Mia Faith - 7 to 8 months

2/10/2011 - 3/10/2011

Hi!

This has been a very rough month in the health department.  Mommy and Lila were very sick with the flu and then, just when they started feeling better, I GOT SICK.  I had a very high fever, didn't sleep a wink for a whole night.  We ended up going to the emergency room and I had ear infection and a very terrible cold.  We are all better now, thankfully!

I celebrated my first LOVE day.  Mommy let me watch as my big sister Lila helped make cupcakes.  I didn't have any cupcakes this time ... I had one when I turned 6 months...my mommy's gift to me! On the other hand, I've been experiencing lots of love from mommy, daddy and my big sister.  I am enjoying my Nana a lot more now, too... She's a lot of fun! :-)

A couple of weeks ago I started getting crummy because my tooth was coming out.  You should have seen how happy mommy was when she saw my first tooth.  You'd think she won the lottery...or in the very least, you'd think my first tooth was a gold tooth.  (giggles...)

Nope, I'm not crawling yet.  Mommy thinks I'm just plain lazy...but really, why crawl when I can go anywhere I want to go by rolling/spinning/scooting?  I can pretty much army-crawl anywhere (that means dragging myself).  Mommy says she has mixed feelings about me crawling.  On the one hand, she wants me to crawl so I can entertain myself for longer periods of time (probably by following Lila around).  Then she says she is happy with me not crawling because she feels I may make her job a little harder by going places I shouldn't go.

Last month I discovered my big voice.  This month I have mastered my big voice.  If only American Idol would lower their minimum age requirement... sigh!!!  I think people think it's sort of annoying, especially because I can tell I startle a lot of people with my high notes. Oh well...

See you in a little while, hopefully, with more exciting news.  :-)

STATS:
weight: 15.14 lbs
height:  26.5 inches

MILESTONES:
first tooth: 3/5/2011
army-crawl: 3/8/2011

Mia Faith - 6 to 7 months

1/10/2011 - 2/10/2011

Hey everyone!

I'm a half-year old!

This has been another exciting month for me.  I've mastered the skill of sitting without support and I roll around the floor and wiggle and scoot to get places.  You wouldn't believe the amount of fun things people leave on the floor... Thank God I have a big sister who isn't as neat as mommy would like her to be. :-)

I absolutely LOVE to play with my big sister Lila, who also loves playing with me.  She is always so careful not to hurt me and whenever I cry she says "Mia, Lila is here..." as she tries to cheer me up.

Now I have a set schedule so I sleep all night plus 2 long naps during the day...........my mommy and daddy couldn't be happier.  I've also been trying lots of different yummy foods.  Curiosity is a huge thing for me so I'm grabbing anything and everything and "tasting" it to find out what it is.  Well, you know, a baby's mouth is not really considered a mouth.  It's considered the EYE, and it's the center of the world for me. 
I've been losing weight, which drives my mommy insane since she is trying and can't...and in the meantime, all I do is repeat a cycle of eat-sleep-cry-poop and still manage to shed some baby fat!  Maybe she should try that diet.  Ha!!!

Be back in a little while with more updates!  Toodles!

How can I not love my big sis?!

My first snow!

STATS:
weight: 15.3 lbs
height:  26.25 inches

MILESTONES:
I can hold my sippy cup! 1/13/2011

Mia Faith - 5 to 6 months

12/10/2010 - 1/10/2011

Happy New Year!!!

This year is THE year for me!  Lots of exciting stuff will happen, I just know it!

I've been having so much fun! I love my big sister so much...now that I'm taking a bath with her, she is the one who actually washes my hands, my feet and she loves it when I splash water all over her!  I try to hold her feet, which she says it "tickles" her but she lets me do it anyway.  She shares her toys with me.  She's so sweet that, even though she will occasionally want to play with something I'm already playing with, she'll give me something else to play with so I'll get distracted. That's how she makes "the switch".

This month I had my first plane ride!  We went to Florida for the holidays and I had tons of fun with my cousins.  Sure I gave mommy and daddy a hard time by waking up way too many times during the night but I made up for it with smiles.  I learned to sit without support and now I really go places when I roll around on the floor.

So, that's what I have to report this month.  See you soon!

STATS:
weight: 14.6 lbs
height:  26 inches

MILESTONES:
sitting without support:  12/30/2010