16 Months Old

Again, I've been meaning to write another update for weeks now... I always plan to when Mya goes to bed, but once I tidy up the house, take a shower, and spend some time with the hubby, I just end up being really lazy.  I have a pile of sewing projects that need finishing too, but I am prioritizing this blog tonight because Mya  has changed like crazy this past month and I'm already losing track of all these things!

It's hard to remember the beginning of April so just a couple pics jog my memory of little things going on with Mya:

 I put some stickers in her Easter basket.  Once I put one on her cheek and now she thinks that's where they always go.  Even now as I'm writing in May, she will put stickers on her cheek.  It's interesting to watch how challenging it is to find the stickers once they're on.  She can sense them on her face, but the coordination of getting her hands there takes practice- check out the look of concentration ;)


She loves playing the piano.  Especially if Brooks is playing the guitar or there's music playing on Pandora, she will run over and say "up" and I can just leave her at it now because she gets a kick out of all the buttons.  I had no idea there were full demo songs on there until I heard this amazing tune from the other room.  I discovered she's not some piano prodigy, but I still can't find those tunes so she's already passing me in technical skills.

 Speaking of music, I can't believe I haven't posted her favorite song yet. This may cause some to question my parenting. Now in early May, it has slowed down to a few times a week, but there was a couple week span where the request for this song was all throughout the day every day.  She just couldn't get enough of it or sick of it.  Brooks' itunes showed the video for it once, and ever since then, Mya just wants to watch it over and over.  This is the disturbing part if you watch this video- it's not like it's inappropriate, but I am curious about Mya's fascination with it:

She runs around dancing to it and tries to do the "HEY" which comes out "AH AH"... she'll do this and point to the TV when she wants you to play it for her.

It's crazy how she'll be struggling with a toy or trying to do something for a long time and then one day she's suddenly doing it like a piece of cake!  This ring stacker is one example.

I can't take her shopping anywhere.  She fights me so hard to get down if I'm holding her and once she's down, she's gone!  This girl has no fear... which scares ME.  I admire her courage but she's gone in a second without looking back. 


My mom, Mike, and Aunt Tammy visited for a week in the second part of April, which really came at the best timing.  First of all, it was gorgeous spring weather :)  While Wisconsin was still 30-40 degrees and completely dead looking still, Portland was in full spring bloom with 60-70 temps! Secondly, the week before was dreary and Mya and I were on the verge of going completely stir-crazy cooped up in our little condo.  Our visitors took us out to so many fun places, it was rejuvenating to be out with people and new scenery.  We did so many things- here's a few pics...