Sleep-deprived

Mia hasn't been sleeping well lately. She's always done very well at bedtime. We take a bath, brush her teeth, dry her hair, read two books and go to bed. The problem is, she wakes up numerous times throughout the night. It used to be once or twice a couple times a week. Over the past few months it's turned into three or four times a night, almost every night of the week. It used to be she'd cry out but would roll over and go back to sleep. Now we have to go rock her or scratch her back or use some other mechanism to get her back to sleep. I have perpetual dark circles under my eyes now and am not really sure what to do. Her pediatrician told us to try melatonin to get her to sleep, acknowledging that getting to sleep really isn't the issue. But she thought perhaps she'd be more relaxed and sleep more soundly. She's still getting over her double ear infection and respiratory infection, so perhaps once that's gone sleep will be granted to us all. In the meantime, we're all whooped!

Cow Song

Mia told me she wants her Daddy to take her to the zoo, push her in her stroller and take Cara too. I asked what's her favorite animal at the zoo and she said "the cows". Clearly we need to get the child to the zoo more often. Anyway, I then sang her my favorite cow song.

Picture updates

Facebook updates

I've realized that my use of Facebook has caused me to neglect this blog. It's so easy to post on there, plus I get to check out what everyone else is up to. So if I have free time I head there instead of here. I thought I'd go back and see all the status updates I've listed on there the past few months to help me update here.

• September 13: Mia started ballet and tap lessons today at school. I asked her to show me her ballet moves and she did first position. I asked her to show me her tap moves and she got down and hopped like a frog. That girl has her daddy's attention span.
• September 16: Mia had a hard time with me being sick and not being able to hold her. Tonight at bedtime she asked me to hold her like a baby. I wrapped her up in a blanket, snuggled her to me and rocked her. She just laid in my arms, gazing into my eyes with a smile on her face, until she drifted off to sleep. I continued to rock her as she slept, overwhelmed by my precious baby girl, tears streaming down my face.
• September 19: Mia now refuses to let us help her with any aspect of dressing herself. I've got to remember to add about 15 extra minutes to all departure times.
• September 26: Mia informed us yesterday her favorite singers are Katy Perry, Lady Gaga (she sings "pa pa pa poker face") and Eminem, "like the candy, Mommy". Then today she walks up to me and says, "I like that boom boom pow." My child, fo sho!
• October 9: Mia, having no idea she is going to Disney Princesses on Ice today, is walking around the house in her Disney Princess nightgown, wearing her Disney Princess backpack, carrying her Disney Princess book and wearing her Cinderella heels. My best guess is that she's going to love it.
• October 14: Mia was just going on the potty and I heard her saying, "I see my booty, booty, booty, booty rockin' everywhere".
• October 14: Bedtime cuteness part 1: While sitting on my lap, Mia turns to me and whispers, "Mommy, I have something to show you. I think you'll like it." She then digs into her purse and pulls out chapstick. She says, "It's pink. It's pretty fabulous." Seriously??? Is she 16 or 2?
• October 14: Bedtime cuteness part 2: I was sitting on the couch after getting Mia to sleep when she started screaming my name as though her arm had fallen off. I ran into her room and leaned down into her bed asking worriedly if she was okay. She simply grabbed my hand and kissed it, nuzzled it up to her cheek and said, "I love you Mommy." Then she held my hand and drifted back to sleep.
• October 21: watching Mia's new favorite movie - Elf - for the 6th time this week. I love our shared appreciation of Will Ferrell. We also just had a thought-provoking discussion about Santa's entry into our home this Christmas via the fireplace. She's quite deep for a 32 month-old.
• October 29: My weekend has begun! No, still not feeling better, but I'm looking forward to Trunk or Treat with Mia at Kayfield this afternoon. My little Tinkerbell is so excited about getting candy!!
• October 30: still have a low-grade fever, still have no voice. Sitting at home while Mike and Mia are at the annual grandparents' Halloween party with Dad, Sue and Mia's cousins. :-(
• November 5: Mommy and Mia just did manis and pedis. Now we're going through toy catalogs and circling toys she would like Santa to bring her.
• November 6: Tough time explaining to Mia why she couldn't come with me to my conference. When I told her I was going for work she said, "I'll go to work too!" and ran and got her high heels. Heart. Break.
• November 21: even though she woke me up at 5:50 on a Sunday morning to read her the Princess books, I am SO THANKFUL for my sweet, silly Mia. She lights up my world.
• November 21: Mia's been listening to me watch the Colts. Every few minutes she says, "Oh, nice catch!" So cute!!
• November 26: My baby is sick. She has a nasty cough and her fever is 102.3 and not dropping. Already made a doc appointment for the morning, but hoping we don't have to make a trip to the Immediate Care Center tonight.
• November 29: getting ready for Mia's first trip to the movies, to see Tangled. Wish us luck!
• December 2: my girl has a double ear infection and a respiratory infection.
• December 2: Mia just told me a story about "Hippopotamus" and Captain John Smith!!!
• Today: I was singing "Mommy loves you" while playing with Mia this morning. She gave me a big grin and started singing "Mommy don't love me". That girl is a stinker!

Fall 2010

Fall 2010

Ballet