couldn't understand how his mushy card couldn't bring me to tears this year and how Mia's little silly card made me cry! haha both were sweet and I love both my cards! After card time it was present time. Adrian bought me my new camera a couple of months ago as an early birthday present so this present was just from Mia. I opened it up and was so delighted to see it was a coffee mug, but it wasn't just any coffee mug it had one of my most favorite pictures of Mia on it. It was her butterfly wand picture I took in her room. I was so happy and thanked both my babies for their presents! I then called up my parents so I could open their gift while I was on the phone with them. My parents always go all out for me and I feel so special when they do. I opened their present and got TONS of things! Inside were tons of my favorite candies, a beautiful card, a new camera case for my new camera, an 8 gig memory stick for my camera (I am always running out of space with my current 2 gig one), a back up battery for my camera (I am always always running out of battery life with all the pictures I take so a back up one is perfect!) and a $50 gift card to a salon to get a pedicure!!! WOW! talk about spoiled! haha I thanked them and really enjoyed my gifts. I later cut the cake and boy it was good!
Then it was getting late and it was time for Mia's bath. Adrian gave me one last gift, a gave me a break while HE took the baby a bath!!! He has NEVER done this before. So with my supervision, (I wouldn't miss that for the world!) I watched him bathe her and for once watched him get all splashed with water as she played. He even got her ready for bed. It is not an easy task at all, she HATES to have her jammies put on and not to mention the TONS of different lotions and creams I have to put on her due to her excema. I got a kick out of watching him struggle with her as she cried and she kicked the heck out of him. My chest and stomach sure enjoyed the break of not getting kicked like I do every night. He then fed her a bedtime bottle while I got to play on the computer. (A nice change in pace) I kissed her goodnight, thanked her for all she did for my birthday and off to bed she went.
Adrian and I spent some time watching TV and just cuddling on the couch. I then got pretty tired so I went to bed. He took care of the baby at night and fed her so she wouldn't wake me up in the morning. So I got some extra rest and feel pretty good right now which is refreshing!
That is how my birthday went. It was wonderful and I wouldn't change anything about it... other than wish it would stretch longer than 24hrs! haha Well my 29th year has started off GREAT! I can't wait to see what this new year will bring! as long as I can spend it all with the love of my life and my sweet baby angel I will be happy......
