Meeting the Big Man

Mia got to meet Ol' Saint Nick yesterday. For a fairly short line, it took us awhile to make it to the guy in the red suit. My baby girl was dressed to match him in her little red velvet dress with white fur trim. Mia wasn't too incredibly interested in all of the decorations which surprised me. She must've been thinking hard about what to tell Santa she wanted. She doesn't mind strangers, so I wasn't worried about her freaking out on his lap. However, there must have been too much audio/visual stimulation because she didn't smile for her picture. She just stared wide-eyed at the camera. Maybe she was overwhelmed at meeting the Big Man himself. I don't know what she asked him for, but I'm sure she'll get it. She's been a good girl this year.

Food journal: We started Mia on yogurt this week. She's had both vanilla and banana flavored yogurt and loved it. Yeah for dairy! I think we'll try her on egg yolks sometime soon. Maybe a baby omelet with veggies. Next on the veggie list is zucchini. Cantaloupe will be her next new fruit. Yum!

Mia at 10 1/2 months (46 weeks old)

She's always so happy when she wakes up.

I was so excited to find a Snoopy onesie for a girl!Giving her frogs some love.

Laying Low

It's been a quiet weekend around here. Mia and I are both getting over whatever it was we had. She is finished with her antibiotics and breathing treatments. We've just been taking it easy and trying to stay out of the cold air.

Mia at 10 months old (45 weeks)

My Snow Angel

It snowed in Dallas this morning! It doesn't snow here very often, so it's a big deal when it does. None of it stuck to the ground, but it was beautiful when it was falling. I tried to get a picture of Mia in the falling snow while in her carseat, but you can't see the snow. If you blow up the picture, you'll see blurry spots on it. Yeah...that's the snow. Anyway, it was the first snowfall of the winter, so it required a picture.

Mia has been feeling much better the past couple of days. We will continue her on the antibiotic and breathing treatments for a couple more days, but then she should be fine. Dr. Curry said that her congestion sounds better, but he discovered an ear infection. Poor baby. I've been trying to keep her indoors. That's not too difficult since it's cold. Look at these pictures. She doesn't look sick at all!

Turkey Weekend

Mia had her ups and downs with being sick this weekend, but overall, we had a great time. It was hard to go back to Mom's each time she was due for a breathing treatment, but we made it work. I think she's starting to feel better. We go back to see Dr. Curry in the morning. I guess we'll go from there.

Thanksgiving Day was hectic, but it was so good to see everyone. I forgot to bring my camera half of the time, though. I'm hoping everyone will e-mail me their pictures to fill in the gaps (hint! hint!).

On Saturday, we went to a birthday party for my cousin's little boy. Dawson turned 4, and he is apparently way into pirates. It was a really cute party. Later that evening, we went to Ft. Smith with Uncle Darvey and Ruth to meet Nana and Keith for dinner. Afterward, we all went over to Uncle Tommy and Aunt Pat's house (Sorry, it's hard for me to call him Uncle Booger). We had a nice visit.

We saw a lot of people throughout the weekend. I can't remember everything that happened right now. Time to go to sleep and recharge my battery! Please, send me pictures from this weekend!

Mia at 10 months (44 weeks)
Thanksgiving DayMia and PapaMia trying to eat one of Dawson's pirate coins.
I tried to get a picture of Dawson, but he was on the move a lot.Mia and Papaw at the partyShowing off her pirate treasure while wearing Papaw's cowboy hat.Reading a book with Uncle Darvey

Under the Weather

Mia had another "first" yesterday. She was sick, so we went for our first unscheduled doctor's visit due to illness. She's had a runny nose for several weeks, but then again who hasn't, right? However, the drainage has been worse the past few days, and she's developed a cough. I picked her up from daycare early yesterday because she was running a fever. I noticed she was making a wheezing sound, so these were all indicators to me to go see Dr. Curry. He said that it sounds like she has a virus, so he wanted to do a breathing treatment in the office. Afterwards, he thought she sounded a little better. He gave us our own nebulizer to do the treatments at home. We get to do those every 4-6 hours. Let me tell ya...it's no fun for any of us. I always want her to be happy, but some things are for her own good. I guess I had my own "first" when we gave her the breathing treatment this morning. It was the first time I have had to hold my child down for medical purposes. She kept batting away the nebulizer, so Wesley held it while I held her arms. It was not the most pleasant experience. After lunch, we get to do it again. She's also taking a liquid medicine twice a day. I'm hoping she will feel better by tomorrow, so that she can enjoy our time with family on the holiday.

This is about as happy as she's been today.
My sweet baby just doesn't feel well.
This is a "I want my mommy" face.
I've been holding her a lot today.

Funny Face

One of my favorite pj's of Mia's have bunny rabbits on the feet. As anyone who has read this blog in the past knows, I love jammies with animals on the feet. I've put pictures on here of Mia's duck jammies and ladybug jammies. She also had some bumblebee jammies. Today, I'm including the bunny jammies picture.

Mia loved both the acorn squash and the blueberries. As previously mentioned, each blueberry was cut into four pieces. I didn't anticipate that she would keep the blueberry skins in her mouth. She would chew the soft inner fruit, and it was as if she wasn't sure what to do with the outer skin. I had to give her plenty of time to swallow it. We bought her zucchini and broccoli today. I'm feeling good about those two. I think she'll like them.

I can remember that while Mia and I were still in the hospital right after she was born, she would curl her tongue a lot. She was just a day or two old. I assume all newborns must do it, but I wasn't aware of that. She just looked so cute. She still makes that face sometimes. Just by chance, I caught her doing it with the camera. She started out smiling, but by the time the flash went off, she was making another face.

Mia at 9 1/2 months (43 weeks)
Mia and Daddy
Curling her tongue

Piggyback Ride

Mia has a few different stuffed frogs. One of them has very long arms and legs. When Mia received it as a gift from Nanny and Papa, the arms and legs were wrapped around a fleece blanket and attached together with velcro. The frog, who incidentally is called "Mama Frog" by us, has rosy cheeks and usually sits with her arms around the little frogs. Right now, Mia loves to pull things out of baskets or down off of furniture. She busied herself with tossing each frog from the rocking chair into the floor the other evening. Mama Frog had her arms empty for once, so Mia gave her a piggyback ride around her room. Mia thought it was so funny that Mama Frog was on her back.

We have given Mia eggplant for dinner for the past two nights. She doesn't like it AT ALL. That's okay with me because I don't like it at all either. I just don't want my culinary limits to deprive Mia of things she might otherwise enjoy. That only makes her second food dislike, though. Just peas and eggplant. Everything else she has loved. Originally, I gave her the peas in pureed form. I bought some frozen peas, though, and plan to serve them to her as finger food. Maybe she'll like them that way. Mia's next two new foods will be acorn squash and blueberries. She loves butternut squash, so we are trying another variety of winter squash. The blueberries are a little large for my liking as far as finger food. Ever the paranoid mommy, I'll probably cut or mash them a little at first. The thought of Mia choking is one of my biggest fears. I fed her some avocado last night that was cut up so small she could hardly pick it up. Better safe than sorry, I say.

Mia at 9 1/2 months old (42 weeks)