Almost 4 months! (in 3 days!)

Well hello all!

It has been some time from my last entry. Not much has changed. Mia is as cute as ever...I'm not biased...ha ha ha. She sings to us all the time, laughs out loud more frequently, and just is a delight! She has begun to reach for things it seems. If I put her hand on an object, like her toys that hang on her car seat, she will understand that her hands make them move and keep hitting them. It's pretty amazing.

We give her cereal in a bottle 2x a day, in the evening before she goes to bed and in the morning. I will find out about starting solids when I take her to the Dr. next week. She is sleeping better for the most part. Her routine generally now is that she goes to bed about 9ish and gets up around 3-5am. The other night she slept from about 10pm to 5am! I was so excited. Some nights are worse than others, but I'm hoping that the better ones will outweigh the worse ones. I know we'll get there. I'm happy to be getting more than 4 hours a sleep in a row...see, I don't aske for too much! ha ha

I have her 4 month appt. next Wednesday I believe. She has to get the 4 shot thing and a second round of the oral medicine. I HATE all of this. Once again, I will load her up on Tylenol. This does seem to help.

I have been at my mother's house non-stop. Giacomo has traveled every week for the past like 4 weeks in a row. It is unusual for him to travel this much and it is the most he has traveled since I have known him. My mother in law watches the cats when I'm away. Giacomo came back Thursday only to leave again tomorrow for Las Vegas again. Yes, he was just there like 2 weeks ago. Just so happens that another convention, which rotates locations, happens to be in Vegas this year like the one convention he just went to which is always in Vegas. He's a lucky guy!

Anyway, Mia is just so cute. We took her a week ago to central park! It was April 19th! Her first trip to NYC! She loved it. We went to Sheep's Meadow and relaxed in the sun. It was so crowded, but so worth it. Giacomo and I got some wine and completely enjoyed the moment. Mia was such a good girl. Guess she'll be a city woman after all! Yeah!

Also, we went to Staten Island this past Wednesday to see my cousins. Mia's second trip to New York in one week! We went to this italian restaurant which was so, so good and Mia was such a good girl.

We took Mia to Cook College Rutgers Univ. today for her first "Ag" Field day. It was so nice, just a bit too windy and too cold. I cannot wait for Mia to be a bit older so she can enjoy all there is to offer for children there. We think Mia will be a future Rutgers student! It's hard not to in our family! We took some pics today at Rutgers that I will post on here shortly.

What else, oh, I have been working. I worked 2 days last week, Monday and Wednesday. Boy, is it an adjustment. I am happy I made this decision because it is a nice balance of being home with my little one and socializing a bit! Yes, work is a vacation! ha ha. Seriously though, I am a lactation consultant and I do like the position so far. I know everyone there and this is what I am most happy about. That is why I didn't want to leave St. Peter's. I am most likely going to do one day a week maybe two.

I am not posting any pics of Mia now, :(:(:(, only because I am writing this from my mother's house and do not have any of Mia's very current pics on her hardrive. So, as soon as I go home, either tonight or tomorrow, I'll post them when I get a chance. I have so many to show you! I'm so behind.

Oh, one more thing. We are having a "blessing" for Mia on May 10th at our home with just our immediate families. We did not want to have a big party. I am very excited about this. Mia is going to wear a gown that my mother and uncle wore, and me and my brother wore. It is so beautiful. The man who married Giacomo and I will be performing the ceremony. I think it will be very special and I am very excited about this day.

I think that is all for now. I will keep you all posted very soon with new pics and new stats from Mia's 4 month pediatrician visit! Boy, how the time has flied!

In the meantime, take care and talk to you all very, very soon!

Love, Amy, Giacomo and Mia :):) xoxoxox