I am so PROUD of Mireya!

Mireya started potty training today. We attempted it several months ago, but it quickly became clear that it was too early. Today we started again. SHE IS SO AMAZING! My sweet, baby girl....well... not really a baby..... anyway, she only peed in her pull-ups once and she started pooping in them once too. She peed in the potty a total of 7 times! One of those was at a restaurant even! She just turned to me and said, "Mommy. Mommy! Potty Mommy!" When I asked her if she needed to potty, she got all excited and we hurried to the bathroom. Without any hesitation she sat on the potty and peed! It was so cool!

I made her the potty candy jar that I have posted pictures of previously here. She gets some candy after each time she uses the potty. She also has a really cool potty chart that she gets to put one sticker on each time she uses the potty. (Thank you Dad and Ellen!) She is so excited about the whole process and I couldn't be more thrilled!

I think it really helped to get her started this morning when I intentionally fed her a gazillion Saltine crackers and tons of juice. She was a peeing machine! :) I think that as long as Daddy and I stick to it, she will be potty trained in now time! I also realllllyyyy hope she doesn't just find it a novelty today and then in a few days the fun wears off... that would just suck! :(

****FYI--I published a new video of her on YouTube.****

1st Dentist Visit

Mireya had her first dentist visit yesterday. I have been concerned, because she chipped the face of one of her top front teeth a few months back and it has turned a dark color. I also recently noticed another dark spot on another tooth. I wanted to be sure they weren't cavities. Well, they are. Sh*t.

I feel so bad! Apparently it is really common for kids her age to get cavities, because they are learning to brush and they don't like to. It just sucks, because she hardly ever drinks juice, she was off the bottle by one and she never goes to bed with milk. She has been eating too many sweets lately with the holidays and I'm sure that made things worse.

Mireya has to go back when she turns two and have the two cavities filled. They will sedate her and I am trying not to totally panic about it. She is my baby and I don't want anything bad to happen to her EVER. I keep trying not to think about all the "what ifs." Stupid "what ifs" just need to go away.

The only positive about the entire experience was the office. It was a pediatric dental office and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. They had touch screens with all kinds of games, a whole little western "street" of sorts, toys, and other cool stuff. Mireya and Jason didn't want to leave! Seriously! I had to pry Jason off a touch screen game (he HAD to enter his name in the high score box) and Mireya cried all the way out the door. Maybe I should just drop the two of them off there on days that I need a little peace and quiet...

Cute Mireya Photos

Ok, so all the photos we take of Mireya are adorable, but here are some particularly cute ones:

[caption id="attachment_1690" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya had a cold a few weeks ago and I wanted to suction out drainage from her nose, so she could breath better. This is what she did to prevent that."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1691" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="NO WAY Mom! Leave my nose alone!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1693" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya Fell Asleep on the Couch"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1696" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya playing with hair ties just like I did as a child."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1697" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="LOVE the pigtails!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1699" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Mireya wearing my boots."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1694" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Sweet Baby Girl!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1692" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya thought this was hilarious!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1695" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya and I had a tea party. She shared with her dolls. CUTE!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1698" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Mireya in her Christmas tutu!"][/caption]

Brush Brush Brush

That is the chant we say every night while Mireya brushes her teeth. She has gotten so good about doing it happily! She brushes them without a fight and she even lets me help her to get them really clean. HOORAY! I am so proud of her!

Good job baby Girl! Good Job!

Privacy

Thanks for the article from Laura Ryan I was recently looking online with a friend of mine. I had just switched to one of the CLEAR internet service providers, and I was checking to make sure the internet was up and running. What I stumbled onto while checking the internet was mind-blowing. My friend and I were looking up homes online, and I decided to look up my own address. It was scary to see that a satellite picture of my house is online. Not only that, but you can find a full shot of the front of our house. My husband’s truck is missing from the driveway, so the picture must have been taken while he was at work. I may sound a bit paranoid, but it was disconcerting to see my home and address online for the entire world to see. You hear stories all of the time about people using the internet to commit crimes of all different types. I do not like the fact that my home is available for anyone to see. With two small children, I want to make sure they are protected and safe at all times. Sometimes too much information can be dangerous.

The Museum of Ancient Life

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December 10th was our 3rd Wedding Anniversary. We decided to spend it celebrating as a family. We were in Lehi for the weekend, so we decided to go to The Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point. It was so much fun!!!! We spent hours and hours walking around staring at all the amazing fossils in complete awe. Mireya LOVED every bit of it. For the first 30 minutes, she was as excited about all the other kids as she was the actual fossils. She was shy and nervous being around so many people, but once she warmed up, she ran around screaming in delight. It was so funny to see her that excited and silly!

There were a lot of fossils and other things that you could interact with directly.





[caption id="attachment_1664" align="alignnone" width="3264" caption="We all put our hands on a dinosaur footprint."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1669" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya played for a long time at the Erosion Table. It was a blast!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1672" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya 'riding' a dinosaur."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1675" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya got to dig for fossils just like an archaeologist!"][/caption]

Mireya was so excited and she would run from one dinosaur fossil to the next pointing and saying, "Wow! Oooooo... Wow!" We know that she is still very young, and she probably won't remember the museum when she is older, but it was something that neither of us will ever forget. They joy on her little face as she went through the museum was priceless.

[caption id="attachment_1666" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya and Mommy having fun!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1668" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya and Daddy under a gigantic dinosaur!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1667" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mommy being eaten!"][/caption]

After we went to the museum, we wandered over to get lunch and in the main area of Thanksgiving Point, there was an ice sculpture and a couple of Santa's Reindeer!

[caption id="attachment_1677" align="aligncenter" width="584" caption="Mireya chillin' with the reindeer."][/caption]

 

Healthy and Happy

Well, not quite, but close. Mireya is steadily improving now and that is a huge relief. Her fever broke last night and has not returned since. She still looks tired and pale, but her congestion and attitude are improving too.

Jason and I are wondering if she is just a kid that runs really high fevers every time she gets sick. It is really bizarre, but perhaps true? Regardless, I am so glad that she is getting better and I cannot wait to have my happy healthy girl back. Her sassy spunk had been back this morning and it is great!