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Good Morning! I meant to write this blog last night but by the time Adrian and Mia got home, Alex was fed, and I ate some La Bellas, I was too tired and decided to run off to bed instead. But here I am, bright and early in the morning. Alex is in the other room sleeping, Mia just woke up for the morning (so I have to make this quick) and the heater is on. I am ready to go!
Yesterday, Adrian and Mia took off to San Diego to visit his Mom again. Adrian needed to install a few more computer parts, help his mom with her phone, and some other things. I stayed home with Alex and we had another Mama/Son bonding day. We had fun together (of course when he wasn't crying his little lungs out) though I did come to realize that the more Adrian and Mia leave on their little outings that I miss going with them. I always joined them pre-Alex so staying home is alittle weird for me right now. The only saving grace is hanging out with my little man.. he cheers me up. I also know this is all temporary and soon all 4! of us will be doing little family outings once again.
So Mia and Adrian left pretty early, alittle after noon. They didn't go straight to San Diego, however. They first hit San Marcos on the way down south and shopped at Fry's. Adrian picked up a few floor heaters for the house so we could try them out. Its been getting insanely cold lately here. Mia did good, she hung out in the basket and later got to see all the little fishies they had on display.
After Fry's they headed off to San Diego. On the way to La Bellas, Adrian realized something horrible. He had forgotten Mia's diaper bag in my car (at the last min. he decided to take his own car instead of mine) So he quickly called up his Mom and asked her to pick up some diapers for him on the way to the restaurant. He kept saying size "5"! however, Grandma forgot and came with size "4" OH NO! but they made due with what they had and luckily Mia had no accidents and more lucky she didn't go poopies! haha
Anyway they met up with Grandma at La Bellas (our favorite Italian Restaurant in San Diego). Unfortunately for them the Charger game was on so it was PACKED! (La Bellas is notorious for having TONS of Charger fans flock to it to watch the game in their bar area). They did, however, get seated pretty quickly. It didn't take long before the waiter came to them and offered them a free desert! WOW! but it wasn't without a cost... they had a family of 7 coming in and they wanted to move Adrian, my Mother-in-law and Mia to another smaller table. Since it was just the three of them and they had not been served yet, they agreed. Soon the party of 7 came in and what do you know, it was some distant relatives!! What are the odds! So they all visited for a while then the food came and they ate.
To my surprise Mia LOVED their Minstrone soup! She rarely ever eats soup, but Grandma worked her magic and right away she was chowing down on it. She even said "Mmm...mmm... soup good!" which is the approval code for Mia. She ate little bit of Daddy's Calzone and some other things. She even got her own treat from the waiter, while Adrian and his mom got cheese cake.. Mia got a small bowl of sherbert!!! She liked that.
After La Bella's they headed off to Grandma's house. Mia was all excited, she LOVES going to Grandma's house. On the way there Adrian passed by a house that was giving away a free scooter. He knew how much Mia LOVED to play on her cousins scooters at her Nina and Nino's house in Oxnard, so decided to pick it up for her. It was a little old and tattered but still worked. Once they got to Grandma's house Mia literally took off on the scooter and was able to push herself along! WOW! That was a first. Later, when they all went into the house Grandma brought out a little wagon she had gotten for Mia. Mia was all excited about the wagon and soon had her Grandma pushing her all over the house. It didn't take long before Grandma got tired but Mia still insisted on being pushed. Eventually Grandma convinced Mia to push around some dollys and stuffed animals in the wagon and Mia settled for that instead.
Later Grandma busted out some crayons to color and you know what that means.. Mia went NUTS! She LOVES to color and draw and that distracted her enough so Daddy and Grandma could work on the computer and phone.
Eventually it got late and it was time to go. They said their goodbyes and headed off home. Once they got here Mia went straight to bed (it was almost 11pm!). She didn't go right to sleep though and it took some time. I was happy to see them home and more happy that Adrian brought me my FAVORITE La Bella's dish.. Manicotti and Minstrone soup! I was in heaven and wasted no time in scarfing that down. Yummy!
Overall the visit was great as always. I just hope I will be able to join them soon.
