Mia is 15th months old

Dear Mia,
Today you are 15th months old and you are like a sponge, it seems like you really understand what we are saying, even though you don’t say many words. Eating is an adventure some days you eat everything - others you only want chesses and crackers. We are trying to give you a well rounded meal with a couple things we know you will eat.
You love books; we’ve progressed to where you will let me read a page or two before flipping too fast for any words. Maybe I can truly read a book to you soon. You love you card set with animals too. I think those are your two favorite indoor activities now. You favorites books are: Tails by Matthew Van Fleet. http://www.amazon.com/Tails-Matthew-Van-Fleet/dp/0152167730
Baby Einstein Discover the Day http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Discover-Lift-Flap-Sound/dp/141278655X/ref=pd_sim_b_5

We can finally say you are a true toddler since you started walking, it went from one to two steps very quickly to just walking. You don’t have your Frankenstein walk any more, is so amazing how you can just walk down the hall and turn into a room, you also starting to run too, I’m in a bit of shock about it actually.
You are still loving and happy and friendly - maybe a little shy in new situations but otherwise you seem to enjoy life fully and I hope that is a trend throughout your life.
When we ask you where your ears, nose, eyes and head are you will point to them (or pat your head). You are learning belly now; you give kisses, hugs, fives, wave bye bye and dancing when we ask you to. I've also noticed that when we give you simple commands like "go get the ball”, “press the button" “trash the garbage” or “give this to Daddy” you will respond appropriately.
You are climbing up on things like the table and the chairs of your table set that we got you at IKEA. You are not climbing on the couch yet, but its coming.
You know how to do a fish mouth and like a bird with your hand and you recognized the sound of a plane.

And one last note, this month has brought a new teeth you cutting your top left one.

WE HAVE A WALKER

Unfortunately I haven’t gotten great video of it yet, but she is really starting to walk more and more. Let’s see - two weeks ago she finally took about 8 steps without help. She was standing quite a bit, getting herself to standing and walking a tiny bit.
Well she is walking with some Frankenstein arms, but I think she will manage this whole thing soon. She walked for the first time at the daycare on Friday and Miss Tracy told Shaun that she was walking doing her miss congeniality walk like “look at me” kind of walk. It’s amazing how much better she is getting. So far she still wants us to hold her and caring her every where, I don’t think she realized what she is doing J
Our lives will never be the same now - chaos will ensue with our true toddling toddler.
Love,
Mommy.

Thunders and Lightning

Yesterday afternoon started to rain pretty bad, there was lots of thunders and lightning. Mia was not happy about it, she was actually really scared of the thunders, she spend the whole evening in our laps/ arms until stop raining. it was so cute to see her jump everytime she heard them.

Memorial Day Weekend 09

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday we took Mia for a bike ride to the Baltimore and Annapolis trail, after 1.5 miles we stop at the playground to go on the swings them we ride back. In the afternoon we went to Shaun’s friends Chris for a BBQ, they have a moon bounce, swings and other games for the kids. Mia has a great time with the others kids and playing in the grass.
On Sunday we went to the National Zoo in DC, we had a great time Mia got so exited when she so the bear, some of the animal she couldn’t see cause they were kind of far and I think she can focus that well to actually see the animals when there is so many trees, rocks, etc. we walk the zoo for about 3 hours and after lunch we decide to go back because it was getting too busy.
On Monday we went shopping and spent the afternoon at home and have a great BBQ that Shaun made for us.
We had a great time and looking forward a this weekend because Aunt Tracy and Grandma Linda are coming.

14 Months Old

Today you are fourteen months old. You are a sponge right now, absorbing everything around you so it’s really enjoyable to help you along the way.
You still love your morning and evening bottles - love them. Hold them like they are your baby, We want it to break it before we go back and see Dr. Youn for the 15 month appointment, but we’ll see, I really don’t want you to stop drinking your milk, during the day you are all zippy cups and you are a pro using the straw. Right now not even considering breaking the paci habit - though you mainly only have them at night/naps unless you are extremely cranky.
You love your babies and your stuffed animals, and really any toy can substitute. You hug them and pat them and mother them before tossing them aside. There is not one toy that has stood out yet as your favorite, you still love them all for minutes at a time before moving on to another. Another thing is you love to dance, every time that you hear music or we told you to dance you are right on it.
You love the outside and pointing to everything you see. You give the best kisses and you blow kisses as well. You still don’t want to walk alone more than a couple steps, but you cruise and turbo crawl with the best of them (and can walk just fine holding onto one of our hands so I think you are just too stubborn to let go).
They say it just keeps getting better, and I can truly say I am loving how fast you learn things and how much more you can interact with us. It doesn’t mean I didn’t think the baby stage was wonderful - I loved the baby stage, having my head lying against yours and that baby smell. But it’s also exciting to see you becoming a true toddler and developing your personality which appears to be fairly independent and strong willed. Don’t know where you get that from… ;) But you are loving and happy and friendly as well, things I hope stay with you always.
I love you baby girl. I am looking forward to a great summer.
Love,
Mommy.

Mother's Day

For Sunday May 10 Mother’s day we stared the day going for breakfast at Friendly’s after breakfast we took Mia to the Clark’s Elioak Farm in Ellicott City, they have a petting zoo, a fairy tale forest and a enchanted forest pine tree maze. We has such a great time, Mia enjoyed all the figures from the enchanted Forest (the old women in a shoe, the 3 bears house, the 3 pigs house, Alice in wonderland, sleeping beauty, etc) the slides and all the animals at the farm, they have goats, sheep, donkeys, pigs, cows, ponies, turkeys, ducks, chickens, bunnies. It was the first time at the farm for all of us and it was more that I was expecting. It took about two hours to do all the displays and see all the animals. We also took a hayride around the farm.
After that we went out to lunch and to Patricia’s house to see Aiden and we ended the day with a great BBQ that daddy make for us.
It was a great day and a perfect mother’s day.

Thank you Shaun and Mia for make that they so special, I hope you had as much fun as I had.

Love,
Mommy

Mia is 13 month old

My gosh Mia, you are 13 months old now. First you are one and a ‘toddler’, according to baby center, and now another month has gone by. I’m in shock at how fast the time passes. There is so many cute things that you do each day that it's impossible to keep up with them all.
You are talking more and more but I am apparently not very good at picking out the words. One that you use now is ‘up’, so that adds to the list of mama, dada, hi and teddy (missing at the moment) and more in Spanish (ma’). I know you have to be saying more than that, but I just can’t distinguish them yet. You are still great at answering questions and having conversations with us - you know what tone to use to answer, and are so adorable while you do it. As most toddlers, you learned how to shake yes and no and you use it particularly when telling us stories.
You are an amazing eater though there are a few things you don’t like - you don’t like bananas (weird for a baby), you are not crazy about pasta with tomato sauce. You have a sweet tooth like Mommy, you love Ice cream. You love meats from chicken to meatballs you love chesses, potatoes and strawberries. Bread and crackers are always favorites and you can’t get enough of the crunchies. We basically feed you whatever we are eating no more baby food. It amazes me what those gums are capable of chewing! She still only has hers two bottoms front teeth. That's it, two teeth! We even fed her chili last week.
You are so active I think you need every calorie of what you eat to get around every day. It’s great to introduce more foods and figure out your likes and dislikes - who know what this month will bring.
Non-toy favorite items include car keys, anything she can manage to grab out of my diaper bag before I take it away (wallets, cell phones, diapers, etc) remote control, bottles of water.
She also loves to open and close drawers, cabinets, and doors. This is not so much fun for us. You like the vacuum cleaner and help mommy and daddy to clean (you are very good with the swiffer).
You clap when you are happy our when we are singing to you, you point at things that you want, you say no with you finger, you wave bye bye. You sing ABC’s with daddy (well you try). You know were you eyes and nose are and you like to see at ours.
Mia - you are my baby girl even though you are growing up fast. Your daddy and I love you so much and are happy that we are moving into the stage when we can be affectionate with you. There is nothing better than a hug or kiss from our Mia.