Current mood: happy
Today was a big day for Mia! She finally got to meet her friend Koa in person, outside the tummy. (They met previously at his babyshower but both were still in the tummies haha) Today was Koa's 1st birthday party at his house in Laguna.
Before I get into the party, I just wanted to mention Mia is going through a very tough phase right now. Not sure if its just a phase or that shes teething ...yet again. She has become very whiny and fussy again and the one thing thats been very hard is she REFUSES to be laid down. Whether it be going to bed, changing her clothes after a bath or mainly... getting her diaper changed. She screams bloody murder and just panicks while she tries to roll over and crawl away. Its really getting out of hand and I don't know what to do other than keep laying her down again and fighting with her till I get the new diaper on. Sigh... I hope this passes soon. Anyways, with her current mood I was alittle nervous about what to expect at Koa's party. I was hoping she would be good but for the first time I was unsure how she would act.
We got up early to get an early start to Orange Co. (about an hour and half away) We kept her up from her morning nap so she would sleep in the car and be rested once we got there. Again we had some bad diaper changing moments before we left, but she seemed ok in the car. She fell asleep and slept most of the way until we hit traffic. Then her little eyes popped open and she was ready to go! She did good though, playing games with me in the back seat, playing with her toys and eating snackies.
We finally made it and into the party we went. It was a PACKED house. Everyone showed up for Koa's big day! There had to be at least 25 people and kids stuffed in their tiny two bedroom house near the beach. It was TONS of fun though. Right away she took a shine to "Auntie" Mona and finally got to meet little Koa. They both seemed alittle interested in each other but rather go play with their toys. Koa is already walking and was quick to show off his skills to Mia who wanted to try herself but can't just yet.
The first thing EVERYONE commented on was how tall Mia is. We put her next to Koa and she is actually a tiny bit taller than he is! then everyone commented how cute she was. She was all dolled up in her summer shirt, shorts and a blue headband (All thanks to Cousin April who gave her, her clothes). She got a kick out of playing with all his toys and even got to use his Jump-a-roo. She bounced around while all the little kids played with balloons in the living room. She wanted to join the fun so bad and when a balloon fell her way she was quick to grab it and play with it. Then she caught the eyes of a little boy from across the room. His name was Logan and he was almost 2 years old. He took an immediate liking to Mia and even helped her bounce in the Jump-a-roo. For the longest time he wouldn't leave her side. Not even a year old and Mia is already attracting the boys!! Oh-boy! not looking forward to the future haha Koa later came over and visited with Mia as well. It was so cute to watch them interact and play.
Then I got to see Mona's two younger sisters, Jessica and Janette. I have literally not seen them in alittle over 11 years!!!! I remember both as little kids and was so shocked to see them all grown up. Both live in Colorado now so it was a treat to see them again and catch up. An even bigger suprise happened later, I got to talk/see Mona's Mom and Dad who live in Australia via her computer video conference thing. Again, I haven't seen them in YEARS! (over a Decade to be exact!) and it was awesome to show them little Mia and introduce my husband, Adrian. Both thought Mia was a cutie. Then later we took her out to the balcony to eat come lunch and little Koa and Auntie Mona came out and visited a bit. We took some pictures of the kiddos but both refused to look at the camera but we still got some cute pictures of them.
After hanging out a bit it was cake time!!! By then Mia was really starting to get tired so we knew our time was limited. We all sang to Koa and he dove into his cake getting more on himself than his mouth. Then it was present time and thats when Mia for the first time really started getting alittle whiny in front of people. She was extreemly tired since she missed her two naps and she got up really early. So unfortunately we had to say our goodbyes. She said her special byes to Koa the birthday boy, Auntie Mona and everyone and off we went for the long treck home. I was relieved not to have had any major meltdowns other than when she got her diaper changed (twice) in Mona and Brett's room. She did really well considering she was really tired and was kept from crawling around due to all the little ones running around like crazy (we didn't want her to get run over). I was hoping she would sleep on the ride home but nope! She refused to sleep and made it a point to let us know how mad she was and how she wanted out of the carseat all the way home. She didn't cry to much but would yell in anger every now and then. ARRRGH!
Eventually we made it home and I thought for sure once I put her jammies on she would want to go to bed. WRONG! As soon as we got home she perked right up and played for another 2 hours!!! just crusing and crawling around. Eventually she got tired and off to bed she went. She went right down like a good girl.
Phew what a day! It was really fun and can't wait to visit again.
