Mia is Blessed :):)

Hello Everyone!

Well, we had a very, very nice weekend. Mia was baptized this past Saturday. It went so well. My parents, Giacomo's parents and sister, Giacomo's brother and his wife, his 2 girls, my brother, his boyfriend and Giacomo's uncle were all there to help up celebrate our beautiful angel :):)

The reverend John Graf performed the ceremony at our home. He married Giacomo and I in 2006. It was so great to see him and have him bless our daughter. Everyone came about 1-2pm and John arrived about 2. We started the ceremony about 320pm. My brother Michael and Giacomo's brother Eliseo are the godparents. They lit candles and my brother Michael read a poem about parenthood which I chose at the end. John blessed Mia with holy water and spoke of the beauty of family and the importance of love towards our children. The dress looked adorable on our Mia. It was special as well because it was worn by my mother and me. Afterwards, we were told by everyone that the intamacy of the party made it so special. We all had the time to talk to eachother and enjoy eachother's company. The people most special to Mia were there. That was most important to Giacomo and I. Mia received some very special gifts. A heart pendant necklace from Grammy and Grandpa Sangiovanni, a 14k white gold braclet with her name engraved on it from Nona and Nono Bellomo. We ate and had delicious cake with the words God Bless Mia Noelle written on the top. It was just a really great day filled with love and family! Who could ask for more??!!

Mother's Day was uneventlful, but very special as well. We basically relaxed the entire day. Giacomo and Mia went for a walk into town while I finished planting my flowers on our deck! It was relaxing! We were a bit tired from the planning and clean up from the day before. Mia bought me tickets to go see the Mets this coming Thursday! Unfortunatly Mia isn't going! ha ha. Just daddy and mommy. Hopefully next year we'll plan something as a family. I am very happy to be going to see the Mets.

Mia is doing great. She loves her cereal and has really learned how to eat with a spoon so well. The mouth always opens waiting for the next spoonful! We are going to start her on fruits the next few days! She holds and reaches for objects much more. She rolls over when she wants to, not too often. I guess she'll just be doing this more and more. When she is on her stomach, she pushes of the ground with her hands and lifts her head and shoulders off the ground. She also gets into position it seems to crawl! She looks like she wants to go, go, go! Uh oh....no more stationary Mia soon!! She is STILL not sleeping 6 hours in a row all the time. Mostly 4 hours. UGHHH. I'm learning that sleep is overrated! ha ha. She is just getting bigger and bigger. She loves her bouncer/exersaucer that we bought her not too long ago. It's so awesome to see her change and be able to use this. I love it because it is suspended so she can bounce when she pushes off the floor. I like this one better than the stationary exersaucers. The seat also goes around, so it's like you get 2 features instead of one. She tries to play with the activities in it. It is so cute. There is this thing that rolls and just watching her starting to understand what to do is so AMAZING. She can spin it with her hands and when she gets results, she tries to do it again. I love it!

We are also going to Cape Cod, MA the end of the month for a week! I have been there a bunch of times and love it. We are going with my parents. My parents have a time share and get a week a year anywhere, so this is where we are going! Should be a lot of fun. I am looking SO forward to going and getting away. It will be Mia's first bigger trip. I know it will be a great week and Giacomo and I have a built in babysitter (grammy!) the time we're there, so if we just want to go do our own thing, dinner, shopping, etc., I am sure we will not get any complaints!

Anyway, that is all for now. I am posting pics from this past weekend and the week before. The baptism and mother's day are included.

Talk to you all very soon.

Love, The Bellomos