Current mood: hungry
Phew... finally a week to catch our breath alittle. We all have been on the go go go go every week for what seems like forever. So it was nice to finally have a week to slow down a bit for once haha. Granted it will be another whirlwind of a weekend starting tomorrow (We are going up to Oxnard for Mia's big Cousin Sarah's 7th birthday!) it was nice to actually have a slow week.
Don't get me wrong though, it didn't start off slow. It started with another visit from Grandpa and Grandma Pizano! They came down for a second visit since the first one was too quick and fast. Not sure when they will be able to come down again since our schedules are pretty full for the next month or so, so we took the opprotunity to invite them over again. It was a great visit. They really got to visit with Mia and catch up with her. Adrian and I got to actually go out and see a Movie! (District 9) We had not been able to do that since Mia was literally a baby newborn when we got to see Batman! So it was a nice treat for us. We all got to go out to eat at Don Jose's and Grandpa literally showed off Mia by walking to all the tables and introducing her to everyone! haha it was really sweet. Overall the visit was awesome, I can't wait to have them down again. With the way time is flying by I am sure it won't be too long.
Mia also popped out another Tooth! and it was another Molar! Thats right she is now a proud owner of 7 teeth total! I haven't checked her mouth recently (she did bite me pretty hard the last time I did) but I am sure #8 isn't that far behind since it is almost broken through the gums. My little Mia and her chompers!
With the new teeth also comes "teething" and she has had a couple of bad nights where it has woken her up from her sleep. I now make sure I give her alittle tylonal before bedtime so she can sleep peacefully without any pain. One night I forgot to do this and she woke up miserable. Poor baby! I was still able to comfort her and she let me hold her like I used to as a baby new born. It was so nice to bond with her like that again. My little girl always acts so grown up now she hardly EVER lets you cuddle her like that, so it was a nice Mama treat for me. She has been getting better with her teething lately, hopefully it will continue through the weekend. I also noticed she is munching on everything and ANYTHING she can get her little mouth on. Lately its been her house box. I have put tape all along the edges just so she couldn't chew chunks out of the cardboard anymore but now she is getting smart enough to know how to pull the tape off and get to the cardboard anyways! I even had to punish her yesterday for doing this. After telling her no 3-4 different times within a couple of mins. and taking her away from the box she still kept going to it and eating so, so I finally had to take the box away from her. She was NOT a happy camper about that and was very upset. I didn't give her back her box house till the next day. So far so good, she hasn't munched on it yet...
I was so happy yesterday, I had made some homemade veggie soup and Mia actually liked it!!! I previously fed her chicken before (grilled/shredded) but she didn't like it. She also didn't like mashed potatoes either. So I was so happy and surprised to see her eat my soup since there was potatoes and chicken in it. She not only ate everything but she looked like she enjoyed it. I was in the cooking mood the other day and came up with my own "Super Soup" comprised of techniques and ingrediants I learned from cooking my other two favorite soups (caldo de papa (my mother in law recipe), and cabbage soup (my dad/grandma's recipe)) This new soup had tomatoes, chicken, celery, zucchini, carrots, potatoes, bell peppers, onions, garlic, oregano, pepper and more. I cooked it a different way with alot of prep work and sautaying. To my surprise it came out sooo good!!!!! I am so happy Mia approved of it because it really is pretty good for her, I didn't add salt and it still was very tasty. Yum Yum! The only bad thing now is, its almost gone. With me, Adrian and now Mia chomping into it, its going fast! I think I need to make some more, too bad it takes an hour and a half to prepare and cook!! YIKES!
Mia and I also go to go on a shopping trip to the Outlets in Lake Elsinore. I wanted to buy her a new bracelet and ended up coming home with two! Unfortunately the Halloween one I had to take away from her. She started chewing on the dangly pumpkins and tore one off! so needless to say she isn't getting that one back. The other one is a colorful stretchy kind that is about 3 sizes to big for her. She is better with that one though it falls off, she loves putting it on herself and walking around. My little girly girl!
Well thats about it for the week. I am sure I will have lots to write about after this weekend. Speaking of which I better go start packing!!! See you later!
