A friend of a friend recently took pictures of Miss Mia to mark her first birthday. I had her wear the outfits I picked out for her first birthday. Out of the Chinese suit, Korean dress, and a Western party dress, Mia liked her birthday suit best. Guessing the get-ups were not too comfortable and they restricted Mia's movement.
Go to the photographer's, Cindy Yen's blog to view a slideshow of some of the pictures she took of Mia. Sadly all the outfits look a tad too big on her, but I love the shots of her in the party dress. I'll probably do a collage of all the shots with the clothes on and a separate collage of Mia in the buff. My favorite buff pic is of her and her shoes.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Monday, April 09, 2007
Crib Diving
I'm committed to being up for the next 30-60 minutes because I put a teeth whitening tray into my mouth. A nice dentist friend went to a conference and procured a sample for me. Blame it on my my love for coffee and tea, but my teeth look awful and I've noticed that ladies who get their teeth whitened really do look younger and a whole lot better.
Maybe it's just the marketing and the media and industry telling me that I need some product to be happy or feel beautiful. I am sure some commercial got into my subconscious making me self-conscious about my teeth, but since I normally do not care about my appearance, my clothes or my hair, I'll allow myself the indulgence of wanting pearly whites.
I'm also wired from too much Easter chocolate and a ring pop that Mia got from an Easter treat bag at church. Mia didn't need a ring pop, so of course I had to try on the 100 carat blue raspberry ring. Looked ridiculous.
So now to the title of my entry. My precious little thing dove out of her crib this morning. All day long I have not been able to forgive myself for this incident. And as the day progressed, a reminder began to emerge. A bump formed on her little head. This is one of the moments in my life that I wish I could turn back time. Mia woke up around six and she was not crying so I continued to snooze figuring it would teach her to stay in her crib until 6:30 or later. But both Ken and I raced out of bed when we heard a loud thud. Since Mia is right next door, we made it to her before she even registered what happened and began to cry. The poor thing did a complete flip, head first and landed on her back. She only cried for less than a minute and started asking for nai-nai (milk-milk in Mandarin). Ken promptly moved the crib mattress down to the lowest level.
It has of course occurred to me that she fell out of the crib on Easter. I should forgive myself and stop replaying the unfortunate event. I do thank God that Mia was not seriously injured, but it is difficult to forget with her bump. The funny thing is little spunky Mia keeps getting herself into situations where she could get hurt and it's a little bit of toddlerhood and and whole of lot of her temperament. For now, I am grateful that she is fine.
Maybe it's just the marketing and the media and industry telling me that I need some product to be happy or feel beautiful. I am sure some commercial got into my subconscious making me self-conscious about my teeth, but since I normally do not care about my appearance, my clothes or my hair, I'll allow myself the indulgence of wanting pearly whites.
I'm also wired from too much Easter chocolate and a ring pop that Mia got from an Easter treat bag at church. Mia didn't need a ring pop, so of course I had to try on the 100 carat blue raspberry ring. Looked ridiculous.
So now to the title of my entry. My precious little thing dove out of her crib this morning. All day long I have not been able to forgive myself for this incident. And as the day progressed, a reminder began to emerge. A bump formed on her little head. This is one of the moments in my life that I wish I could turn back time. Mia woke up around six and she was not crying so I continued to snooze figuring it would teach her to stay in her crib until 6:30 or later. But both Ken and I raced out of bed when we heard a loud thud. Since Mia is right next door, we made it to her before she even registered what happened and began to cry. The poor thing did a complete flip, head first and landed on her back. She only cried for less than a minute and started asking for nai-nai (milk-milk in Mandarin). Ken promptly moved the crib mattress down to the lowest level.
It has of course occurred to me that she fell out of the crib on Easter. I should forgive myself and stop replaying the unfortunate event. I do thank God that Mia was not seriously injured, but it is difficult to forget with her bump. The funny thing is little spunky Mia keeps getting herself into situations where she could get hurt and it's a little bit of toddlerhood and and whole of lot of her temperament. For now, I am grateful that she is fine.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
I talked about knitting today
I have not picked up knitting needles in ages. It has probably been about three months now. My shoulder injury/tendinitis and mobile toddler makes it nearly impossible for me to pick up my projects. I'll throw in my own laziness too. But today I talked about knitting at a friend's baby shower. That's close enough for now.
While I was at the shower Papa took Mia to an Easter Egg Hunt. From what I hear it was lacking the hunt part as the eggs and candies were strewn on a basketball field at Green Lake. Even in plain view, dazed from her recent nap, Mia did not budge from her spot. Guess it was just too much. Eventually she lay her hands on a Cadbury Egg (why that was in the 0-3 year Egg Hunt area is beyond me) and proceeded to chew on it, foil and all.
Friday's Egg Hunt with our PEPS group was no better, but at least it was a beautiful day out. While the grass hid the eggs, they babes still needed some "scaffolding" as we say in the field of education, to find the eggs. Here's a picture of the fun.
While I was at the shower Papa took Mia to an Easter Egg Hunt. From what I hear it was lacking the hunt part as the eggs and candies were strewn on a basketball field at Green Lake. Even in plain view, dazed from her recent nap, Mia did not budge from her spot. Guess it was just too much. Eventually she lay her hands on a Cadbury Egg (why that was in the 0-3 year Egg Hunt area is beyond me) and proceeded to chew on it, foil and all.
Friday's Egg Hunt with our PEPS group was no better, but at least it was a beautiful day out. While the grass hid the eggs, they babes still needed some "scaffolding" as we say in the field of education, to find the eggs. Here's a picture of the fun.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Erratic Napper
While Pua Pua was visiting, Mia would slumber in her arms twice a day for no more than forty-five minutes tops. After Grandma left, I had to go to work for my last few days. Much to my surprise Mia napped well and readjusted to the church nursery without a problem. Her longest stretch of sleep at church was nearly 2.5 hours! Unfortunately we are back to short stretches.
This week she has not been a great napper. The longest she has slept is about 45 minutes. Right now I am having her cry it out for her morning nap. Hopefully she will go down soon. I've already gone in once to give her a cuddle and let her know I'm here. Right now I'm torn about how to schedule her naps.
Mia has always shown signs of sleepiness about 3-3.5 hours after she has gotten up, so I've always had her nap around then. I'm not sure if I should keep that up or enforce a set nap time like 12-2 or 1-3.
Going to bed has not been a problem for Mia lately. We put her down awake around 7ish and she drifts off without a peep six days out of seven. The problem we are facing is early morning pooping. Mia often wakes up with a poopy around 5:30ish.
This week she has not been a great napper. The longest she has slept is about 45 minutes. Right now I am having her cry it out for her morning nap. Hopefully she will go down soon. I've already gone in once to give her a cuddle and let her know I'm here. Right now I'm torn about how to schedule her naps.
Mia has always shown signs of sleepiness about 3-3.5 hours after she has gotten up, so I've always had her nap around then. I'm not sure if I should keep that up or enforce a set nap time like 12-2 or 1-3.
Going to bed has not been a problem for Mia lately. We put her down awake around 7ish and she drifts off without a peep six days out of seven. The problem we are facing is early morning pooping. Mia often wakes up with a poopy around 5:30ish.
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