Dia de Mia Vol. 2, no.14: What the fuss?

This past week and a half brought us the trifecta of all trifectas! A bad cold turned into an ear infection. The antibiotics we had Mia on turned into an allergic reaction (she was one giant hive). Mia also doubled her tooth count from 4-8 in just a matter of days. Despite all of her physical hardships and discomfort, she was amazingly resilient and for the most part was in good spirits (outside of a few major, and perplexing to us at the time, meltdowns).

We did manage to have some fun. Mommy threw her friend, Jackie, a surprise bridal shower. The food was Mexican themed (are you surprised?) and Mia certainly enjoyed eating enchiladas and chips (even though she was overwhelmed by all the people). We had record heat this past week which warranted some trips to the pool with friends and neighbors.











"Words flowing out just like the Grand Canyon!" Never really understood this Beastie Boys lyric, but now we do, sort of. New to her vocabulary this week are the following words, of course words that we have heard come out of her mouth but not always consistently used: "eye", "tan ou" (thank you), "duh" (duck), "dahpin" (dolphin), "dahgi" (doggie), "moo-ic" (music), and "bahdie"(birdie). Mia has also been experimenting with climbing onto the couch, over the futon arms, outdoor chairs and up mommy and daddy.

Mia has decided to boycott her highchair. This boycott added some creative and interesting ways for us to get her to eat. We were going to buy a booster chair for her but later Mia and mommy reached a compromise. It turns out that she doesn't want to use her highchair tray and mommy luckily remembered that her highchair adjusted. So the chair is now just pulled up to the table. Things seem to be working out much better now.

We hope that you enjoy pool pictures because that's just about all we're going to have for the next few months! Click here and here.