Current mood: happy
Thats right! My little girl .... errrr ...BIG girl is 19 months old today!!! YAY!! She is growing so fast and still never ceases to amaze me!
I love writing blogs about her and sharing her little life stories with people, however, as time goes on it is beginning to really become difficult for me to keep up. As my life is becoming more and more hectic I am finding less and less free time. I can only imagine how things will be once we add another baby to the mix... pregnancy and after.
I do want to continue blogging about little Mia and I will continue to do so as long as I can, however, I do need to make some changes. One of the major changes will be her "Monthly Reviews". The older and older she is getting and the more stories that happen during the month and the longer and longer these blogs get. Though I do enjoy writing them it does consume way to much time. I am sure you, my readers, don't have very much free time to read these epically long blogs either. So its time for a change and what better way to start it than the start of her second half of her first year.
The format I used to use was basically reviewing in short paragraph summaries EVERYTHING that happened during the month. It was sort of repeatative since you could read the info in its entirety in previous blogs. Oh and on a side note, I HIGHLY recommend reading her blogs on her blogsite "www.butterflyprincessmia.blogspot.com" That site has everything "Myspace" has and more! Its easier to navigate through and less distractions. It is pretty user friendly as well. I am not sure how long I will keep myspace going since "Blogspot" is where I have most of her stuff. But thats another issue... see I already got side tracked.
So to make a long story short... (actually I think its alittle late for that) I am going to start using a new format for her month rewiew blogs. I am going to use the same format I used for her "Year in Review" blogs since I liked it so much. I am just going to list all the things that happened in the past month and if you would like to read more details about a certain event you can go back to the original blog earlier in the month. Hopefully with this change, it will cut down on the size of my monthly blog reviews as well as make it easier for my readers. So here we go...
SUMMARY:
Mia reaching her year and a half mark (18 months)
Mia goes to the mark numerous times with both Daddy and Mommy
Mia visits the Emu's again.. first time since before she could walk and she really liked it.
Mia goes to the Park with Mama and shows her for the first time how she can climb on and off the jungle gym and play by herself
We all got the "Cardoso" cold which took weeks to get better from
We went to the duck pond a few times
She ate CATFOOD! YUCK!
Mia ate a whole pair all by herself (she snuck it)
Mia wore her Charger Cheerleader uniform outside to cheer on the Chargers in the
playoffs (too bad they lost.. DOH!)
Mia got to experience her first BIG/HUGE rainstorm(s)
Mia found my old collection of beaded necklaces and always puts them on herself (all of them... she looks like a rainbow Mr. T!"
Mia's naps and bedtime become easier again (THANK GOODNESS!)
She loves to draw on her magna-doodle
She recognizes letters and reads them (however she can only pronounce A and C so everything A and C when its letters)
Grandpa Pizano visited for a whole week
She got a new Spinning Elmo Chair from Grandpa and a new Elmo book
Mama and Daddy went on vacation without her and actually spent more than 24hours away from her (that was HARD) while Grandpa Pizano babysat her
Mia got more belated Christmas presents from family in Oxnard
Mia said a new word "Dance"
Mia missed her Grandpa after he left and walked around the house calling him and looking for him
We learned never to mess with Mia's balloons... once you take them away she clinches her fists and shakes!
We learn Mia prefers Cheerios over her Kix
She loves to dive into her tent when running and hiding from you (especially when its diaper changing time)
Mia got her 18 month check up and everything went well. She did get two shots but only semi-cried for the second one. She is in the 90-95 percentile for her head and body size and right on track with her weight... finally!!! YAY
Mia is obsessed with Balloons
She points at EVERYTHING and refuses to talk
She LOVES music and her favorite beatles song is "All you need is love"
She is obsessed with shoes and is always walking around in mine or Adrian's shoes on her feet
She took a bath in the big girl tub again (first time in almost a year) and she refused to get out, even with all the water draining. She even taught herself how to close the drain!!
Weight:
125
Height:
2'10
Goals met from last month?
Whoohoo we finally met some goals for this month. Its been awhile..
She no longer blows up or throws a fit when its nap or bedtime... YAY! Well we haven't taken daily walks outside however we just started too today! She really doesn't eat to many new foods and we haven't added too many new things to the menu other than quesadillas, whole pairs, egg chilichilas, and well I guess that is some new foods to her menu.. YAY!
Goals for next month:
I am getting pretty tired of putting "have her say more words on command" because she just plain refuses to do so even though she says words on her own when SHE wants to. So I guess I will say... continue with the daily walks, add another new meal to her menu, stop refusing diaper changes so much (we will see how that one goes... its going to be tough!)
