Cutest Christmas Tree Ever

As Mia approaches her second birthday, I've been thinking of how much she's changed since this time last year.  She was barely walking at her first birthday.  Now, she tears around the house like a wild child.  Her vocabulary is outrageous.  She's putting sentences together well, and she's even learning a few abc's and numbers.  Until this last month, she hasn't been too interested in tv.  Now, she wants to watch Hello Kitty and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse every five minutes.  She likes to dance, so Mickey's Hot Dog Dance is a particular favorite of her's.  She's becoming such a big girl.  For example, right now she's hollering at the Dallas Stars game with her daddy.

We had our first crib escape the other night.  Wesley and I were awakened at 2:30 in the morning to Mia's hysterical crying on the baby monitor.  She almost never wakes up at night, so that combined with her panic got us out of bed quickly.  Before we could get to her room, we heard a thump.  We quickly opened her door to find her on all fours on the floor.  She wasn't hurt, but I think it really surprised her that she fell out.  We think she had a bad dream because there was nothing wrong with her.  She refused to sleep in her room, so she slept in our bed for the rest of the night.  She hasn't tried to climb out again, but we've been putting cushions on the floor in front of her crib just in case.

She was helping me take the garland off of the tree.  This is how she helped.

 

Lucky Cupcakes Strike Again

Last night was the Fiesta Bowl: OU vs. UConn.  OU was heavily favored for the game, but Mia and I made our lucky cupcakes again like we did for the Big 12 Championship.  You know, just in case.  I thought Mia would have fun if I let her "help" me make them.  We got her a dining chair to stand on at the counter.  Mimi was recruited to document Mia's first foray into baking with lots of pictures.  After dumping the cupcake mix into the bowl with the eggs, oil, and water, Mia just couldn't resist.  She immediately dunked both hands into the mixing bowl before I could stop her.  Mimi and I were laughing while Daddy cleaned off Mia's hands.  We gave Mia a mixing spoon hoping it would act as a deterrent against any more sticky fingers.  Naturally, as soon as her hands were clean she submerged them again.  Daddy cleaned her hands off again, and she went back to mixing.  I was fairly positive that Mia was going to flip a big spoonful of cupcake mix in the floor, so we switched to the electric mixer.  I helped Mia hold it, and she really liked it!  We got a late start on the cupcakes, so Mia had to go to bed before she could have one.  She had a cupcake today to celebrate OU's 48-20 victory over Connecticut! Go Sooners!

Dumping cupcake mix onto her left hand as she pours it with her right hand

Curious little fingers had to see what was in the bowl

 Clean fingers

 Stirring it up

 There she goes again

 This is more like it!

 The best part- licking the mixers!

 Enjoying the finished product

 

We All Scream for Ice Cream

Mia stayed at our house with Mimi on Thursday so that Wesley and I could go to work.  They had a fun day.  Since Mia was a good girl for Mimi, we all went to Espumoso for ice cream after dinner.  Mia wanted to feed it to herself, so we let her have at it.  It's funny to see all of the places she gets food on herself.

Getting some help from Daddy

Washing down the ice cream with a drink of Daddy's Dublin Dr. Pepper

Two of a Kind

Mia got a baby doll for Christmas that she can play with in the bath.  The baby came with accessories, one of which is a hooded bath towel with a duck on it.  It just so happens that Mia has a towel just like it.  It's double the cute-ness!  Mia enjoyed playing with the baby.  She got to wash it and dry it off.  She loves getting to play at being a mommy.

Mia said she was cold after getting out of the bath.  She traded in her duckie towel for the hooded deer blanket she got from Papaw.  It's super soft and warm.

 

Wordless Wednesday: Mia and Darvey

Just What I've Always Wanted

Mia's bedroom looks like Santa's workshop blew up in it.  She must have been a very good girl this year.  She's been having lots of fun playing with her toys.  Mia's daycare has been closed this week for the Christmas holiday, so she's been home with Wesley for the last three days.  They've been having a good time, but I think that Daddy is pretty worn out.  Uncle Darvey is here to visit, and Mimi will be here all weekend.  Mia has definitely not been bored.

She insisted on wearing her coat, hat, and mittens to push her shopping cart around the house.

Frying up some goldfish crackers in a plastic skillet

 Wearing Mrs. Potato Head's glasses

 Taking a breaking from "computing" to get a swig of milk

 

Santa Stopped Here Too!

I brought Mia home on Christmas Day.  Wesley had to work earlier in the day, but Mia and I came home that evening.  The ride back to Dallas was interesting.  At one point, Mia decided that she wanted me to read her a story, so I started telling her one.  She said, "No, Mommy! Book! Read!"  She wanted me to hold it up and turn the pages as I was driving.  Fortunately, I have Goodnight Moon memorized and I had the board book version in the car.  I was able to hold it up and turn the pages with one hand, drive with the other hand, and tell her the story from memory.  It was one of those moments where I felt like SuperMom.  Unfortunately, there was nobody there but Mia to witness my awesome mommy-ness.  When it got dark, I told Mia that I couldn't read anymore books.  I guess she got bored because she started telling me a story.  She's never done that before.  This is kind of how it went: Mia, "Puppy kai! (cry)". Me,"Why is the puppy crying?" Mia, "Owie!" Me, "What happened?"  Mia, "Reese bite!" (Reese is her friend at daycare). Me, "Oh no, Reese bit the puppy and now it's crying?"  Mia, "Yes."  Then she waited a second and said, "Puppy wet!"  Me, "He is?" Mia, "Pamper!", Me, "Puppy needs a Pamper?" Mia, "Yes. Pie pipe! (baby wipe)".  It was pretty random and funny.

  We were all tired when we got home, but Mia had toys from Santa Claus waiting for her.  She love, love, loved her little kitchen.  I could barely get her to look at me for a picture because she was so interested in it.  Her baby bassinet from Santa was a big hit too.  She tried to crawl into it, so I had to explain to her that it's too little and only for her baby dolls.  She loved all of her gifts.  I was really excited to see her playing on her own.  She's usually my little shadow, so it was different to see her run off to her room to play with her new toys.  We decided to get her a little pink laptop because she won't leave our laptop alone.  Whenever she gets the chance, she runs over to our laptop and starts pushing buttons.  When we start walking toward her and telling her to stop, the little booger just types faster.  Her new computer has helped with that problem.  However, she can't say the word "computer", so she keeps calling it her "potato".

"Hey, I can take a nap!"

 "Oh yeah, that's for babies!"