Smart Mia

I am amazed by Mia. I don't know if it's because I feel like she's "my baby" and I hate to think of her growing up or just the fact that I think she's awesome, but I am amazed each time she picks up something new. Here are a couple of recent developments:

1. This morning at breakfast, Mia had her yogurt container, the bowl of Cheerios commandeered from Lily and her juice in front of her. She nodded her head specifically at each item and said "one, two, three." A little surprised, I said "Very good Mia!" She looked up at me and replied "four, five, six." What?! I just laughed a little and said "That's right! Wow, great job!" Lily's response was "Can you count to ten Mia? Let's count to ten!" Several times while getting ready, she would look at my shirt and say "Buttons. One, two, three." Last week Liz told me how Mia was starting to play with Liz's fingers and count them, but I was still a little surprised when I heard her do this myself!

2. I think Mia is trying to potty-train herself. You know she loves to imitate anything she sees, so of course, she wants to learn and do this. For a couple of weeks now, she has asked to use the potty by exclaiming "Poo Potty! Poo Potty!" Sometimes, we take her in there and she will just sit there looking proud of herself. Once she even went a little bit which made us all excited. To be honest though, it's kind of a pain because she thinks this is awesome so she wants to go in there all the time which really is a little annoying (just being honest here). However, this morning after breakfast when she exclaimed "Poo Potty!" I thought, why not, we've got a little time to kill. I stripped her down and let her run into the bathroom. She climbed right up and a few seconds later really peed. I was so excited, and she was so proud of herself! When she stopped, she looked up at the Minnie Mouse poster that hangs on the shower door across from the toilet and said "Minnie?" so I "told" Minnie what Mia had done and gave the poster a high-five. Mia and Lily thought that was awesome. Maybe Mia really is ready for potty training (at about 10 months before Lily!). I really dislike this stage though...the "I have to go NOW" stage. We'll see how these next few weeks go, but maybe she's on the way!