Princess Dress-up

Mia got these for Xmas. I thought it was time. It's just the right fit. However these are the worst quality tailorship I have ever seen. Mia didn't care much.

Road Encounter

Mia had her after dinner walk with me today and we saw s turtle. It was such a treat since most of the time we only saw ants and bees. She wad so excited she made me walk back to get daddy and the camera. Mike obliged. When we got there, mike picked up the turtle for Mia to touch. The turtle went hiding in the shell. Mike moved him from the road to the grass so he would not be hit by a car. For Mia daddy was the superhero who saved the day.

Mia's Swimming Lesson

We signed up Mia for swimming this summer. I haven't been able to go except today. She seems to enjoy it and make progress since last year.

Tadpoles and frogs

Mia picked a bunch of frogs and helped them into the bushes at grandpa's house today

At Carnival

Mia is at the carnival wearing the sun dress I made her last year

At the Beatles Concert

Town center has a tribute band for Beatles today. We brought beach chairs, Mia and grand parents.

Mia's summer favorite & Baby Update

Just like me, Mia loves watermelon. It's been over 90 degrees and it's the best time for watermelons. Today she was eating from the watermelon "bowl" on her own. She's getting pretty good at spoon and fork.

BTW, I passed the three hour GTT test so I don't have gestational diabetes. However I still crave for sweets. I really need to watch myself for the next seven months. At 33 weeks, baby girl weighs about 5 lbs and is at 78%. The ultrasound picture shows her with eyes wide open which was never the caxe with Mia. Unfortunately she has her arm blocking part of the face so I could only see one eye and it's difficult to tell whether she looks like Mike or me more.

Mia's New Room

The new bedroom furniture arrived last weekend and the new mattress this weekend. I put up purple decals to decorate Mia's new room. Purple is her favorite color. Our plan is to graduate her from the baby's room to the new room. To welcome her into the transition, I decided to put up some paintings. I bought some canvas and did some Youtube search on oil painting. Friday night I sketched and modified the outlines on the canvas. Saturday I spent two hours doing my first oil painting project. Too bad I did not know I needed linseed oil to thin the oil so I don't quite have different depth and shades of the colors but the paintings turned out to fine. For me it was quite a therapeutic session. I really enjoyed it. After I was done, I could not wait for them to dry. They were on the wall immediately for my instant gratification. Mia ended up touching one of the birds and smeared it a little bit.

Festival

Memorial weekend festival. Mia is waiting in line for the carnival ride with daddy.

At lake Anne

This week has been tough for me. Mike is in Vegas on a conference and I have to take care of Mia day and night. She's been very willful these days. With an 8 month pregnant belly, it's often been a struggle to simply keep up with her. She's also been crying non stop. I suspect it's the change of routine since daddy always put her to bed, picks up and drops off at school..Mike is back tonight and I can't wait.

2013 Mother's Day

Failed GTT

I failed the Glucose Tolerance Test (141 over 130 threshold). So now I have to take the three hour GTT this Friday hoping I can test otherwise I will be confirmed to have gestational diabetes. I am slightly depressed.

Big Sickly & Potty Progress

I have a terrible sinus infection triggered by allergy. There was nothing much the doctor could do. I have been on antibiotic for five days now. The congestion got better but the nasty cough is still here. Good thing Mia's fever's gone and her cough subsided as well. She's back to her old lively self.

Two Saturdays back, I sat her down in her bathroom floor with juice, water, toys, crafts, candies and a wet doll. I fed the doll water, showed her how the doll go to potty and have her sit on her potty every fifteen minutes. She was successful for three hours worth of work. In the afternoon, we left her in her pull up diapers and she's been going to daycare in them now. At night she's still in her normal diaper. In school, the teacher said she had been going to potty, flushing the toilet and washing her own hands.

Tonight after milk, she told Mike she needed to go to potty and she went. She was screaming to share the good news with me. When I confirmed with her, she was happy and clapping her hands. I am so proud of her. Hopefully she will be off diapers for good when the new baby arrives.

She's also been doing quite well on the big girl bed. Some nights she'd wander off in the middle of the night. Mike would take her back and most nights she sleeps through the night. She's not picky about beds just like me. I am relieved that she could literally sleep anywhere.

Little Sickly

Mia had a fever for two days and it evolved into pneumonia today. She's put on a nebulizer and antibiotic. I feel terrible for her.

Cherry Blossom Festival

Last Saturday was the Cherry Blossom parade, we invited Mia's grandparents to go to DC with us. The weather was perfect. Balmy but not hot. It was unfortunate that we had store on Friday so most of the blossoms got washed away but still it was a nice day to be out and seeing some remainig blooms.

Progress

Today's daycare's Spring picture day. I sent Mia off with her Spring dress and a change of clothes. Since she's so active now, it's very difficult to take any good pictures of her. I have now fewer and fewer pictures that are not blurry.

After dinner before bath, she sat on the toilette and told me she peed in the potty and she did!!!

Milestones

Mia had two milestones today. She pooed in the potty at her own request. In the afternoon while we napped, Mike converted her crib into a full size bed. We then went to the store and get her a new set of mattress and box, some new sheets and two big girl pillows. It wasn't fully planned so we were in a frenzy. The new sheets are still in the dryer. The bed is very high. She has to use step stool but she's very excited. My girl has grown up.

Potty Training Prep

Mia is ready for potty training. In school they started sitting her on the potty. She's able to take off and pull up her pants, remove the diaper and sit on the potty but she has not succeeded yet.

We bought her training pants and pullup diapers. Today I ordered a drink and wet doll. I learned that it would take an entire weekend to get her trained and we should not leave the house. This weekend we plan to go to the Cherry blossom festival so I will start this next Friday for a three day intense program. I really need to get her free of diapers before the baby comes.

First School Outing

Mia is going to a petting zoo today with her class. I packed lunch for her the first time: pj sandwich, banana, cookies and apple sauce. She's wearing her toy backpack. I can't help being amazed at how big she is now.

Disney

Since I didnt go to Disney World, we made it to Downtown Disney for shopping on Thursday after my conference ended. I got a taste of Disney characters with my baby princess. Mua didn't know the difference. She was as happy as ever seeing Mickey and Mini. I don't have many good Disney pictures this time since daddy couldn't handle babysitting and photography the same time. What mattered was Mia had so much fun.