valentine's day and updates

Some firsts this week...including a first Valentine's day!

• Mia had her first injury this week. Mommy was trying to catch an escaping Bosco from the front door, one thing led to another and poor Mia hit her nose on the brick! It was a terrible day (luckily our neighbor recovered Bosco and brought him home safely) but I felt horrible for Mia! She was ok, just has a big scratch in between her eyes - just in time for her birthday! It's scary how in one second things can happen.
  
• Mia is cutting two more top teeth this week. No fever, just lots of drool. So that makes 6 teeth so far!
• During bath time, she is doing a great job with stacking up her stacking cups and she hands mommy her floating turtles when I tell her to start cleaning up for bed. She is so smart!
• Tantrums during diaper changes are starting to happen. Tantrums when we take something away from her that she really wants is also a new thing this week. By tantrums I mean she arches her back, throws back her head and cries. She is usually fine once we distract her with a new object. The diaper thing is a bit more challenging...she was bottom naked for about 15 minutes this afternoon, which of course made us laugh at how cute she is!
  
• Mia had her first sleepover at Grammy and Papo's this weekend in the city. Mom and Dad spent Saturday downtown for the night. It was hard to leave Mia overnight and of course we would text/call my mom through the night. But it was very good for Mom and Dad to have some alone time and we both really loved sleeping in on Sunday morning (7am if you call that sleeping in...it felt great!) We also made a special trip to Tiffany's for one of Mia's birthday gifts....
• Mia had a little Valentine's Day party at Diane's on Friday. She received some special treats and some balloons that she just loves! She also received a few goodies from mommy, daddy...and a huge beagle stuffed toy from grammy and papo (along with a few souvenirs from their trip to DC)
• This week we will be preparing for Mia's first birthday party which is this coming Saturday. This year has flown by and it's been amazing to see our little girl grow up so fast!
• Mia now is walking more than she is crawling...unless she really wants to get somewhere fast, she will drop to her knees and crawl fast (or if she is trying to escape us)!