Guess what we are doing right now? We are watching Mireya on a video camera. She is laying in her toddler bed (her crib with the front rail removed.) We decided that we didn’t want to risk her climbing out of her crib, potentially hurting herself in the process; and with the camera installed, we can watch her to make sure she stays in bed and doesn’t get into trouble.

She has been doing great! She had a nap earlier and stayed in her bed the entire time. Now, she is sleeping for the night and didn’t put up a fight what-so-ever. She’s such a good girl. She is so excited about it, too! All day, she has been putting her stuffed animals and dolls to bed in her new toddler bed. She’s so cute!

Mireya is so cute! She just came up to me and said, “Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!” I told her she had to wait one second and she said, “No! LISTEN! Mommy, LISTEN!” When I said ok she asked me a question. How cute is that!? My baby girl is growing up!

Lately, when I snap my fingers to a beat around Mireya, she tells me no, no, no Daddy! She hates it for some reason. Mommy hates it too!

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.****

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…

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

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.

NO WAY Mom! Leave my nose alone!

Mireya Fell Asleep on the Couch

Mireya playing with hair ties just like I did as a child.

LOVE the pigtails!

Mireya wearing my boots.

Sweet Baby Girl!

Mireya thought this was hilarious!

Mireya and I had a tea party. She shared with her dolls. CUTE!

Mireya in her Christmas tutu!

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!

Tyrannosaurus Rex

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.

We all put our hands on a dinosaur footprint.

Mireya played for a long time at the Erosion Table. It was a blast!

Mireya 'riding' a dinosaur.

Mireya got to dig for fossils just like an archaeologist!

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.

Mireya and Mommy having fun!

Mireya and Daddy under a gigantic dinosaur!

Mommy being eaten!

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!

Mireya chillin' with the reindeer.