Mia Update

Mia - Week 3

Week three brought an entirely new Mia to Allen, MD.  Without the itch of eczema Mia slept well, ate well and played even better.  She learned Patty Cake and can often be found sitting amongst the toys in the room clapping her hands. She talks incessantly, sounds very smart in what she is saying, if only we knew her language.  She is also “toddling” everywhere.  No longer is crawling her first choice - With a cool new pair of sneakers she has some traction to get anywhere she wants.  Granny was thinking she was not getting enough exercise, but running after a mobile toddler is enough exercise for even the most active athlete!

Her BFF continues to be Libby.  Libby sits beside Mia at all times awaiting the morsels lovingly thrown at her from all angles.  Its a match made in heaven for a dirty house.  Libby is partial to Cheerios (as is Mia) but willingly eats green beans, peas, and peaches if tossed aside.

Mia has had multiple field trips.  We walked up to the Allen Post office yesterday and saw Miss Dorothy and the other folks at the post office.  Mia played cute and chatted it up with the post office folks.  She got to pick up her birthday package from Michigan and we brought it home to open.  A really cool JACK IN THE BOX! We also went to Target, Walmart, Marshalls and the grocery store.  I forgot how prepared one must be to go to the store…. yesterday I forgot a snack in my purse so we got some Raisins!  She loves them.  I do apologize to the folks at Target, she threw many on the floor so I just kicked them under the aisle shelves. You may find them

It does take a village to raise a child - I had to go to Baltimore Monday and Wednesday, Great Pop Pop came over early in the morning (0530) for coffee and Mia time so I cold get dressed! Great Grandma made dinner every night and watched Mia in the daytime those two days.  Great Grandma is an amazing energetic woman who has run circles around all of us.

Jeff came home late last night from Jordan and the joy on Mia’s face this morning when she woke up was awesome!  The joy she has when she sees her family is awesome!  The squeals of delight make it such a great day!

So this week Pappy (Jeff) is home all week to play.  I cannot wait to hear the stories. Mia loves to watch herself on videos and we have had a lot of fun watching her watch them.  She is growing by leaps and bounds and this has truly been a great week with her.