Current mood: exhausted
Phew, we just made it home! I am so tired and I hope I can bust out this blog in about 30 mins before my head hits the keyboard! I am POOPED! but so worth it. What a fun fun FUN weekend we had with the Pizano family in Oxnard.
It was Mia's big cousin Sarah's 7th birthday party! So it was a blast to see the cousins all together again. I am still amazed how fast my nieces are growing up now. My oldest niece Tracy is going on 10 and already breaking into the "pre-teen" thing! Sarah my little munchkin is right behind her! I still picture her all into princesses and Jasmine and to see her party with Hannah Montana really blew me away. I am not even going to go into Baby errr... Big Girl April! The youngest (until Nov. when my new baby Niece will be born) she is so big and talks up a storm now. Phew... man kids grow up so fast. Ok I was alittle side tracked there for a second.. must stay focused I am tired! haha
We left early Saturday since Daddy had to work the night before. Things seemed pretty good, Mia slept a good hour on the road before she woke up and got antsy. She wanted out of her car seat BAD! Luckily I packed some snackies for her and that stalled her for a bit... at least till we got to her Nina and Nino's house for the party.
We got there alittle early so it was nice to be able to catch our breath and relax alittle. I cooked Mia an egg for lunch and I had ready packed her some pancakes I made at home so I gave her that too. She did good, after greating everyone she sat quietly in her big cousin April's highchair and ate her lunch. People started pouring in soon after and dispite all the commotion and excitment she still sat there quietly eating her pancake and checking things out. Everyone was so happy to see her and commented on how cute she looked, especially with her bracelete (her favorite accessory) Before we knew it the house was jammed packed with family and friends. The weather was nice and everything went really well. After Mia ate we let her run around a bit.. literally. She was EVERYWHERE! She found April's stash of toys and just went nuts screaming and having a good time. I really think she found her voice because thats all she was doing the whole time, running and screaming at the top of her lungs! haha
She also go to see her Cousin Gianna again too! (Gia is only two weeks younger than Mia) The first time they met Mia kicked Gia and made her cry. The second time they met Gia grabbed Mia and pulled on her clothes. So this time we weren't sure what to expect and to everyone's amazement they became fast friends!!! They were so nice to each other it just melted everyone who were watching them. They kept staring at each other with big smiles and at one point Mia got two toys and handed one to Gia to play with. Later Gia went up to Mia and just started hugging her and hugging her! It was ADORABLE and PRICELESS! What close cousins already! Mia would give Gia kisses and they would play together it was too cute!
During the party we all got to catch up with different family members and I got to hold the youngest family member (till Nov. that is), Mia's youngest cousin Delilah (3 months) She was so ADROABLE and I just melted holding her. It brought back so many memories of when Mia was that age... sigh... shes growing up so fast. Later Daddy got in the Jump for Joy with Mia! and I could hear her laughing and screaming from inside the house!!! I went outside and sure enough she was bouncing around with Daddy's help and had the biggest smile on her face. She was having a great time. Eventually she got tired and just wanted out and just like that her smile turned into a frown like "get me out of here!" I had to help her get out of there fast! haha
We also found out that Mia LOVES celery!! I could not believe how much of it she ate. She just walked around the party with her little celery stick munching it like crazy. At first I was nervous about giving it to her since they are so stringy but she did good. She didn't eat the strings and when it did become to stringy she would hand it to someone and want a new piece. She LOVED them.. I am so going to stock up on them now. I think they sooth her teething gums.
Mia had a great time playing and running and bouncing around in the jump for joy. Then it was Pinata time!!! All the little ones gathered outside and for the first time Daddy didn't help her.. nope.. this time it was her Grandpa Pizano who wanted to help her. So Armed with a chewed stick of celery in one hand and the pinata stick in the other Mia and Grandpa WHACKED the Hannah Montana pinata as everyone cheered.
When her turn was over she went back to munching her celery stick on Grandpa's lap. The Pinata didn't last long at all, especially after the birthday girl got ahold of it! She went NUTS! and it took just alittle work from her older sister Tracy to finally get it to explode! Candy was everywhere and there Mia was with Grandpa in the middle of it all gathering candy. After the mob of kids cleared out I noticed Mia's celery stick was gone. When I asked about it, my Dad said that she accidentally dropped it on the ground and a kid snatched it up and put it in their candy bag!! HAHA I guess they will be surprised when they go to eat candy.
Overall the party was a success and TONS of fun. It was great to have Mia see her Nina and Nino and cousins again. Unfortunately we all pooped out from the busy busy day and ended up leaving earlier than we usually do to get some rest. We were staying at her Grandpa and Grandma's house so we just went there. After getting Mia some dinner and letting her go nuts with Grandpa and Grandma for awhile to get some energy out she went off to bed.
Unfortunately she didn't like the guest room and went completely hysterical and refused to be left alone. She was literally in panic mode everytime I laid her down in her pack and play. I would calm her down and rock her and sooth her and she would be ok until I went to lay her down again. Thats when she would go nuts and scream and cry and attempt to climb out as if her little life depended on it. I was beat tired so it was Daddy to the rescue. He took Mia over and I went to lay down. After about 30 mins he came out and the room was silent. Mia was asleep. I asked him how he managed to do it and he said "I just got in the playpen with her until she fell asleep" "You WHAT?!?!" Ya he actually got in the playpen with Mia until she fell asleep. That was the only way she would go to sleep haha Ah well whatever works!
Mia slept till about 10am! the next morning. When she got up I fed her breakfast and she played with toys in the livingroom with her Grandparents. Later while her Grandpa went out to get more goodies and snacks for her (bananas, eggs, etc) I took her outside to the backyard. I haven't been back there in years! It brought back memories of when I was a kid playing back there. Mia had a blast she kept running up and down the pavement and picking up leaves (her favorite thing to do outside). There is a slight slope near the actual house part and every now and then she would walk up it and get stuck! She didn't know how to turn around or how to move and would call out to me to help her! It was to funny and really cute. Eventually we went back inside and ate some pancakes her Grandma made! (which is a shock she never made pancakes for ME! haha) Grandpa soon came back home and not only gave her, her favorite foods he also bought her alittle toy too. It was four little spongey blocks she could chew on and play with. Mia loved them and after lunch played with them.
She had tons of fun playing and chasing their cat Slyvester! Poor kitty was doing all he could to get away from her. She insisted on pulling his tail and it wasn't until he actually swiped at her I locked him up in the room. Bad Kitty! She later shared a pair with Grandpa and ate more celery sticks. Grandma had started collecting the Yo Gabba Gabba characters for her from Jack In The Box. Right now they sell little finger puppet toys of them, so she got Mia a Toodee, Plex, and FooFa. She went nuts over these and played and played. Overall the visit went great and was lots of fun. She even took a nap on Daddy! Which is rare... but she was really tired.. poor baby.
After awhile it was time to go home. So we packed up all our things and said our sad goodbyes and headed home. Things went well at first. She fell asleep for half of the trip and Adrian and I really got to chat and enjoy each others company. Then she woke up and was NOT happy! Not only was she bored she was hungry too! I filled her little snack cup with all the snackies she had (cheerios, yogart melts etc) and she wolfed them down like nothing. Luckily Grandma had packed her some celery for the road so I gave her a couple of sticks and she munched on them for awhile which bought us more time. Eventually not even the celery was appeasing her anymore and we HAD to pull off. So about 30 mins from home we pulled off in Corona at a Jack In The Box. I changed her diaper and gathered any food I could so I could make a meal for her since it was past her dinner time. We also ordered her a grilled cheese from the Menu AND because she just HAD to complete her set, Daddy bough her TWO more Gabba Characters! Muno and Broobee! Now she has all of them. We ate inside and sat her in a high chair. She played with her new Gabba toys and ate her food like a big girl. Then one of the cashiers came up to us and let us know she accidentally gave us the wrong order! and gave us some extra fries! We didn't even notice the mistake but in the bag Mia got an extra toy! She got another Toodee!!! YAY!!! She liked that! Anyways after eating and resting a bit it was back into the car. This time Mia didn't mind and she did good until we got home.
Once we got home she went nuts!!! IM FREE!!!! type of thing. She ran around and played with the magnets on the fridge while her Daddy and I put stuff away. Then she ran over to me and started trying to crawl up my leg! She wanted me to pick her up and cuddle her...awwwwww! I melted. So I cuddled her alittle on the couch then brought up her upstairs to her room and cuddled her on the rocking chair. She just quietly talked to me and just rested. It was a great ending to a wonderful weekend. I then laid her down and she went right to bed, no fussing or crying.
Now I am here... phew! Well I almost made it under 30 mins.. .its about 45 mins. Not to bad. I know there is so much more to mention but I am so tired. Hopefully I will be able to come back and fill in anything I missed, until then I am off to bed for some much needed rest from a fun fun fun weekend!
