19 months old

Today you are 19 months old. It seems like just yesterday I was writing your 18 month old post – time really is flying by these days.
My favorite thing of you is how loving you are – I’ve mentioned it before, but this month you have bloomed even more, wanting to hug everyone and you give us the sweetest cuddles and tell us ‘I L’ You’ – which just melts my heart every time.
I think every day you learn new words, your vocabulary is increasing everyday, mostly because you try to copy everything we say, but a special toddler dictionary is required to decipher most of what you say – lately there has been: Shhhhh...Noise, sit down, Papas (potatoes), play doh, bed, shoe, sock, hair, pee pee, potty, and cookie. You started to sing the ABC’s. You can say a, b, c, d. I think my favorite word is when you say I love you. You called Aunt Tracy sisi. When we ask you: how old are you? You say: UNO. When we ask you: how do you say Daddy in Spanish? You say: papi.
You like to talk on the phone. You ask us all the time to call Nina (Aunt Patricia) and Aiden.
Today at the daycare you are going to start to transition to another room (18 to 24 month); they will start taking you for an hour or two so you can get used to the new room, the kids and the providers.

You’ve been sick for the last week, you have a sinus infection, but you are a champ. You’ve been taking you antibiotics like we are giving you candy, you even ask for more.
You are such a joy and so much fun to watch you play around the house and help us clean and fold the laundry.
We love you very much baby girl, and I know I can’t call you baby girl much longer – I’m still clinging on tight.

POTTY TRAINING

Mia will be 19 months old in 5 days, I never thought that she was ready for Potty train yet, but back is July she started to be interested on what Shaun and I were doing in the bathroom so Shaun went to babies r us and got her a potty. We thought that it will be a good idea to just get her use to the potty. Must of the time that we go to the bathroom we take her with us, she sat on the potty while I sat on the toilet but she never did anything until yesterday.

Yesterday went I came back form work Shaun called me upstairs were he was with Mia and told Mia: Show mommy. Mia went to the bathroom and I followed her and I asked her: what happened Mia, what do you want to show me? She sat on the potty and Shaun told her: Mia don’t see there, show mommy, so when I looked on the potty there it was “pee pee”. Mia peed on the potty for the first time.

Here is the story:
Shaun was getting her ready for her bath when Mia took her diaper off, so he told her: Mia sit on the potty and do pee pee until I come back with you towel, Shaun went to her room and got her stuffs together and went back to the bathroom and asked her: did you pee? And Mia said yes. He didn’t believe her but them he saw it in the potty.

Congrats to you Baby girl in this new achievement.

This Weekend

A lot had happened this last weekend; first on Friday Shaun got a phone call from the CDC (Child Development Center) Mia got bitten by one of the other toddlers, they did not want to disclosed any information with Shaun of who was the kid, they give us an accident report where it says that miss Carmen was the provider in charge at the moment, the time, that it did not break the skin and that they clean her arm with soap and water.
When I got home we took Mia to the store and got her a stuff animal (a pink pig)
And took her to Chick-fil-a for dinner and to play and ended the night with an ice cream cone.

On Saturday we took Mia to Michael’s craft store for a pumpkin craft day, we (Shaun and I) help Mia to decorate the pumpkin. After that we went to cicis pizza for lunch since grandma Linda was with us and she never been to a pizza buffet.
In the afternoon Aunt Tracy, aunt Jen and Cody came to visit form NJ and we went out for dinner to celebrate aunt Tracy’s birthday at Duclaw. On Sunday we went Pumpkin and Apple picking at Baugher’s in Westminster, MD.
We had a great time Mia pick up her first apple from a tree and eat it right away. We took lots of pictures; walk around for a while, them we went back to the store to pay for the apples and to take a Hyde ride to the pumpkin patch.

Mia pick up her own pumpkin, she play on the Hyde and walked around the field. The weather was really nice. After that we went to the Baugher’s restaurant for lunch and of course we had to have some pie and ice cream.

Them we went home to bake some cookies. Aunt Tracy wanted to this with Mia and they both had a great time doing it.

Cheers to a great weekend with the family and for many more to come!!!

OCTOBER FACTS

Here are a few fun things about Mia for October.

She is 23 lbs.
She is getting pretty good at running and it is so cute.
She is very loving, and is giving great hugs right now. And she will give kisses when asked.
Her language is definitely progressing, with her adding words like mama (grandma), cold, ice, I L’ ou – I love you and a whole bunch more. I thought I was behind on keeping track last month but now it’s impossible. She constantly amazes me by knowing words and she is also very good at parroting.
If you ask her how old she is she will say: “Uno”.
Mia has her first pony ride on Saturday at the cranberry festival in Bordentown.
She loves the playground at the mall and the pretzels sticks after she played.
We can now do two pony tails on her hair instead of to pigtails.
She loves to dance to any song.
She likes to take care of her cousin Aiden. She likes to feed him and burp him.


This is a really fun age, but I’m sure each month will bring even more fun as Mia continues to grow.

Love,
Mommy.

18 months old

On Saturday you became 1 1/2. Eighteen months have passed since you were born. It’s hard to imagine you not being in our lives, which on the one hand seems like you’ve been here for so much longer than 18 months. On the other, I remember you being so tiny and unable to even sit-up and that wasn’t that long ago.
We aren’t going to get your 18 month appointment until next month due to scheduling & shots.
Every day it seems you surprise me with something you know. I just can’t keep track of the words you know anymore. I’m happy to say you are still very loving, and give great hugs. I hope this doesn’t ever change.
You have gotten to really know who everybody is, when we mention the names you look around to see where they are, including all your teachers. You call Nina all the time, coco (codie) and Aiden (Ian).
Probably your favorite foods right now are potatoes, strawberries and bananas are always a big hit as well (they have probably surpassed mandarin oranges even).
You wear 12 to 18 month clothing; you are around 22 lbs and 32 inches tall.
You love to dance, we were talking about taking you to dance classes, you are very active, you on the move all day, I think that is why you don’t get too much weight, you know how to get off the couch without any help, you climb on the dishwasher door, at the mall play ground you climb the bridge like a pro, you love to play pretend with daddy.
I love you baby girl, and you bring me so much joy in my life. I love seeing you grow and learn.
Love,
Momma

Teacher Parents Meeting

Today we had a parent’s teacher meeting at the CDC (Child Development Center). Mia is doing very well; she likes to get her hands dirty, she love to paint and play in the sand and digs. I’m so glad that she likes to play in the sand; she will have lots of fun at the beach.
She is really independent and she likes the wonder around and explore on her own. Mia has a best friend, his name is Gavin, and they get along pretty well and hold hands.
She knows all the providers by their names, well she can’t say their names but if you ask her where is Miss Linda or where is Miss Tracy she will point at them.
Here are a few pictures that I took while she was sleeping:

Mia is 17 months old

My baby Mia – you are growing up so fast. Today you are 17 months old and I don’t know where the time is flying. You are at an age where you pick up new things every day.
You really understand everything of what we say – we need to be more careful now what we say around impressionable ears since you often try and repeat words.
You love to help around the house, you even help bring laundry to the couch and it’s great! You then throw the sock everywhere on the floor, but it’s a start. You probably say 20 words well, but I’m having trouble keeping count. Your newest one are: open, up, down and teeth. You repeat a lot of words now but I’m not sure you know them on your own, but you constantly surprise me. Also you talk a lot, usually at bed time you have a whole conversation with us before going to bed. (Video coming soon).
You know your head, eyes, ears, nose, feet, mouth, hair, hands, cheeks, chest, and my favorite – belly!!! She lifts her shirt, too cute.
You sleep well as long as you aren’t sick –you go to bed by 7-7:30 and you sleep until 6:00 am. Sometimes I still have to wake you up for the daycare.
You love to dress up and wear mommy’s jewelry; you love to carry purses, you are great at taking care of you dolls and stuffs animal, you like to play with them and daddy, but you don’t like when I tried to play with you two, you push me out of the circle, I guess is daddy’s time.
Mia loves to climb. She really loves to climb on the things she's not supposed to climb on, too. Like the coffee table.
Probably the best part of this age is that you are very loving – your hugs and kisses melt my heart – and you melt the hearts of others as you are very giving of your hugs. You give the best hugs. I hope you keep that spirit throughout your life.
I love you baby girl – you make my heart feel full of joy and happiness.
Love,
Momma