Our Little Ham

Having a B-L-A-S-T at the Gasparilla Kids' Parade.

Helping her Daddy vacuum the playroom.

Copter!!! Her new favorite things are planes and hellicopters, and some of them flew pretty low over the crowd. Way cool.

Baby Livie had one too many bottles of milk at the parade.

She's got her Daddy's cheeks.

Took Chili, Kenya and Mia to Petsmart. The dogs needed a spa day. We were quite the sight walking in - toddler in the cart along with the Boston Terrier and 110 lb. mutt on a leash, dragging all of us to the back of the store. Luckily no one was hurt, lol. I'm not sure if I'll ever do that again though.

Yep, we're putting her to work already.

She loves her accessories. First Mommy's headbands, now Daddy's sunglasses.

My 2 favorite people at the park on a perfect day.

Love her so much.

I love this pic

She looks so grown-up! Mia loooooves to wear my headbands. She puts them on and smiles in the mirror. So funny.

She totally loves the swings now.

Does anyone else read this blog? Lol.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one here. Either way, I bet Mia will get a kick out of it when she is older. Anyway, today we went to our first toddler gymnastics class at the Seminole Heights Athletic Center. Boy did she have a blast! I'd day her favorite was the tumble track trampoline thing. She probably ran up and down that thing 2 dozen times. Oh and the ball/germ pit was a great time. Little Miss Organize Everything was busy throwing the balls out. And the parachute ride at the end was phantabulous. We're going every Tues now at 9am. Mom and Dad especially love it because it cost $25 for 7 weeks. So take that and shove it, Gymboree.

Random pics from last weekend.

Christmas

Ok, so not all of these presents are for Mia. But that super cool red kitchen and a few others are.

Like this wooden push duckie with leather, flappy feet.

And Elmo, who Mia calls Elmu.

Mia wanted to make hot dogs for Christmas breakfast.

Here she is figuring out the knobs turn and click.

Somebody woke up from her nap with major 'tude. Look at that face she's shooting over at Daddy!

Grammy and Grandpa show Mia how to rip into her presents. Have a feeling next year she'll be a pro at opening EVERYONE'S presents.

Showing off her new pots and pans from Uncle Corey and Aunt Liz to Abuela.

Chili being the ever so gracious host.

Helping mom sweep the floors after the party.

Mia was not feeling so well that day. We could hardly get her to eat anything - she was running a mild fever. We think this all could be chalked up to the 3 canine teeth she's getting at once. But not eating is a bad idea for a diabetic. We monitored her blood sugar throughout the day, which was low, scary low for us. Christmas ended up being pretty stressful.

It's so hard having a toddler with diabetes. Yes people say it's almost better that she won't ever know anything different, but at the same time, she's so young and does not understand her condition or how important it is to eat. And she certainly doesn't understand why Mom and Dad keep sticking her and giving shots. I think today was the first day she actually started to get upset at us for that. You can tell she's starting to wonder about things.

I posted this picture because, aside from the fact it's adorable, you can see Mia's right eye is slightly more closed than the other. Daddy has this same problem when he's had one too many beers. In Mia's case I've noticed this almost always happens when she is running low. We tested within a few minutes of taking this pic and she was 53. But still grinning.

Our goofy monkey.

Welcome to the World, Olivia Page Bigelow!

Keri and Jamie our now proud parents to little Olivia. After a long labor which resulted in a c-section, their beautiful baby girl was born Friday early evening, December 19th.

Keri is doing well, feeling better each day. The family will settle down at home tomorrow together. Congrats! Olivia is adorable, healthy and lovely and we are all so very happy for them. Oh and happy birthday to Keri tomorrow!

Took Mia to get her first haircut.

She was NOT a big fan of that, lol. I took her to this colorful place at International Mall for kids - they have little cars for them to sit in and TVs playing cartoons. I had to hold her though on my lap and she SCREAMED - like Linda Blair type stuff - the entire time. I was going to take her afterward for a pic with Santa, but decided we'd try that another time, like uh.....next year.

Poor girl has been through a lot these last few weeks and probably thought they were going to give her some shots, poke her, etc. She didn't know what to think. They did give me a certificate for her first haircut and envelope with her hair. And she looks freakin adorable. They trimmed her bangs and added some layers in the back, lol.

Back to the Zoo

Went to the zoo with the playgroup. Here is M with her buddy Ella, who is going to be a big sister in April.

These two were loving the views from the elephant bench.

Distant cousins of Chili.

100% sweet and getting her mid-morning snack.

Mia, what sound does an elephant make?

Dear Santa, please bring us a new camera.

Mia and the little Christmas elf.

Not amused.

Somebody can't get enough of the Christmas tree.

One of her favorite books. Too bad it got tossed in the tub just after this and fell apart.

Never by a Sony camera.

Yay for shatterproof ornaments.

Lights!!! Liiiiiiights!!!!

Taking it one day at a time.

Mia is sleeping - it's been a few weeks since she's gone down at a normal time and slept through the night. Poor girl has been through so much, but she's so tough and brings us all so much joy and laughter still everyday, singing and dancing and talking all day. I just want to hug her and squeeze her, I love her so much.

She's on Nuvalog now in addition to the Lantis. If her blood sugar is above 200 before lunch and dinner, she gets between 1 to 2.5 units, as well as her regular insulin in the morning. It breaks our hearts to have to give the injections and prick her little fingers throughout the day. She hardly cries at all though. In fact, she puts up much more of a fight trying to brush her teeth. Hates it.

Her numbers are finally leveling. We didn't have to give the dinner Nuvalog today because she was well within range, so we all did a happy dance. Anyway, I should go to bed. I'm running on empty and probably not making a whole lotta sense.

Sweetie Pie.

See these pictures? That's the face of the sweetest, bravest, most wonderful little girl on the planet. She's adapting well to the changes in her life. Mia holds out her finger without a fuss for finger sticks, and hardly cries for her lovebug bites. She's too busy being a curious toddler to even notice what's going on. Her latest thing is singing. Check back soon, I'm going to post some videos of her singing along to some of her favorite tunes. It's hilarious. I love her so much.