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Phew what a weekend. It is now Monday night and I am still feeling drained! Mia just went to bed and now I am here, hopefully I can remember all the cute things she did over the weekend before I pass out at the computer! haha
We had made plans to spend the weekend up in Oxnard to celebrate my birthday with my family. So Adrian took Friday off from work so we could drive up a day earlier. Unfortunately, the pregnancy sickness struck again so we didn't end up leaving until almost 8pm!! Before we left, Mia had just eaten a big dinner and had a long hot bath so she passed out as soon as we hit the road and didn't wake up until we were almost at my parent's house.
We arrived at my parent's house around 10 so we made pretty good time. Mia was wide awake and ready to go once we got her off the car! She greeted her Grandma and Grandpa Pizano shyly. She was a bit unsure about everything until Daddy busted out her princess car that we took from home. Right away Mia got on it and was zooming all around the house at full speed! Though she never ran over either of their cats, she did come close a few times.
Then it was bedtime so we set up her pack and play in the spare room where she always sleeps. Grandpa was the one who put her down to bed. Little did we know that would be the very last time she would ever use the pack and play again. I will explain later in this blog.
Adrian and I visited a bit before going to bed. I was excited about the next day, we were going to have a big birthday party at my brother's house and I was going to get to see all my little nieces again. I had not seen them since Christmas Eve so it was going to be a HUGE treat!
The next morning I woke up and Mia did too soon after. We hung out in the livingroom for a bit while everyone else in the house was still snoozing. I was feeling a bit queasy and I knew her pee pee diaper would set me off so I brought her to my parent's room for an early morning wake up call! haha They were so happy to see her and quickly took care of her for me.
Later in the afternoon it was time to go to my brother's house. I was so excited to see everyone again. Once we arrived at his house, Adrian helped get Mia off the car while I grabbed her diaper bag and camera. We walked up their walkway and knocked on the door. Right away I could hear rustling and little voices. Then my second oldest niece Sarah (7 years) opened the door for us and everyone yelled "SURPRISE!!!!"
The whole house was decorated in streamers, balloons and homemade banners that my nieces made for me! Everyone greeted us at the door, and of course Mia got shy and didn't want to walk in. Daddy had to give her alittle encouragement. I kissed and hugged all 3 of my little nieces at the door and when I went to find the youngest 4th niece (Sophia 4-months) I found her being held by my Mom in the livingroom. I wasn't sure how she would react to me since I had not seen her since she was only a month old! But to my surprise she quickly gave me the biggest smile, got all excited and then leaned over for me to hold her!!! I just melted!!!
Adrian, Mia and I settled in a bit and then noticed all the GREAT food everywhere!! My brother was BBQ'ing a TON of food in the back and the kitchen was filled with snacks and everything you can imagine! Mia finally started to warm up a bit, especially after she found her Cousin April (3 years old) 's Yo Gabba Gabba toys (Tootie and Muno). Everyone commented on how curly her hair has become and boy it was really poofy that day!
We all went into the backyard to play and right away April and Mia became best friends. They drew with colored chalk on the ground together, pushed a little baby stroller together (one on each side) all over the backyard, and went exploring. It was really cute. I got to visit with my Brother for a bit which was really nice since he works so much we hardly ever see each other the rare times we go to Oxnard. He showed me the carne asada he was cooking and O-M-G it smelled and looked AWESOME!!! I felt like a fly hoovering around the BBQ waiting for it to be done! When he did cook me a piece and I ate it, I literally melted!!! It was hands-down the best carne asada I have ever eaten!! Even Mia, who doesn't care for meat, liked it too!!
My Grandpa Pizano then stopped by for the party too! It was great seeing him again and we had a great time catching up on things. Unfortunately my Sis-In-Law, who just got a new job, was not going to be able to join us until after 8pm. Bummer! She was really missed.
Things seemed to go well until Mia decided to stir things up a bit. I was outside in the backyard visiting with my family, and Adrian was inside working on fixing their computer (his specialty) Mia was also inside running around. I was just about to dig into a full plate of food when Adrian came outside with Mia and got my attention. She was all wet, chest to feet. I asked him what happened and he said she had gone into the kitchen, found a cup of soda, and before he could stop her from grabbing it she tipped it over and it spilled all down her pink dress. Oh-No!!! But a prepared Mama I am, I had spare clothes in her diaper bag for her to wear. So I took her back inside, and into her cousin April's room and changed her clothes. Mia, however, was mad. She didn't want to be changed and threw a HUGE tantrum and screaming fit!! It was so bad and so loud her little Cousin April ran over to check on her. She kept asking "whats wrong? Is she ok?" I let her know she was fine and that she spilled soda all over her dress. "Oooohh she spilled soda on her dress" she replied in that cute little chimpmunk voice she has.
Once Mia was all set. I went back out and finally got to eat my food. A little while later I could hear April asking her Daddy something while he was busy BBQ'ing...
"Daddy Daddy I have a story to tell...." She said in her tiny voice
"What is it sweetheart?" My brother replied
"Ok.. Once upon a time in a land faaaaaaar faaaaaaaaaar away... there lived a little Mia."
We all chuckled. Then she contiuned...
"And she spilled soda all over her dress!!!!"
We all got a cute laugh over that, it was the cutest story I ever heard!! A little while later I fed Mia some lunch and I could tell she was getting tired because she was starting to act up a a bit. She didn't get a very long nap earlier so I knew we were going to be in trouble. So I decided to head off the pending disaster and asked my brother if she could lay down in his room for a nap. Of course it was ok so I walked her to the room and put her on the bed.
Of course she blew up and cried! Tears flew everywhere as she struggled to climb off their bed. I tried to calm her down but she wanted no part of it. So I decided to start singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to her (her favorite song). To my surprise she actually calmed down and laid down. I gently rubbed her eyes and sang the song over and over again until she knocked out.
I quickly snuck out of the room and just then it was time for cake! I was told to shut my eyes and my brother walked me into the dinning room. When I opened my eyes everyone was around me and my favorite cake of all (Cold Stone's mint chip) was sitting right in front of me!!!! YUUUUMY!! I was sung "Happy Birthday", I made a wish and blew out my candles. Then I was told to close my eyes again, so I did. Everyone counted to three and when I opened them again I was bombarded by TONS and TONS of silly string!!! I was literally covered in a rainbow colored webbing of silly string! My nieces went nuts!! Then out came the poopers and I was shot several times with those!! It was a complete chaos for a few mins. Even my Grandpa got hit with silly string cross fire! It was fun.
Once the chaos finally died down we all sat down for some yummy cake! It was right around that time that Mia decided to rejoin the party. She was a big grumpy at first but was soon all over the place picking up all the silly string on the ground and collecting it.
Then they pulled out a game I had not played since I was a little little kid. It was "pin the tail on the donkey". My brother (who is the artist of the family) had drawn a big donkey on a big poster board and my nieces helped decorate it with TONS of glitter. We all got a chance to try, even Mia! One of the funnier moments of that game was right before someone's turn, my Sis-In-Law came home from work and tried to open the front door (the place where the donkey was) she almost ripped the whole thing trying to get in the door while my nieces screamed NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Don't worry the donkey was saved, and the game resumed.
The winner of the game was my oldest niece Tracy! (10 years), but we all ended up getting prizes. After things settled down a bit I opened my cards and presents. My parent's spoiled me as usual and showered me with tons of new clothes, a new camera bag, new camera battery, new memory stick, lenses for my camera and a wonderful card. After that we all relaxed a bit while Mia, April and their Grandpa danced to music together. It soon started to get late and it was time to go. I didn't want to be there when Mia got tired again and threw another fit. Besides it was already almost midnight! So we all said our goodbyes and headed back to my parent's house for the night.
Once we got back to the house we let Mia run around a bit then tried to get her to go back to bed. No matter what Adrian and myself did we could not get her calmed down enough to go to bed in the pack and play again. She just completely refused and was screaming hysterically. We knew that time would come, especially since she no longer sleeps in a crib (and hasn't for almost 3 weeks) and is used to the bed. So we brought her to my old room to sleep. Adrian put the mattress on the floor and right away she climbed onto it and got comfy. I set up her music and night light and thats when I tripped and bent my little toe back and out!!! I screamed in pain and thought for sure I broke it again. Mia quickly sat up and tried to comfort me. I didn't want to make a big deal about it in front of her because I didn't want to scare her so when I got up and limped out of the room. The pain was BAD! I limped out into the livingroom and told my parents what happened. I ended up having to elevate and ice it the rest of the night. I slept on the couch while Adrian slept with Mia.
The next morning my toe was still pretty achy and I was still limping. I was the first one up and decided to watch some TV. Soon I could hear Mia's little voice coming from my old bedroom so I knew she was up. Adrian soon brought her out and told me what a harsh night he had. He was kicked a few times and she rolled around like crazy the whole night. In the morning, she woke up, took all the blankets off of him and pulled on his shirt until he woke up. Once she knew he was awake she jibber jabbered to him non-stop. He tried to get more rest and rolled away and thats when she noticed the banana I left in the room. She quickly jumped at the banana and handed it to him and and made him peel it for her. So needless to say, he didn't get any more rest after that.
Soon my parent's woke up too and we all visited a bit. My Dad ran off to grab some lunch for us while I took Mia out into the backyard to play on her princess car. My Mom joined us. Mia had a blast picking flowers, riding her car, and drawing on the ground with the new chalk she had won from the donkey game the night before. Then Grandma brought out some bubbles and she chased those too. We had lots of fun. My Dad then came back and we all chowed down on some Jersey Mike's sandwiches.
Mia started to get sleepy so we had her take a nap on her Grandparent's bed. Once she woke up she was all rested and ready to go..... NUTS! Both her Grandparent's commented on how wired she was. They had never seen her so full of energy. She was literally bouncing all over their couches and throwing this little ball all over the place trying to play catch. It was very amusing.
Then it was time to go and say goodbye. We were going to make a quick stop back at my brother's house to drop off some games Adrian had copied for them. So we packed up our car and said our sad goodbyes and for the first time ever, Mia didn't want to leave! She usually always likes to go outside and for rides but this time she cried and didn't want to go. It was sad. Eventually she got better once we had her in the car.
We then went to my brothers house. Everyone was excited to see us again. Then my brother snuck out. We didn't know where he went. We weren't planning on staying to long but once he came back home we just knew we couldn't leave. He surprised us with more of my favorite carne asada!!!! YAY! So he fired up the BBQ again and we all had a nice farewell feast!!!
Mia was happy to be able to play with her cousins again and was soon running all over their backyard. Daddy even tried to show her how to use a scooter and she was on it non-stop. We all had a great visit together. Soon it got dark and started to get cold so we all ran inside. We visited for a couple more hours before it was time to go. Mia was starting to get moody and we had a long trip back home. So we said our sad goodbyes and loaded up the car once again.
Mia did great on the ride home and didn't wake up once. Not even during the emergency pit stop we needed to make because I needed to use the restroom. We made it back home around midnight. Adrian took Mia off the car while I ran upstairs and set up her room. We decided to just lay her down to bed without really waking her up much. She was already in her jammies and her diaper felt pretty dry. She didn't mind and went right back to sleep on her bed.... phew!!!
I was so pooped that I didn't even unload the car and went right to bed myself. Adrian later followed.
Wow what a weekend!!! It was hands down one of the BEST birthday's I have ever had!! I could not ask for anything better. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family. I can't wait to make another visit again!!! Till then I am off to bed... I AM TIRED!!! haha
"And she spilled soda all over her dress!!!!"
We all got a cute laugh over that, it was the cutest story I ever heard!! A little while later I fed Mia some lunch and I could tell she was getting tired because she was starting to act up a a bit. She didn't get a very long nap earlier so I knew we were going to be in trouble. So I decided to head off the pending disaster and asked my brother if she could lay down in his room for a nap. Of course it was ok so I walked her to the room and put her on the bed.
Of course she blew up and cried! Tears flew everywhere as she struggled to climb off their bed. I tried to calm her down but she wanted no part of it. So I decided to start singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to her (her favorite song). To my surprise she actually calmed down and laid down. I gently rubbed her eyes and sang the song over and over again until she knocked out.
I quickly snuck out of the room and just then it was time for cake! I was told to shut my eyes and my brother walked me into the dinning room. When I opened my eyes everyone was around me and my favorite cake of all (Cold Stone's mint chip) was sitting right in front of me!!!! YUUUUMY!! I was sung "Happy Birthday", I made a wish and blew out my candles. Then I was told to close my eyes again, so I did. Everyone counted to three and when I opened them again I was bombarded by TONS and TONS of silly string!!! I was literally covered in a rainbow colored webbing of silly string! My nieces went nuts!! Then out came the poopers and I was shot several times with those!! It was a complete chaos for a few mins. Even my Grandpa got hit with silly string cross fire! It was fun.
Once the chaos finally died down we all sat down for some yummy cake! It was right around that time that Mia decided to rejoin the party. She was a big grumpy at first but was soon all over the place picking up all the silly string on the ground and collecting it.
Then they pulled out a game I had not played since I was a little little kid. It was "pin the tail on the donkey". My brother (who is the artist of the family) had drawn a big donkey on a big poster board and my nieces helped decorate it with TONS of glitter. We all got a chance to try, even Mia! One of the funnier moments of that game was right before someone's turn, my Sis-In-Law came home from work and tried to open the front door (the place where the donkey was) she almost ripped the whole thing trying to get in the door while my nieces screamed NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Don't worry the donkey was saved, and the game resumed.
The winner of the game was my oldest niece Tracy! (10 years), but we all ended up getting prizes. After things settled down a bit I opened my cards and presents. My parent's spoiled me as usual and showered me with tons of new clothes, a new camera bag, new camera battery, new memory stick, lenses for my camera and a wonderful card. After that we all relaxed a bit while Mia, April and their Grandpa danced to music together. It soon started to get late and it was time to go. I didn't want to be there when Mia got tired again and threw another fit. Besides it was already almost midnight! So we all said our goodbyes and headed back to my parent's house for the night.
Once we got back to the house we let Mia run around a bit then tried to get her to go back to bed. No matter what Adrian and myself did we could not get her calmed down enough to go to bed in the pack and play again. She just completely refused and was screaming hysterically. We knew that time would come, especially since she no longer sleeps in a crib (and hasn't for almost 3 weeks) and is used to the bed. So we brought her to my old room to sleep. Adrian put the mattress on the floor and right away she climbed onto it and got comfy. I set up her music and night light and thats when I tripped and bent my little toe back and out!!! I screamed in pain and thought for sure I broke it again. Mia quickly sat up and tried to comfort me. I didn't want to make a big deal about it in front of her because I didn't want to scare her so when I got up and limped out of the room. The pain was BAD! I limped out into the livingroom and told my parents what happened. I ended up having to elevate and ice it the rest of the night. I slept on the couch while Adrian slept with Mia.
The next morning my toe was still pretty achy and I was still limping. I was the first one up and decided to watch some TV. Soon I could hear Mia's little voice coming from my old bedroom so I knew she was up. Adrian soon brought her out and told me what a harsh night he had. He was kicked a few times and she rolled around like crazy the whole night. In the morning, she woke up, took all the blankets off of him and pulled on his shirt until he woke up. Once she knew he was awake she jibber jabbered to him non-stop. He tried to get more rest and rolled away and thats when she noticed the banana I left in the room. She quickly jumped at the banana and handed it to him and and made him peel it for her. So needless to say, he didn't get any more rest after that.
Soon my parent's woke up too and we all visited a bit. My Dad ran off to grab some lunch for us while I took Mia out into the backyard to play on her princess car. My Mom joined us. Mia had a blast picking flowers, riding her car, and drawing on the ground with the new chalk she had won from the donkey game the night before. Then Grandma brought out some bubbles and she chased those too. We had lots of fun. My Dad then came back and we all chowed down on some Jersey Mike's sandwiches.
Mia started to get sleepy so we had her take a nap on her Grandparent's bed. Once she woke up she was all rested and ready to go..... NUTS! Both her Grandparent's commented on how wired she was. They had never seen her so full of energy. She was literally bouncing all over their couches and throwing this little ball all over the place trying to play catch. It was very amusing.
Then it was time to go and say goodbye. We were going to make a quick stop back at my brother's house to drop off some games Adrian had copied for them. So we packed up our car and said our sad goodbyes and for the first time ever, Mia didn't want to leave! She usually always likes to go outside and for rides but this time she cried and didn't want to go. It was sad. Eventually she got better once we had her in the car.
We then went to my brothers house. Everyone was excited to see us again. Then my brother snuck out. We didn't know where he went. We weren't planning on staying to long but once he came back home we just knew we couldn't leave. He surprised us with more of my favorite carne asada!!!! YAY! So he fired up the BBQ again and we all had a nice farewell feast!!!
Mia was happy to be able to play with her cousins again and was soon running all over their backyard. Daddy even tried to show her how to use a scooter and she was on it non-stop. We all had a great visit together. Soon it got dark and started to get cold so we all ran inside. We visited for a couple more hours before it was time to go. Mia was starting to get moody and we had a long trip back home. So we said our sad goodbyes and loaded up the car once again.
Mia did great on the ride home and didn't wake up once. Not even during the emergency pit stop we needed to make because I needed to use the restroom. We made it back home around midnight. Adrian took Mia off the car while I ran upstairs and set up her room. We decided to just lay her down to bed without really waking her up much. She was already in her jammies and her diaper felt pretty dry. She didn't mind and went right back to sleep on her bed.... phew!!!
I was so pooped that I didn't even unload the car and went right to bed myself. Adrian later followed.
Wow what a weekend!!! It was hands down one of the BEST birthday's I have ever had!! I could not ask for anything better. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family. I can't wait to make another visit again!!! Till then I am off to bed... I AM TIRED!!! haha
