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That is straight from Mia...she wanted to write something on the blog, so that's what she wrote...if you can talk baby then you'll know what it says, probably something like, "I love my mommy and daddy...and my baby tad (it's a froggie toy of hers)."

She keeps on doing great!

Mia has been doing really well, she is now 14 pounds 6 ounces! Yay Mia! This morning we tried pears and she was initially not to excited, but then she ate a bunch and thought they were ok. I think she really likes eating by mouth, she's such a big girl!

Mia's teacher visited her today because she couldn't come yesterday. They had a lot of fun playing together. In the end Mia got to use glue for her art project, she liked this one a whole lot better than painting.

Mia is getting better with pushing up on her arms when she is on her tummy. She used to not be able to do it at all, but this week I've noticed a marked improvement in it and with using her left arm to push up also. We've been working on holding things in her left hand and have made quite a bit of improvement also...she can now hang onto something for a few seconds where she used to immediately drop it.

We also have started working on bye bye and I'll wave her hand for her and now it has adapted into "high five" because she likes to reach her hand out and touch yours when you hold your hand up...very cute. So the next time you see her, hold your hand out and say "high five" and she'll reach out and touch yours. :)

Today we saw the nephrologist...not to be confused with the neurologist...Mis sees a nephrologist because she was born with a kidney stone. When she was a baby they said that was common and that usually they dissolve on their own, but hers has stuck with her, so that's why we see a nephrologist. The good thing is we were able to see her in Bakersfield because just like the neurologist, they come here once a month to see patients. Anyway, she remembers Mia from the ICU and she thought she looked great. They don't want to do anything just yet concerning her kidney stone, they are just going to watch it for any changes. So in November they want us to do another renal ultrasound to see what the kidney stone looks like then. So that was a nice easy visit!

Mia also got weighed today and she is now 14 pounds 5 ounces. Slowly but surely we are getting there. She's really taken to eating two meals a day of solids, which is great...tonight she had a bunch of beans mixed with rice cereal and formula and she thought it was just fine, so that was great because up until now she hasn't liked beans one bit. And one of these days she'll sleep through the night...although I would say last night was pretty much it because we fed her at 10 and she didn't get up until 6ish. But it's never a consistent thing...we'll be really excited when it is consistent. :)

Hi everyone, I'm doing great...everyone says so...even my therapists. I really really really like to roll around, it's one of my favorite activities. It's kind of neat how it gets me places. My therapist told me I have to do the rolling thing for awhile before I get to crawling, so I'm ok with it. Last night I woke up crying because I was trying to practice my rolling, daddy turned me over and I was just fine...I went right back to sleep because I was tired. I love my daddy...he makes me laugh so much, but then sometimes I get the pickles...some people call them hiccups, but we like to call them the pickles. Mommy loves taking my picture and I'll roll up on my tummy anytime for a picture...I like getting my picture taken. It's my second favorite activity after rolling. I've been eating more of my vegetables, I've decided that I do like carrots also, I just needed to give them a chance...mommy hopes the same thing will happen with beans...we'll see. I'm still 14 pounds 4 ounces, but before you know it, I'll be bigger. Thanks for praying for me because it's working!

Love, Mia

When you've reached the end...stop...or at least turn around and go the other direction! Mia continues to roll around everywhere, it is her favorite activity. Which is great because now instead of me making her roll for therapy, she does it herself!

She also keeps on getting bigger, she's now 14 pounds 4 ounces...we keep telling her to keep eating! She listens occasionally. :)

Mia absolutely doesn't like beans...she tolerates peas mildly...and really loves sweet taters and squash. So we've moved on to mixing veggies and today she ate sweet taters and beans, which went down just fine.