christmas 2009

Ok I’m a week behind on the Christmas day post, but here it is.
We had a great time for Christmas we were able to see all our family in NJ and Mia had a blast opening all the presents, we spent Christmas Eve at Josie’s house, have dinner with Josie, Keith and Fernando, Mia opened her first presents that night. On Christmas day Mia wake up at 6:40 am like she knew what was waiting for her, so we started to opening the Christmas present and them get ready to go to Garfield for breakfast.
After breakfast we went to Jenn’s parents to have dinner with their family. We had a great time, we were super tire it was a lot of driving around. We didn’t get back to Bordentown until 9:00 pm.
Mia got spoiled this year, a few of the presents that she got are:

Dora sleeping doll http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-L7298-Sleepy-Dreams-Dora/dp/B000VZXSGM
Baby and bath doll
Kitchen (step 2) http://www.step2.com/product.cfm?product_id=1299
Food for the kitchen (2 sets)
Fisher-Price Elmo Live Encore http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12016710
An electric keyboard (piano)
A baby alive http://www.hasbro.com/babyalive/en_US/
Play doh
Finger paint
Bubble machine
Books (in English and Spanish)
A princess castle
Pajamas
Clothing
Fridge alphabet set Fridge Phonics® Magnetic Alphabet Set
M & M’s candy
Toys R us gift cards
a nativity set
a Doctor's kit
and much more, these are only the ones that I can think of.

I hope everybody had a great and safe Christmas and thank you everyone for your generosity, Mia love every single one of her toys she is having lots of fun.

Mia and Santa pictures

21 Months

Mia turned 21 months today. Today she finally witnessed what a real snow storm is. She has really progressed with her speaking skills. She is now using a few words in a row. Things such as "Mommy I am falling", "Daddy sit down", "It is raining out", "I have to go pee-pee". This past month seems to have been a little more hectic than others, i assume from the terrible twos, but that is off and on. There are times when Mia will be sitting with me, and we will look at each other and just start cracking up. Neither of us have an idea why we crack up, we just do, and it completely acceptable because to see Mia laugh is a prize in itself. I really like when Mia wants to snuggle with the three of us. This month Mia also caught the RSV virus. The easiest way to explain what it is, is to imagine your lungs as normal tree branches with leaves, however with the RSV virus, the branches become thinned out leaving the leaves with little oxygen. In essence Mia's lungs were not getting the appropriate oxygen, causing her to cough very badly at night. The doctor put her on a nubulizer which is actually used for people with asthma, however they have realized that it also helps with RSV because the the effects of asthma are very similar. She is now doing much better, and is running around all over again. Mia now knows my other name is Shaun and Mommy's other name is Karina. She can also say 1 to 10 in English and Spanish. She also knows that credit cards are used for shopping, and uses our old cards to pretend she is shopping. She knows when mommy is not here that she is working. She also likes to pretend I am a horse and give her horsey rides. We are blessed and we will continue to cherish each moment we possibly can with Mia. I love you Mia, love your daddy.