School's over-time to blog!

My cousin Sarah sent me this picture from her wedding. Annie was 4 years old! She looks so small! But I thought I would blog it because she is just so cute! The girls are doing well. Annie is finishing up 2nd grade and we're getting ready for summer. Scott and I are done with school!!! We are NOT taking summer classes and after the year we've had, yeehaw!! Mia is doing well, also. She's sleeping through the night. She's actually been doing that for about a month solid, and had done it sporadically for about a month before that. Ocassionally, especially if her nighttime routine is off, she'll get up at 4 or 5, but she goes right back down for another 3-4 hours. Some of the time, she goes to bed awake even, but she talks to her mobile or fusses a bit and then she's off to sleep. The daytime routine does not go so smoothly, but we're working on getting her on a schedule. She reminds me so much of Annie, who was a cranky baby until I got her on a schedule and then she did great. So, now that I'm done with school, I can concentrate on that! On April 26th Mia had what we thought would be her last eye exam. But, we have to go back in June. Her eyes showed no change this time. But, at least it's 6 weeks between appointments. She's getting bigger, though and she kicked the nurse in the face while she was trying to hold Mia down for the exam-oh well!! :-) She said she was used to it, though. I think Mia is just about ready to roll over. She rolls from her back to her side but then goes back on her back, but I'm sure it will be soon. PT comes this Friday.....

Mia started cereal on Aprl 28th. It is weird to think that she would be big enough. But some things she does based on her actual age (7 months today!) and other things she does based on her corrected age (4 months on the 23rd). So, her doctor said we could try and so we did. She started off with rice ceral (which is actually devoid of any taste-I tried it.) Now, she's moved on to carrots (her favorite), peas and oatmeal. Tomorrow we'll be trying squash. She also gets a few sips of white grape juice mixed with ALOT of water. She lets most of it just run out of her mouth, but when she sees the cup, she'll actually grab it and try to bring it to her mouth. In the first picture, I was trying to get a picture showing her bib and she wouldn't help, so Scott held her hand for me...she thought that was funny!

This is her first actual bite and she tried to take the spoon out! At first it was alot of feeding her the same bite over and over, but she's getting better now. She does great at breakfast, and OK at lunch. We're sticking with the two meals for now.

Mia did pretty well......

but when she was done, SHE WAS DONE!! One thing we never have to worry about is wondering if Mia needs something. She always lets us know!!

Mia's getting really good at bringing her hands to her midline (very important developmental step-at least that's what the physical therapist said!). She's even started holding onto some toys-though not always purposefully-and bringing them to her mouth. These are her two favorites toy right now.

She also likes to chew on her bib, clothes, burp rags, etc....when her sleepers bunch up in the front like this one did, she'll chew on that too! This particular outfit is dedicated to Uncle Tony-when my sister was here last, she found this sleeper with little pink "24"'s and racecars all over it. Mia said, "I love my outfit and I love Uncle Tony, but I'm not so sure about this Jeff Gordon guy..." Thanks Aunt Cathy!!

On May 2nd, we decided that it was time for Mia to sleep in her own bed. She would have been in her bed much sooner, except, well, Mom just wasn't ready. But, then when she started making noise every hour or so and Mom stopped getting much sleep, well, it was time! Now, just so I don't get a bunch of angry comments, she is CHEWING on her little pink baby. She's not being smothered or anything. When she quiets down (yes, we let her cry herself to sleep when she needs to!), I check her to be sure what ever she's decided to chew on (usually her blanket) isn't on her face. She almost always kicks her blanket off, but it's warmer now and she's like a little heater (like Scott and Annie) so she does fine. She just looks so small in her big crib!

This is Mia on May 8th-the first day she went from her buncy seat to her highchair to eat. She hated it (which is why she looks like she's been crying), so we went back to the bouncy seat. What ever makes her happy!!