Back from Massachusetts

Howdy everyone. We came back last Friday from Provincetown, MA. We had a very nice time. We relaxed and enjoyed the great shopping. Our house was very nice. My parents and Giacomo and I slept downstairs and my brother and Nick slept on the sleeper sofa upstairs. Mia actually slept in my parents bedroom. They bought a pack n play that they have which is smaller than ours and easier to transport. They loved waking up with her and I would find her in between them at 7am. It rained the last 2 days we were there, but it was still relaxing. We stayed in. I read, enjoyed Mia and my family, and ate well! The town is quaint and welcoming and the main street runs along the water. The shops were so much fun to browse and just enjoy a laid back kinda day. Mia had a great time and was such a good girl the entire trip. She did so well also on the way there and back. It took us about 7-8 hours. We stopped roughly every 2 to stretch and for a diaper change!

About our Mia. Her latest milestones are as follows, and she definitely changed this past week! :

She now sits up on her own!!!! She really started getting good at this the week we were away, about June 1st, right on her 5 month birthday. You can see by some of the pics I posted from our trip.

Just yesterday, on June 8th, she started grabbing her feet!! It's so cute. She started trying to do this about a week ago, but now she finally got coordinated and grasps them in her hands. She loves doing this. Every time I go to change her, she must grab her feet now.

Also, her babbles have started to include "baba, dada". This is a new sound for her. She has been squealing in delight and does that funny gasping sound, so when this came out of her mouth, I recognized the difference. I heard her doing it in the car this past week and she did it more today! I am repeating the dada sound a lot to her. Hopefully, she'll be a pro at it and she will surely wrap herself around her daddy's finger!

What else....I guess just generally she just has more of a personality now. She gives us those fake crocodile tears every now and then so she seems to be starting to understand how to get her way. I must be careful now! ha ha

I went to babies r us with her today and bought her a 5.oo plastic pool for our deck. I plan to fill it just a bit and now that she is sitting up pretty well, let her sit and enjoy the water. I am sure she will LOVE it. She loves her bath now, so I know this should be a hit.

Oh, that reminds me, she went to the beach for the first time when we were in Provincetown and she wore her bathing suit also for the first time! She loved it. Giacomo walked in the water while holding her, and she was mesmerized by the sparkling water and ocean sounds. It was such a great day. I have also posted pics from that day as well.

She sleeps pretty much the entire night. She goes to sleep about 8pm and gets up about 5am for some milk and then sleeps some more. It's great. Sometimes she wakes a bit sooner, but she'll have her bottle and then go back to sleep right away. So, SLOWLY but surely, we are managing to get a better nights sleep now.

I read her books all the time and she seems to enjoy this. She loves the colorful pages and listens quietly as I read. It's so great. She tries to grab the pages now and eat the book, but that's OK.

She reaches for things all the time that are reachable and now puts everything in her mouth. She is still drooling like a running faucet and I go through numerous bibs/burp cloths a day. She has not got to the stage where she cries if I take something away from her. I am not looking forward to that, so I am enjoying this while it lasts.

Think that's about it. If I forgot anything, I'll add another post! Going to try and post pics from our trip. Hope you enjoy them. My computer connection is weak at the moment. I will post those pics as soon as my connection is better! Sorry!


Ciao!