I cannot believe Mia turned two last Thursday! Oh, this precious little girl lights up our world every single day. To celebrate her big day, we went to Disney World last Wednesday to Sunday and had a blast! She did a great job of telling all the characters that she is "TWO!" while holding up two fingers. I have tons of pictures and details, but that is for another post that will be completed soon. For now, let me tell you about sweet Mia...
We had her two year old check-up today which went very well. She weighs 26 pounds, 6 ounces which is the 40th percentile. At 34 inches she is in the 50th percentile for height. Her head is 18.5 inches which puts her in the 40th percentile for head circumference. She did not have to have any shots today because she received her flu shot a few weeks ago. She had her toe pricked to test her iron level though (it came back normal). Mia just looked at the nurse like "What in the world? Are you crazy?" She didn't cry, but she kept pointing to her band aide and saying "Boo boo toe." Mia talked throughout almost the entire appointment. She played with my cell phone a lot; she would open it up, put it to her ear and say "Hi Daddy. (Pause) Bye-bye!" multiple times. She pointed out all her body parts to Dr. White and followed Dr. White's directions very well. At one point, Dr. White said "I can see she is very bright. Most two years old cannot talk this much or this well." Her verbal development over the last couple of months has really been astonishing. Dr. White gave her a thorough check up and declared she is doing well.
We are so madly in love with our little Amelia. She cracks us up often. Here are a few miscellaneous facts about her right now that I want to remember. She loves her songs (when she says "songs" she scrunches up her nose and it's really cute to see) which are the Cedarmont Kids DVD's and CD's that we listen to. She can actually sing along to several of the shorter lines, and she can finish the last word of almost every line. She really enjoys brushing her teeth throughout the day; she goes running into the bathroom yelling "teeth! teeth!" Her favorite words right now are "Did it!" For instance, she will put the lid back on a jar or put her shoes on. Then she looks up triumphantly and proclaims "Did it!" I love how proud of herself she is. She is also a big fan of the word "Mine!" We are working on learning to share which is not something that comes naturally. She is not a fan of the word "no" and she can get quite upset when you say that to her; she has a good bit of drama in her. She loves to play with balls, play dough and craft items. She has fun playing in the pretend kitchen. She has a great time when she sits in the baby doll stroller and Lily pushes it around. Really, she loves to play just about any game with Lily; Mia adores her. She loves to imitate everyone, but especially Lily. If she sees Lily doing somersaults across the floor, you can believe that Mia will start doing them too! In fact, she uses the word "too" a lot. We often hear "gummies too!" or "milk too!" or "book too!" She is good at making funny faces; she does a great gorilla that you'll have to see for yourself! It's really fun to simply watch her play. You can see the wheels turning in her head, and she is fascinating to watch.
She is still a very good eater. Some of her favorites foods right now: gummy snacks, mandarin oranges, bananas, mango, watermelon, waffles, yogurt (we hear "go-gurt" almost every morning as she runs to get a spoon from the drawer), noodle soup, Meme's vegetable soup, goldfish (or "Feesh" as she calls them), burritos with black beans, salsa, sour cream, cheese and rice on it from Moes and spinach ravioli with wild mushroom sauce from Figo. It's really pretty amazing to me what she can put down at a meal. I'm a little surprised she doesn't weigh more, but then again, she is constantly on the go, so she burns a lot of calories. She also enjoys milk, juice and water to drink.
One of my favorite things is to say a prayer with her each evening before bed. She folds her little hands together, and I'll say "Dear Jesus, thank you" and then Mia says "Daddy. Mommy. Lily. Mia. Bama." Oh it's precious to hear. She also likes to wave to the shadows her nightlight makes and tell them goodnight. We usually read a couple of books together too. Her current favorite seems to be "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." When it gets to the part that says "Black sheep, black sheep, what do you see?" she joyfully replies "Mia!"
She is very attached to her Glow Worm Doll. "Glo" as we call her is constantly with her at the house and often in the car. In fact, we have three of them and Mia typically sleeps with at least two of them. None of them play music anymore. Every morning when she wakes up, Mia likes to throw them out of her crib; they stop playing music after only a week or so of this. She likes to play with other dolls and toys, but she finds great comfort in Glo and asks for her whenever she is tired or upset.
Something she recently started that cracks me up is knock-knock jokes. Lily loves to tell knock-knock jokes with us, and Mia has picked up on that. So here's how that goes with her:
Mia: Knock knock.
Me: Who's there?
Mia: Nana (which means banana)
Me: Banana who?
Mia starts laughing. She has heard Lily's version which uses an orange and says "orange you glad I didn't say banana?" so this is Mia's take on that joke. She's going to be a jokester one day!
Mia is such an adventurous, playful, super smart, funny, happy and all-around adorable little girl. These past two years have absolutely flown by. We are so blessed to have her in our lives, and we cannot wait to see what her future holds!
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