Current mood: tired
I have been battling and battle this pregnancy sickness like crazy and I have been losing the battle. Luckily my Dad came to the rescue and offered to stay with us for a week to help with Mia and to give me some much needed rest. Of course I jumped at his offer so Grandpa Pizano stayed with us for this whole week and as always, its been lots of fun. I just wish I felt better.
As you probably remember from last week, in which Mia and I stayed in Oxnard for a week, I broke that blog down into days. So I think I will do that again... only I don't think this blog will be as long and there won't be as many pictures. I was sick remember! haha So here we go...
Day 1: Saturday
This was the day we left Oxnard and came back home. Mia slept the ENTIRE car ride home and didn't wake up once. That was a nice treat for my Dad and I, however, it backfired on us once we got home. Mia was all rested and through it was already past midnight she was on the move! Once it hit 1am I went to bed and for the first time ever, I went to bed before Mia did!! haha
Day 2: Sunday
This was a really bad sick day for me. I spent all day sleeping and sick on the couch. We didn't do much this day, but Adrian took Mia to the park for awhile and later to a store. He wanted to bond with his little munchkin again since he had not seen her in a week! Mia of course loved all the Daddy attention.
Day 3: Monday
My sickness was ok this day, and was mild enough for me to be able to make it out to the store. I really wanted to buy Mia her Easter dress before it go to much later. So my Dad, Mia and I headed off to Khols which is just down the road a bit. After shopping a bit we found the PERFECT Easter dress. I ran off to the dressing room to have Mia try it on and walked her back out so she could model for her Grandpa! All the older ladies nearby saw Mia and just melted! All of them commented on how cute she looked! I ended up buying that dress and another summer dress which I thought was really cute. Next was shoes... unfortunately they did not have her size in stock so her Grandpa came to the rescue again. He made a phone call and had the shoes ordered and they would be delivered at our house!! YAY!!!! They were the cutest little sandals too! They where white and had little white flowers all across them. I can't wait until they arrive. While my Dad was ordering the shoes I pushed Mia around the store in the little cart to keep her occupied. Then we came across some Elmo jammies and she went nuts!!!! She just HAD to have them so of course I had to obey and I put them in the cart. Sigh.. little spoiled Mia! haha After we were all done with our shopping we went home. By then the sickness was back and I needed some rest.. BADLY!
Day 4: Tuesday
This was another bad sick day for me so I didn't go anywhere, however, Mia got to go back to the park with her Daddy again!!! This time he brought her little trike and she had a blast being pushed around in it. Later my Dad took he to Cardenas with him to pick up some odds and ends. When they came back Mia was holding a Sponge Bob balloon!!!! My Dad explained, how she wanted a balloon in the store and when he asked the cashier how much they were, the cashier lady said "take the balloon, Shes just so cute!!" So they got it for FREE!!! The lady then got off her register just to walk up to Mia and talk to her!!! Mia of course acted shy and didn't even say hi, but she loved her new balloon!
Day 5: Wednesday
This day was a big day for us. I had a doctor's appointment for Mia's little sibling. Everything went very well and Mia stayed home with Grandpa. They had lots of fun together and as a reward later that night Mia gave my Dad a kissy! This is very special because she had never given my Dad a kissy willingly before! My Dad just melted! She ended up giving him 3 altogether! awwwww!
Day 6: Thursday
This was another fun day! Mia got to meet the Easter bunny again!!! I dressed her up in her new Easter dress and she looked so darling. After meeting the bunny we went over to the food court to pick up some food. Mia was holding her Grandpa's hand and walking when suddenly she caught the attention of a young boy sitting at a table. He took one look at her and started climbing all over the seat telling his brother who was sitting next to him "LOOK LOOK!!! A Princess!!!!!" He was pointing at Mia who was all dressed up in her Easter Dress looking cute! Once we got all our food we sat down. Of course Mia noticed a BIG balloon on the counter of one of the fast food places. She pointed at it and made her famous grunt of "I want that!" I tried to tell her no but a nearby worker heard me and said she could have the balloon! WOW! another free balloon! Mia was so happy to have the enormous balloon and carried it throughout the mall with her. Once we were done it was time to go home. Mia played and played with that giant orange balloon in the backseat. She was literally going nuts with it, screaming and laughing. Then the unavoidable happened... she threw the balloon and it floated to the front seat and of course floated right in front of my Dad who was driving!!! We were on the freeway too!! I quickly grabbed the balloon and refused to give it back to Mia. Of course Mia blew up for having her balloon taken away. I felt bad so I gave it back to her but told Adrian to make sure it didn't happen again. (He was sitting back there with her). Sure enough she attempted to do it again but we blocked it... sigh little Mia trying to get us killed! haha
Day 7: Friday
This day I was finally feeling somewhat better. My Dad would be leaving the next day so he wanted to make sure I had plenty of food to choose from if incase I got hungry. So it was HUGE cooking day for us! We made steaks, mashed potatoes, potato salad, my zuchinni soup, and rice. I am set!!! Later that day we went to Target so I could buy Mia an Easter basket for the Easter Egg hunt the next day. We found the Elmo basket I had seen earlier so I picked that up for her along with some other stuff for her basket. My Dad wanted to buy her a big basket full of goodies from him and my Mom but they didn't have any there. So we went off to Albertsons after, and they didn't have any good ones either. So my Dad dropped us off at home, got Mia ready for bed and once she was in bed zoomed off to Walgreens and found a HUGE basket to surprise her with the next day. Oh, I almost forgot to mention. Right before bedtime Mia and Grandpa were playing on the bed. Mia does this new thing where she puts her hands to her mouth and tires to make fart sounds (Hmm.... I wonder where she learned that from.. mwhahaha hahaha) I always crack up when she does it and I guess that encourages her more. However, this time she was doing it to her Grandpa and he was acting like it was the funniest thing he ever heard and laughed loudly. This made Mia crack up like I have never heard her do before!! She was laughing so loud and hardy we all started to laugh. She made the noise more and more and laughed histerically after each time! It was too funny and a great way to end the day... laughing and laughing.
Day 8: Saturday (the final day)
Well all good things eventually have to come to an end. Today was the final day my Dad would be with us. It was sad but we made sure to have some fun before he left. We took Mia out to TWO Easter Egg hunts and we all had a blast together. After we got back my Dad rested a bit then surprised Mia with her GIANT basket!!! She was all excited and had lots of fun tearing through the basket to get to her goodies!! It was lots of fun. Then came time for Grandpa to say goodbye. It was so sad!!!! We said our long goodbyes and watched him drive away. Mia of course was sad as normal and is currently down for a nap with her Daddy.
Overall my Dad helped so much!!!! He took full charge of Mia. He would get her up in the morning, cook her breakfast, play with her, lay her down for naps, cook her lunches, changed all her diapers (poopies included), made she was well taken care of, took her out on adventures and put her to bed at night. They really had some fun bonding time which I wouldn't trade anything for. I am so glad my Dad was here to help and on top of all that he made sure I was always fed, took care of me and babied me as well. It was an awesome visit! I can't wait for him to come back again!!! Hopefully I will be feeling better by then!
