Current mood: busy
Mia hit another bench mark in age... she is 40 weeks old today!!!! Wow! This week was pretty fun.
She celebrated her first Easter holiday! With that she got to color eggs, hunt for them later in her octagan, tasted her first chocolate candy, and was given lots of baby treats! Mostly yogart melts but hey they are her favorite. I dressed her up in her big poofy pink dress and we all went out for dinner at Red Robin. She sat in the high chair like a big girl and got tons of compliments from our waitress. It was a very fun day!
She also went on an adventure with her Mama to the Emu farm down the road! Granted she wasn't very interested in the giant monstrous birds, but it was still fun to take a stroll with her. She got to see goats, emu, llamas, turkeys, and even squirrels! She eventually knocked out in her stroller on the walk home... maybe it really was boring for her.
Due to her reoccurant constipation problem we decided to switch oatmeals and now she eats plain oatmeal or barely. She really doesn't care for barely much.. she will eat it but then blow it out of her mouth ever other spoonful! (Yes she can blow air out of her mouth, but it usually only happens when shes eating! haha) I tasted it myself, it isn't horrible but it isn't very good either. Since we switched oatmeals, she has been going normally again!!! YAY! no more hard poopies or balls haha. We also finally found a "dinner" baby food she likes. Spaghetti and Meat Sauce. She first tried it on my birthday and though it wasn't that great tasting she ate it! (If she doesn't like something she will refuse to eat it, cry, gag, or just spit it out). So finally we can add another item to Ms. Fussy Eater's menu!
She learned how to pull herself up and sit on her feet now. She also bounces on her butt when she does this and for some reason really prefers to sit like this instead of flat on her butt. Its really cute, but what really surprises me is when she is sitting like that she tries to bounce and balance herself up to a standing position! (This is without holding on to anything!) Of course she falls over but she keeps practicing. I think she really wants to learn to stand up by herself without the help of someone or something to pull up on. Wow she is getting so big so fast.
Another big event that happened this week is she helped me celebrate my 29th birthday! The highlight of the day was definately opening the birthday card from her and reading "Mom" on it. It was then that it really hit me, WOW I AM a Mom! of course after some tears of happiness I got to open her gift to me. A coffee cup with my favorite picture on it, her in her butterfly wings! (Awww my little butterfly princess). The day was filled with fun. We all went out to eat at one of my favorite restaurants and she was a good girl the whole time. She only threw 2 toys on the ground and played with her table top toy to keep herself entertained. Her and Daddy spoiled me all day and I was happy... it was an awesome birthday. Oh and I almost forgot! As a birthday gift to me, Daddy gave Mia a bath for the first time and gave me a break! It was so cute to watch Daddy get splashed for once, get kicked, and struggle with getting her creams and jammies on.(something I deal with every night) haha. It was a great start to a new age for me!
Yesterday she did something that really melted my heart. She sitting on the couch with her Daddy. I came up to her and talked to her a bit, and she started getting all excited and happy. Then I went to start dinner and walked away and right away she started to whine. I came back and said "no no no I need to make Daddy some food, I will be right back you be a good girl with your Daddy" and walked away again. As soon as I got into the kitchen (only about 10 feet away) I heard her start hyper ventaliating and crying, she was peeking over the couch to see me, and then said "Ma-Ma!!!" I just melted! (She rarely says Mama anymore and its always about DaDa, even when I said "Say MaMa!" she right away says "DaDa!") Adrian even said "Did you hear that?! she really wants you to come back" So I quickly came back, picked her up, showered her with hugs and kisses and rocked her in my arms a bit. She was so content and happy. This rarely happens especially when Daddy is around, her favorite person. I then gave her back to Adrian and she was all happy again and I was able to make dinner. What a sweetheart. I felt so loved and happy.
Well this blog unfortnately has to be cut short, which is also why its not so wordy like my normal ones. I have a job interview in a couple of hours and I really need to prepare for that and get ready. Overall, the week has been fun as always. Oh and with regards to her cold, she is finally 100% well YAY!!! Well I gotta go! Can't wait to see what this week brings!
