We've hit our 20's!

*  I'm just going to start by saying that this picture pretty much sums up this last month!!  You are a fricken crazy ass beast who can make us crack up one minute and 2 seconds later make us want to rip out our fuckin hair!

*  I will say that you have been sorta kinda naughty lately and I'm starting to wonder what the hell I'm doing wrong?!  I know all kids go through "this" kind of thing but holy hell.  You get so frustrated when things don't go your way or you can't figure things out on your own or we won't let you do things by yourself.....so in return you PUNISH us!!!  WHY???  I don't know but I would appreciate it if my cute lovely little girl would start to show herself!!

*  I had said last month that your vocabulary is ever expanding and that holds true for this month.  You learn new things every day and it's so cool for dad and I to hear you start to put things together and know what we are talking about when we ask you for something.  You are a sponge....which means I'm going to have to watch my fuckin potty mouth!  Ooops!!!

 
*  You are a music freak!!!  I'm probably a horrible mother but we do not listen to ABC's and 123's and Elmo and shit.....your favorite songs right now are Adele - Rolling in the Deep, Trey Songz - Bottom's Up and Lady Gaga - Poker Face!  See I told ya I'm not a very good mom!  You and I totally jam out in the car and you have this great little dance you do and you totally sing along!!!  I love it!  I have a video that I'll have to post!

*  You are a total big girl now....we put your highchair in storage because you didn't want anything to do with that "baby" thing so we had to get you a booster seat so you are a big girl now and sit at the table with us.  It's so weird and cool and sad all at the same time.  You are just getting so big so fast and it just keeps going faster and faster.

*  You LOVE your babies!  We've been having to bring your babies' stroller with us pretty much where ever we go.  It's so cute to watch you push your babies around and give them hugs and kisses!

This last month has been a challenge but one that I welcome with open arms (most of the time).  Regardless of the tantrums and naughtiness you show your wonderful independence and the drive to want to do things on your own!  I just don't want you to get to independent!  I still need you to need me....I most definitely need you Bug!  I love ya to the moon and back!

WHACK!!!

My child is a beast!!!  It's no secret!!  We all know it!!  She likes to hit....a lot....we are working on trying to tame the beast but it's a slow training process!  Although tonight I must say I witnessed something quite special....actually quite spectacular!  Mees and Just were sitting on the couch hanging out.  Justin was making kissy noises at her....just a daddy wanting some smooches from his baby girl!  Well apparently this was completely unacceptable behavior in the eyes of the beast....so what did she do????  She fuckin wound up and smacked the shit out of him!!!  Now at no time do I condone her hitting or acknowledge it by laughing but if you could have heard the smack and the power she put into this right hook.....oh dear lord....you would have laughed your ass off too!

So...the conversation between the two of them after the spectacular not funny whatsoever "incident" goes a little something like this:

Justin:  Mimi....it's not nice to hit daddy like that.

Mia:  Funny daddy, funny!!!

Justin:  No Mees, it's not funny (trying to conceal his laughter, me not so much)

Mia:  (Laughing) Yeah daddy, funny (WHACK!!!!)

Justin:  MIA....

Nikki:  Laughing!!!!  Hysterically!!!!  

Sometimes it's just necessary to laugh!!!  I mean shit....at least it wasn't me she whacked this time!!!!

Closer to 2 than 1....Ahhhh!!!

Today hits the 19 month mark!!!  It's freaking me out that you are now closer to two than you are to one.  Where the hell does the time go?  I don't know....

*  I'm gonna start with a little incident from the other night that mommy would like to call "Are you f'ing shitting me.....did you seriously just bite me in my fat thigh, broke skin and drew blood?"  Mia....I seriously wanted to chuck you across the room!!!  I didn't but sorta kinda wanted to....that shit hurt so bad and is so totally completely naughty and I hope to hell that this doesn't become some sort of habit with you.  Then on top of it all, a little while later you came up to me and pointed to my leg and said with the cutest little smile on your face, "mama, Ouwie?"  Really Mees?  Really?

*  Your vocabulary is getting larger by the day and it's so much fun to listen to you and listening to the way you say things and interpret things!  You are getting so much better at repeating things back...which in turn could start to bite me in my ass....note to self....stop swearing!!   One of your favorite things to do is say "Mama?  Dada?  Mama?  Dada?.......Hi!"

*  You think that ALL furniture is your trampoline!!!  I got two words for you.....IT'S NOT!!!!!  So sit down!

*  Everything is a tea party and it's not a tea party unless we use water and by use water I mean spill that shit all over the place and then proceed to make a total mess and by total mess I mean completely soak yourself and the table and floor!!  You'd think we'd learn better by now but we still give you the damn water so I guess it's our fault????

*  Your independence is becoming much more apparent as the days go by!  You get pissed if we try to help you.  Turns out though...I'm gonna keep helping...I can't help it....it's in my nature!

*  You went to your first wedding the other weekend!  Uncle Jake and Antie Becky had their reception back home and you totally stole the show!  It's a good thing that you are so damn cute otherwise Antie Becky would have thrown you out!!!  You loved every minute of it and so did everyone else.  You were the entertainment.  You danced til almost 11 and didn't want to leave!!  You tore up the dance floor to your two favorite songs....Bottoms Up and Poker Face....I know....Mother of the Year, right here!!!  Your dad and I loved watching you ham it up and I'll tell ya, it doesn't get old hearing that we have the cutest child alive!!!

*  Right now you are obsessed with your Antie Nani, Uncle Joe, Carter and Ella!  All you do is talk about them...you wake up talking about them and you go to bed talking about them!!!  Just remember I birthed you....you can talk about me and your dad every once in a while too!!!!

*  We are still on the whole movie kick but we've added a few to our list....so instead of the same two over and over again we have four!!!  Yeah!!!!

I love you baby girl!!!  Heres to another month.....with NO biting!!!!

Half way to Two!!!!

Here we are another month older and mommy is another day late on her post....bad mommy!!!  These months are just flying by and you are getting so big so fast.

* All I can say is that I want to chuck Bambi and Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaur out the f'ing window!!!!  Your dad and I could give anyone a dramatic reenactment of either of these movies!!!  It wouldn't be pretty but it would be accurate!  We get home everyday and everyday you run to the DVD player and stomp around until we put in a movie.  Good Lord child!

* You used to let me put your hair in pigtails and barrettes and now you let me put them in but decide to rip them out shortly thereafter.  And honestly honey.....your hair is one hot mess of a mullet right now.  Mommy would really appreciate it if you could keep that shit in your hair!

* We got our iPad and you LOVE to "paygays"(play games).  You are learning so much and it's amazing how quickly you learned how to work it!  Plus it's an extra bonus for mommy and daddy because we get to play with a fricken sweet ass toy!

* We went for you 18 month check up the other day and you are perfect!  You grew 2 inches or so and are now 32 inches tall and 23.6 pounds.  You are taller than average and your weight is smaller than average!  You still have a big ass head apparently though!  We can all only hope that you have your Antie Becky's cute little petite body....because mommy and your other Antie's are not what you would call Petite!!!

* You've gotten better about not hitting.  Except now you think it's a good idea to inflict pain upon yourself?  Not sure why but when you get mad at one of us and you don't get what you want you will bang your head into shit...like the floor, you prefer carpet but hardwood will do, the couch, the ottoman, your princess chair, dad's knee, oh I could go on and on but we'll leave it at that.  I asked your pediatrician about this and she said it's perfectly normal.  I think you're a little crazy....but so am I so who am I to judge!!

There is so much more but stupid me hasn't been good about blogging lately so I really can't remember!  It's my goal to start writing more during the month instead of just monthly!  All I can say is that I look at you every day and wonder how your dad and I were able to make such a beautiful little girl with a personality like no other!  Bug....you are one of a kind and I love you to the moon and back!

Almost a year and half (17 months)

Holy shit....where do I start!!!!  Well we can start with the fact that You. are. a. BEAST!!!  A very cute and most of the time sweet beast but MAN do you have an attitude!!!  I have no one to blame but myself but I'm going to blame your dad....just because I can.

* The whole hitting/slapping situation of last month has not diminished whatsoever which in turn makes mommy feel like a big asshole.  Because who wants to be the mom who's kid slaps the shit out of the other kids.....not this mom.  We are trying to teach you in a calm manner that hitting is a no no and one of these days one of these kids are gonna whack ya back.  You are very good with babies though so I'm glad you don't pick on the little ones.

* You are starting to use your words so much more now....although, "Ehhhhhhhh" and "AHHHHHH" are still much a part of your vocabulary!  You are starting to really recognize people by name now and get excited when you see their pictures.  You LOVE seeing Ella...that's all you talk about and then you see her and whack her in the face....that's where this whole not hitting people needs to start to take affect.     Your words include but are not limited to:  mama, dada, papa, Naani (Natalie), B(Sabrina), Elwa(Ella), Caer(Carter), Doey(Joey), Pease, Tank u mama, Oh No, No, Mine, Melmo(Elmo or Nemo, just depends on the situation), up, bubble, cracker, tea, baba......There is more but I'm gonna quit now because I just am!

* You have a new love for MOVIES.  Movies all the damn time.  I feel like a bad mom sometimes because I feel like I let you watch it a little to much but you freak the hell out if we don't put it in.  And I know that I'm the parent and you are the child but honestly sometimes it's just easier.  So...right now your favorite movies are Ice Age 1 & 3, Nemo and Bambi.  And let me tell you, I am at the point of wanting to burn all of them!!!  But I won't.  You have learned some things from them so I guess I can take comfort in that....I'll take what I can get!

* You are obsessed with our electronic gadgets.  We are planning on getting an Ipad2 and am actually looking forward to it for more reasons than just for mommy and daddy.  It's something that you can actually touch and play with.  Because as of now you won't keep your hands of the computer screen and our cell phones!

* You figured out the other night that you could get your diaper off and then proceeded to piss all over my floor all the while running around going "Oh No, Oh No".  Yeah....you like to be naked and piddle all over mommy's floor.

* Although your naughtiness has increased slightly you continue to amaze me on a daily basis.  You are at that age for us right now where you are the sweetest, cutest little thing one minute and a total asshole the next.  We can deal though.  I just hope that your dad and I are doing a good job at trying to teach you right from wrong and helping to shape the person that you are destined to be......a beautiful, caring, selfless, responsible, independent, loving little lady.....or we can just hope to get through the next week without pee on our floor and toilet paper strewn about!  We love you Bug.....here's to another exciting month!!

Toilet Paper Terrorist

Justin and I have been perplexed lately????  We continue to find random white shit all over our floors.  What the hell could it be you ask?  We were confused at first as well.  I'm pretty anal and keep our house fairly clean...it does get messy once in a while....we do have a one year old...but again I don't like crap just laying places.  So this whole white shit on the floor business was not really working for me.
I finally realized it was toilet paper!  Toilet paper you say?!  I started to think that Justin was getting bored in the bathroom and decided to really piss me off and scatter this shit all over the floor because who the hell else wants to terrorize me?  Oh.....I'll give you all ONE other guess............

Oh...you guessed right!!!!  Little Miss Lou Lou here!!!  She obsessed with toilet paper all of sudden and thinks it's fricken hilarious to leave little pieces ALL over the f'ing house!  Lucky us, I know!!
So I have found my toilet paper terrorist......I'm gonna have to keep an eye on this one.  I'm just waiting for the day that I walk into the bathroom and she's covered in lotion, baby powder and shampoo and is bathing in a pile of toilet paper and tampons!!!
Got to love little girls!!!!  I know I love mine!

16 Months going on 16 Years

I once again am a day fricken late with your monthly post.  I can't seem to get my crazy ass together.  But, better late than never I guess....right??  Right!!!

This last month has not been without our fair share of tantrums and apparently now you think it's ok to scratch, smack and oh yeah...fuckin bite your cousin.  Mia....not cool!  I have no idea where you got that from but it's only happened once and I pray to the good Lord above that once is all.  You get so mad so easy sometimes and take your frustrations out in any way you can at that moment.  Please Mia, Please, Do. Not. Become. A. Biter!

Your new favorite words or "No" and "Mine"!  Seriously the best words EVER!!  No...not really!  Everything that comes into a your eyesight or everything that is in a...oh...lets say, 5 mile radius of you is "mine".....we know Mia....everything is yours!!!  You don't let us forget it and I really don't see an end in sight to your favorite new words!!!

You love all of mommy's girly things!  Every morning and after baths and showers you have to have your body spray just like mommy, you have to have lotion on your hands just like mommy, chapstick is a must which doesn't surprise me since I have to have it on at all times.  Your getting to be such a big girl and it's so exciting to watch you.

Antie Becky and Uncle Jake got married at the end of January in Jamaica and it was the first time that I was away from you for more than a night (I had only been away from you twice over night since I've had you).  You stayed with Grandma and Grandpa for 6 days while mommy and daddy were on vacation.  I missed you like crazy, it was hard but I'm so glad that you got to spend that time with Grandma and Grandpa.  You did great but they said they could tell that you were definitely lonely for us.  We got the best reaction from you when we got home, you were so excited that you didn't know what to do so you just ran around!  Then 3 days later you decided to get ridiculously sick and so we were stuck in the house for 3 whole days at the end of our vacation and the 3 of us were pretty much miserable!  Fun times....NO...it wasn't fuckin fun at all!  I just brought you in to the doctor again today for the third time in 5 days and not only did you have an ear infection and a firey red throat you now have been diagnosed with Roseeolla.  Sweet!!!!  This is the worst part about being a parent....feeling completely helpless and not being able to do anything for you.  So...could you stop getting sick....mommy can't handle this shit anymore.

* You weigh 23 pounds
* Books have reentered our lives again....which means Brown Bear has reared it's ugly damn head again.
* You love Crystal Light Raspberry Ice Tea
* You are a total seafood eater....LOVE it!
* You can dance your ass off
* You started a Tiny Twister Tumbling class
* You love looking at pictures of yourself
* You are obsessed with babies and animals
* You love daddy's hats
* You have a thing for being naked....it's cute now but that shits gonna stop!
* You've been snuggling more with me lately...which I love!
* You love "Melmo"(Elmo)
* You are more attached to your blankets than ever.  You always have to have at least 2 at all times.
* You are starting to become such a good helper with putting things away
* You totally found the snack cupboard...shit!

I'm hoping you aren't quite so naughty this next month but regardless you are my munchkin and look forward to seeing all the new things you discover!
Love you baby girl!!!

15 Months....the month of the "No's"

Here we are.....the 15th month.  Time really does go by way too fast and it seems as though it just keeps going faster.  

This last month brought us your second Christmas which was sooo very much fun.  You had a blast....actually I think your dad and I had more fun.  It's amazing how much fun Toys R Us can be for adults!  Because of all the fun our house has now been taken over by TOYS!  Holy shit the toys.  

You are still doing all the same wonderful crazy things that you were doing last month with a few more antics to add.

Apparently...you ARE old enough to start having temper tantrums?!  Not really sure how that works but it does and you do!  It's almost funny for a while because you are this tiny little thing running around yelling "NO" in a very angry beast like way.  We are trying not to react and to just ignore the behavior but sometimes the yelling doesn't stop and your dad and I want to rip our ear drums out.  The whole patience factor has not gotten any better and actually now with these special little outbursts it's gotten worse.  I'm really hoping that we grow out of this faze.  I can only hope.

Your appetite has increased a ridiculous amount!  You LOVE to eat!  Your new favorite thing is soups.  Which is fricken awesome because dad and I LOVE soups.  You love chicken wild rice, broccoli cheese, clam chowder, vegetable beef, pretty much any soup we've given you to try you love it.  It can not enter your mouth fast enough.  I'm so grateful that you are willing to try new things.  Even if you don't like them you will still try.
You and dad still have your snack time at night.  Your new thing is bananas and cereal.  And like usual you shove as much food as you can in your mouth and hoard it all!!

You are so busy everyday!  It's so much fun to watch you explore new things and play.  You are such the girl too....you love playing with your purse and necklaces and all those girly things.  You still get frustrated when things don't go your way or your toys don't come out of the toy bin easily or your baby stroller gets stuck on something then we experience the giant dinosaur like being that takes over your body.

Again, I can't wait to experience this next month with you and watch you learn, explore and figure out your world.  You amaze me on a daily basis.  You continue to put a smile on my face each and every day.  Maybe not all day but every day!!!!  Love you bug!!!!

A Monster has eaten my Child!

Apparently when little midget girls hit a year they morph into this walking, sorta talking, monster of a little being!!!  Little Miss Mees has most definitely been giving Justin and I a run for our money lately!  She is a M.O.N.S.T.E.R (a really cute monster though!).
Her personality/attitude is most definitely starting to shine through and most of the time it cracks me up but there is that small part of the time that makes me want to drink 2 bottles of wine, take 3 vicodin and maybe throw a couple of xanax in there with it!!
The temper tantrums have started!  We've started hitting!  We scream if books are not immediately acknowledged and read... at which point they get chucked....sometimes directly at us!  We have become a much pickier eater and really enjoy throwing our food ALL over the fuckin place!  When we do eat we like to shove massive amounts into our mouth and then when told to NOT do it we spit that shit all over the place!
On the flip side of all this small not really so significant naughtiness that girl can make my day in an instant!   Her smile is contagious and I would not change one thing about her crazy, diva, impatient little self!

The Month before 1

Just so you know Miss Mees....mama is kinda (a lot) sad about writing this post.  This is your last monthly post before you turn the big ONE and I'm a little emotional about it.  I guess I will get over it....only because I have no control on this whole stopping time thing.  I swear to shit though....I'm going to find a way!

* I've said in previous posts that you are my little diva girl.....seriously though....this month you have shown us that divaness in true Mia fashion.  Half the time you are a complete asshole and scream because we've taken something away from you that you can't have and half the time you are such a ham bone that there is no way that we could ever be mat at you.  And just so you know....when I say scream I mean throw mini temper tantrums and pour on the waterworks.  It's actually quite funny because it's so ridiculously fake!
* You want to walk so badly.  You are a master at scaling the furniture and you think you are pretty hot shit because you can totally stand by yourself and are actually quite good at balancing.  It's hard to imagine that any day you could be our walking little midget!

* You are so curious about everyone and everything.  You are little miss nosey rosey that needs to know what's going on at all times!
* You still get so excited when you see Carter and Ella.  The three of you are going to be a handful.  All three of you are already fighting for the attention.  We all think it's pretty funny....I'm sure you all don't!
* You are ATTACHED TO MY ASS.  We are going through the "I need my mommy at all times stage". I know that there will come a day that I will always want you attached to my ass but I seriously can't even pee without you freakin out that I've left you for all time! 

*  You are starting to use more sounds and say more "words":  Mama, Dada, Uh Oh, and your little jibberish has gotten more excessive and a whole lot cuter!  You wave bye bye, clap your hands....all the time, roll your tongue, spit.....or I should say drool all your water, food, whatever it is that you have in your mouth, all over the place.  You think it's funny....me not so much when it all ends up in my face!
* You are obsessed with opening and closing things and putting things into things.  You love your new little kitchen set that daddy and I got you.
* You still LOVE to "talk" on the phone.  Now you will hold just about anything up to your ear and start having a "conversation" with whoever!

*  You decided that you were pretty smart the other day and figured out how to crawl your little self right up and out of your walker.  You were just hanging out on top of the tray.  We were right there and watched you do the whole thing.  Not going to be using that thing much anymore!
* You are becoming leary of "strangers".  The only men that you will go to is Dad, Grandpa's, Uncle Joe and Uncle Jake.  Otherwise you are pretty shy and not too sure.
* You are still very much the little dancer!  You love music and have a very eclectic taste! 

* You have the most contagious laugh and I just want to squeeze you! 
*  You love to take showers.  If me or dad are in the shower and you are not....well....it's not ok.  Remember that whole diva thing that I was talking about.....yeah...that monster comes out!  You are a total water baby!
*  You are getting a little picky with your eating and I was a little concerned but the doctor said when you want to eat you will.  And pretty much you are a bottle baby.  Which frightens me a little because it's going to be a bitch getting you off that thing.

*  You like to be like the big peeps and you sit and brush your teeth with us in the morning.  Or at night when we have to brush the blue crayon out of your teeth because you thought it was a good idea to chew on your cousin's stuff!
*  You love playing "hide and seek".  It cracks you up but mommy's ass is getting too big to fit between the couch and the ottoman....we are going to have to find a new place soon.
*  Your blankie is your world!!!  That's all I can say about that.  Thank god we have 4 of the same one!!!

It's hard for me to comprehend that in one month you are going to be a whole big one year old.  It makes me sad because you are growing so fast and there isn't anything that I can do about it or slow it down.  But I want you to know that daddy and I couldn't be more proud of you.  You have changed our lives forever in the most wonderful way.  You bring a light to us that was missing.  And just so you know, there are going to be many a tears next month.  Mommy just can't handle this shit!
Love you baby girl!

Wordless Wednesday.....Sort of!

There is nothing like a little girl and her uncle!!!!

They were just so damn cute!!! 

10 Months...Seriously...slow down!

Ummmm.....what's going on??  What did I tell you last month?  You need to slow your ass down.  I'm not ready to write this 10 month post...I'm pretty sure that I wrote the 9 month one 2 days ago and here I am again.  You are getting to be such a big girl and it makes mommy kinda sad.  Time really does fly by. 
I was just reading all your accomplishments that I had written down last month and am totally amazed at how so much can change in such a short amount of time. 

* You are scaling furniture and trying to stand on your own.  You think you can (you have for like 10 seconds...which may not seem like a long time but it totally was) but then you fall right on your little tookus! 
* We've figured out that you are more than likely going to be a dancer.  All we need to say is "Mia dance..dance...dance!" and your little ass is shaking and bouncing all over the place.  You stand at your little music table and play the shit out of that thing and dance dance dance...oh and you've started this whole head banging routine...not sure where that came from but your dad thinks it's totally bitchen!!!

* You clap!!!  You clap at everything.  You clap when your hungry, you clap when your pissed, you clap when your excited, you clap when you are tired, clap, clap, clap.  I can hear you on your monitor clapping in the middle of the night and in the morning.  I love your clapping!

* Just today you started walking behind your pusher.  Daddy was so fricken excited!!!  You totally kept up with it and just kept going.  It was one of those crazy milestones that was pretty amazing to see.  Thank god I got it on video!
* You LOVE the phone.  Any phone will do...actually anything that somewhat resembles a phone.  You've figured out what you do with it and put it up to your ear and talk and then you shove it in my face and want me to talk!  When you hear the word "hello" you instantly put your hand up to your ear!  So cute!
* You have a new word...."Uh Oh".  I have a feeling we are going to be hearing a whole lot more of that. 

* You officially have 4 toofers now.  Your top two front ones are in and it makes your smile that much more cute!
* Lately you think it's real funny to let the last sip of your bottle just drool out of your mouth and then spit it!  Pretty much any liquid you spit.  And when you do spit it usually ends up all over mommy! It makes for some wet clothing but it's still kinda funny!
* You LOVE your clothes.  We find you in your room playing with your clothes!??  Dad's in deep shit....he's got two girls who love them some fabulous clothes!!
* You have a weird obsession with my Medex lip balm and have cleverly figured out how to twist the top off.....which resulted in your dad and I finding you covered in chapstick!  Oooppss!

I love you munchkin!!!  It's hard to believe that there is only one more monthly post until you are one whole big year old!  You are my greatest accomplishment and am so lucky to be your mommy!

Wordless Wednesdays.....Sort of!!!

So....my child is obsessed with the phone lately.  It can be any phone, the house phone, mommy's cell phone, daddy's cell phone....whatever!  She usually just shoves that shit in her mouth and drools all over them but lately she's figuring out what to do with it (We found this out when the cops showed up to my mom and dad's the other week because "someone" called 911....yeah I don't know?!)  She goes crazy when we call her Anties and Grandma and Grandpa and then usually just sits and smiles at the phone while they are talking to her. 
I'm posting this video because it's fricken hilarious.  Well at least to me it is so I'm going to make you believe that it is too!  She just started doing this out of no where.  All of a sudden when we say hello she puts her hand or whatever she has in her hand up to her ear. I almost peed my pants a little the first time she did it. 


I really do just want to eat her right up!!!  And again....I seriously HATE how I sound on video.  Pay no attention to the crazy lady talking in the background!

Pity Party Monday!!

Today sucked!!!  Plain and simple....it was a shitty day.  I woke up crabby and that just fueled the downward spiral of this shitty Monday.  It was a mixture of personal stuff and work stuff and just shit that I didn't feel like dealing with..... plus it's Monday...that's bad in and of itself.   I was more or less having myself a fun little pity party! 
I've been a little down lately and can't seem to snap out of it at the moment.   The fact that I never see my husband has a little to do with it....with him working the third shift we see each other for maybe an hour a day.  We just have really no alone time where we can talk and just hang out.  It's just a change that I need to roll with but it still sucks....it's not permanent but that doesn't make it any easier right now.  I can't bitch too much about it though because I'm totally grateful that he has a job.

Anyway,  today after work I went to my parents to have dinner and hang out with Mia. She was in such a good mood and was having so much fun playing and I swear someone slipped her some cat nip or crack or something because the girl was bouncing of the walls....literaly bouncing off of her pack and play mesh siding thinking it was the funniest thing ever and her little ass was just moving everywhere!  As I was watching her I got mad at myself for being such a crabby bitch today....I looked at her and realized that all those things that I was letting bother me were stupid....I need to work on letting go of the little things and to stop having those little pity parties for myself.  Life is too short.  I need to learn how to enjoy it more.....although that is much easier said than done sometimes but I'm working on it.

I relish in the fact that this one tiny little person made my shitty ass day not so shitty anymore. 

I can't see how anyone would be in a bad mood after looking at this face!!! 

9 Months

Mia, I'm not really sure where the hell the last 9 months has gone....it has flown by and has been the most amazing 9 months of my life!  It hasn't been the easiest 9 months but it has been the most rewarding, important and life changing 9 months!  You truly have made us a family and I can hardly remember what life was like without you.  Well I can a little....it was a lot easier to just get up and go.  You require a whole lot of shit.  It takes us 10x as long to get out of the house and instead of just a purse we have a diaper bag, an extra clothes bag, a toy bag, a food bag....any kind of fricken bag with as much stuff as we can shove in there because you never know what we might need or where we might go!  But it's ok because mommy loves her bags!!!

Again....this month you have completely amazed your father and I with your accomplishments and the crazy ass shit that you do!!!
*  At your 9 month check up you weighed 19 pounds and are 28 and 3/4 inches long. 
*  For one....you have some crazy ass hair!!  I LOVE it.  Your bald spot in the back is almost grown back but you got some seriously wispy hair up front!  Sometimes it looks like a little comb over or a hair piece.
* Last month I said that you are everywhere.....well that wasn't entirely true because now you are EVERYWHERE!  You are totally crawling now and are quite fast.  You try so hard to keep up with Carter and Ella and get pissed because you can't walk.  You do however keep up pretty good.....just the other day we were out at Grandma and Grandpa's, Antie and I were talking for just a minute, turned around and you two little terrorists were gone.  We didn't see you right away and started to panic, Antie went down the hall and looked in the bedroom, she didn't see you guys at first but then noticed two little heads poking out from behind the curtains of the closet.  Probably one of the cutest things I've ever seen.  We are going to have our hands full.

*  You are not so much into the baby food anymore. You want big people food so that's what you mostly get.  You love cheese, turkey, cottage cheese, yogurt (your favorite is Gogurt and if we don't get it into your mouth fast enough you totally freak out), watermelon, noodles and you still love your puffs!  And you don't really like it when we feed you.  You think you are a big girl and have to feed yourself. 

*  Your vocabulary has increased A LOT!!  You are a total chatter box and have the cutest little voice.  You say Mama and Dada (not sure if you know exactly what they mean but we just pretend that you know) and then have your other adorable little jibberish. 

*  You have an ATTITUDE!  A serious fuckin attitude.  If you don't get what you want you freak the hell out and when I say freak the hell out I mean freak the hell out!!!  You will scream and cry until you almost can't breathe.  Then when you do get whatever it is that you want and you are smiley baby!  Yeah....I can see where this is going. 
*  You sort of understand the word "No".  We are using it a lot more lately. 
*  You are starting to really love your books.  You read to me now!!  I love hearing you little voice!

*  You are pulling yourself up onto everything and in return have received your first injuries this month.  You hit your forehead and got a good scrape on your exersaucer because apparently it's more fun to play on the outside of it than actually sitting in it.  You got your first fat bloody lip because you were trying to keep up with daddy and took a face plant in the laundry room and you also got another bloody lip after grabbing an ice cube while dad was trying to fill his water jug....well...it got stuck to your lip and you were trying to rip it off while it was dangling from your mouth.  Not funny....well maybe a little.  You were fine like 2 minutes later...after the bleeding stopped!  Honestly all of these things hurt me worse than you probably.  I don't like it when you get hurt....so don't do that anymore...ok!!!
*  You went for your first boat ride.  Please refer to previous post for the exciting details of that!!  Lets just say not a great first trip.  Better luck next time!

*  You have the best smile....EVER!  I have no idea where this face came from but you do it with a little snort and it makes us all laugh every fricken time you do it!!!  You also have the most contagious laugh and it can instantly put me in a good mood!
*  You all of a sudden have a thing for my eyelashes and think it's hilarious to touch them.  Whatever makes you giggle I guess. 
*  You are pretty fearless and think you can go anywhere and do anything.  I hate to tell ya missy but you are gonna have to slow down a little!!
*  You LOVE your blankie (or blankies....you have 4 of the same blankie, all different colors but the same style....I guess I'm a freak and want to make sure that you always have one).  You snuggle with it when you sleep....you lay on it with your face burried....it might be the cutest thing ever....this is where the other blankies come in handy....that way we can cover you up!

I feel like I'm going to be writing your 10 month post in like a week.  It's all going way to fast.  I love ya Mees, more than you could ever imagine.  Happy 9 months baby girl!!!