As promised, some pics of the peanut

The little bunny
After a long day
Daddy being his silly self

With her future husband Colton at the Alba Wine Festival
She loves drinking from a cup
Finally, her first real encounter with auntie Terri on July 23rd!
Having a blast with Grammy and Grandpa

Her first real pool experience on July 12th at Dina and Tony's house.
With Daddy in the pool amazed by the water.
Her "schmooly" face that we LOVE.
In her cute giraffe ensemble that Uncle Mike purchased :)
Saturday trip to the bank on July 19th! She's a big shot.

I will have her 7 month pics up next week or the week after. They are still in my camera. I do my ritual of making a sign for her to hold showing how many months she is. It was a bit challenging yesterday during her photo shoot. Now she crumples and eats it before I can snap the pic! She is a fast little diva! :):) I will try to get you some stats as well. Have to remember to weigh her and get her length sometime today. Gonna run to try and get some things done while she is napping at the moment! Talk to you all soon and hope you enjoy the pics and video I posted. :):)

The Bellomos xoxoxoxo

7 Months!!

Hi All,

Mia is 7 months today...the day is almost over! ha ha. It's 11:49pm. It has been a couple of weeks since my last entry. Not too much has changed I guess. Mia is just simply making us smile all the time. She now grabs everything and anything, absolutely hates being left alone, and she got her first tooth!!!!!! This was probably the biggest milestone since the last time I wrote a post. Yes, she has a tooth. It came in, or at least we noticed it first, on July 16th. My mother actually noticed it first. She was babysitting for a few hours at our house and when I called her on our way back home, she said, "did you notice that Mia has a tooth coming in on the bottom?" I said, "no!" It is difficult to see her gums as she always puts her tongue in the way when you try to look. My mom felt her gums and said she felt it first, then took her in the sunlight and could actually see it. It is so cute! I feel bad for her, I'm sure it cannot be too comfortable having teeth come through your gums like that. I'm so excited, but I am realizing that she really is getting big. It is sort of sad as well.
She loves to eat and I give her just about any stage 2 foods now. She generally loves everything. Oh, that's right, she can hold her bottle now! My mom encouraged her last week when Mia was at her house for a couple of nights. I encourage her as well, and boy, can she really do it! She sits back in her highchair and I just have to position her hands and she can hold it up. It's so great. It is also a huge help so I can be hands free to do other things. I have to readjust it at times, but it's still a big milestone.
She doesn't have a 7 month doctor visit. She doesn't go back until 9 months. I wanted to take her weight and height, but just didn't get around to it today. Maybe tomorrow. Oh, that reminds me, besides it being Mia's 7 month birthday, Giacomo and I payed off our mortgage today!! HOORAHHHH!!!! Yes, I cannot believe it. It's too good to be true. So I will always remember her 7 month birthday with a lot of positive things!
She isn't mobile yet. She sits up so well and will bend and stretch like mad to get things she wants, but she isn't really doing much else. When we put her on her belly, she lifts her head and chest very high, but isn't rocking or really moving yet. I think she is not going to be a crawler and instead go directly from sitting to walking. We'll see. I am not complaining. I know it can get a big difficult when they walk, so I am taking advantage of these last few months when she doesn't. :)
Anyway, I am SO exhausted. I am going to run. I will post pics of her either tomorrow or the next day. I just wanted to let you all know I have not forgot about this site. Guess life gets in the way and the days pass so fast!

Talk to you all soon!

Lots of love,

Mia, Amy & Giacomo xoxoxo

Miss Personality

Lounging on July 4th.



With Grandpa Sangiovanni

Our 6th Month Munchkin!
She likes squishing my sign.

I have the same outfit in newborn and 6-9 months. I took her home in this outfit. I was trying to show how much she has grown since birth.
In Nona Bellomo's crib! Naked woman!

Our weekend in Wildwood.

Hi everyone. It has been about 2 weeks since my last entry. Let's see...I think I need to update you with some stats. At her 6 month Dr. visit on July 1st, she weighed in at 18 pounds 10 ounces and is 26 inches long! I believe it is about 75 %ile for height and 95th for weight! She really keeps chugging along here. Her milestones include: she now moves things from one hand to the other. She is so much stronger in general. Everything and anything in reach is fair game and those little hands sure are fast. I must move everything far away when I sit with her at a table. She doesn't like when you hold her hands to do things, like make her clap, for example. She'll pull them out of your hands, like, "Get off of me mom, I want to do my own thing!" She really gets upset now if she left alone in a room. I must distract her with something and run! lol. She loves to be held. Ah, such the life. Don't you wish you appreciated it more when you were a baby now?! ha ha. We started meats on July 4th. She loves chicken and now has started on Turkey. She does not like peas! She makes the funniest face and gags every now and then. I disguise it with sweet potatoes of whatever to get her to eat it. From my readings, you must be persistent and patient with foods they do not take to, because with time, they eventually will. So, I will persevere! She can support her weight on her legs if I hold her up. She loves this and makes that proud face like "look at me mom!" She is sleeping so much better. She goes in about 8ish and gets up around 5am for a bottle and will go back to sleep until about 7. She is in number 3 diapers now. We started them pretty much at her 6th month birthday. I was trying to use the rest of my number 2's and they were bursting at the seams! lol I need to pack up her 3-6 month duds that are still in her drawer. I have had no time. She is well into 6-9 months and by the way she is growing, I do believe she will be in 9-12 soon. She still talks all the time, and oh yes, she LOVES to squeal! She started doing this high pitched, ear piercing scream around July 4th. She is so proud of how loud she can get and just keeps doing it more. It's very cute actually. When I get her to laugh, it is so hearty now, it comes straight from her belly and it the best thing ever. I love making her laugh of course. She spent July 4th in Wildwood. We stayed there that weekend and my parents came as well. They met us down there on the 5th. They left Monday and we stayed until Tuesday. We dropped her at my mother's on the way back and she stayed the night at my parents while Giacomo and I went back to Morristown. I had my hair cut, colored, etc. the next day and picked her up after. It was just a week of a great deal of driving. Giacomo traveled Wed. through Friday. I was the taxi driver for the week and Mia sure was a Gypsy. She stayed at my mother's Tues and Wed night and then at my in laws on Thurs. night because I worked on Friday and Giacomo was not around to help me bring her to my in laws, so dropping her off at night is much better. Mia really saw the beach for the first time. She went in Cape Cod, but it was really the bay. She saw waves for the first time this past Monday, July 7th. We sat her in the sand too! She was mesmerized by its texture. I didn't bring my camera..yes, one of the first times! I was frustrated and will just have to keep moment as a memory only! :( We went to my friend Dina's house yesterday for a pool/bbq day. They have and in ground pool and we brought Mia in of course. It was her first time in a big pool. We put her in this tube we bought, but she was a bit scared and cried. Giacomo then held her for a while and when we tried again, she was calmer and enjoyed it.

I think this is about all for now. I have to work tomorrow, so I am going to get going. I am posting pics which include the last 2 weeks. Hope you enjoy them.

Talk to you all soon.

The Bellomos