Mia Update

Hola,

Miss Mobile Mia is now 16 1/2 months old and is getting big! It's been a while since I last wrote (been a bit busy with school work), so here is what has been going on since our last update on Oct. 18th:

Weight/Height
At the docs last week, she weighed 24 lbs and 13 oz. She went in for congestion and came out with two ear infections. :( She is better now, but still has her cough which is going away. She is pretty tall too, probably 32 inches or a bit more.

Talking/Signs
Mia can say a few new words: down, cracker, gato, nana, nooooo, baby (said baby on Thanksgiving...more like bee bee), aba (for aqua) and cheese (kind of said it clearer today). That makes about about 11 words that Mia can now say. :) She can also sign for eat (used to do "more" for eat, but now does "eat" for "eat"), please, more and her fav sign, milk. It's pretty cute to see Mia do "milk" when we get her up in the morning and when she's by the fridge. It's pretty amazing. Anywho, I am teaching her signs for no, stop, thank you/you're welcome, but these are taking her a bit longer to mimic since she is not really interested in them. I'm sure she'll pick them up eventually.

Sleeping
Mia is a greatttt sleeper with 12 hours of night time sleep each night! Lask week when she was congested, she slept about 13-14 hours! However, she's back to her 12 hour schedule which I still love!

Raisins
Well we figured out that Mia can not have raisins anymore. She developed this nasty rash about a month ago which made her screammmmm each time we changed it...it was bad. We took her to the docs and they put her on medicated cream which didn't really work that well. The NP there said that it's not from the raisins so we continued giving her raisins which caused her to break out once again a week later. So we aren't giving Mia raisins anymore, b/c obviously she has a reaction to them.

1st Halloween
Mia had her 1st trick or treating experience which was a ton of fun! She loved picking out the lollipops and even grabbed a few candy bars for mommy and daddy. We took some great pics too of course!

Thanksgiving
Mia spent her 2nd Thanksgiving with her baby friends at our friend's house. It was a nice day and dinner and we all had a ton of fun...especially watching the girls run around after each other.

Funny things
One funny thing Mia can do is give high 5s when we ask her. However, since being able to do that, she now knows how to slap us...yeap, right in the face! We tell her "no" when she does that, but I think she thinks we're playing a game. I know she knows what "no" means, I just think she's being defiant sometimes. :) Mia also loves to sit in our bellies and bounce. She also loves to say "up" when she's by the couch/bed/chair etc. We then put her on the couch and her face just lights up! I love it!

Christmas Pics
Today, we went to Sears to get our 2nd Annual Christmas pics taken which was great! Mia did very well sitting with us and by herself, in a chair of course! The pics turned out great!

Home for the Holidays
On Dec. 12th, Josh, Mia and I will be going back east for the holidays. We will be there from the 12th to the 31st, which will be a ton of fun! We hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!