Computer is back and everything updated!

Mia yawning
Supporting her weight with the help of Grammy
With her great Uncle Mike on Sep. 13th

Trying so hard to stand up. Still not there yet!

Making some "music" with mom.
If I don't strap her in, she inches her way out of her bouncy seat now!

Babies for Obama!!!!

At the princess party!

The fashion show of dresses to see which one was better!
The winner is the pink one!!

Our little munchkin!

With her cousins and their friend.


Mommy take me out of this dress please!!

Our trip to NYC. Danielle, Mia and me in the village :)

Mia's 8 month pic. The sign does not stay intact for too long!

With Michael in NYC.

Hey everyone. My computer is back and fixed and all my pics were left untouched. Thank goodness. I now have about 3 weeks worth of pics to show you and milestones to tell you about.

Mia has her 9 month appt. this coming Tuesday. Her latest accomplishments are: First, she started using her pointer finger to touch things, press buttons, etc. She started doing this last Sunday, Sept. 14. Her fine motor skills are obviously getting more fine! lol. She can support her entire weight as long as you hold her hands. Pretty impressive! :) She also started making that "razz" sound. It's very cute of course. I'm just waiting for her to do it with a mouth full of food. She started this about Sept. 19th. Also, probably the best one in my opinion, she started to clap!! She puts her hands together and now imitates me when I show her how to do it. Her fingers are usually fanned out. I loved seeing her do this for the first time. I will be sure to get a picture of this in my next post. I do not have one yet. She claps quite frequently. She started this on Sept. 20. So as you can all see, there were 3 new things in about a span of a week. That's how it seems to be. There may be nothing new for a month, then you get hit with all these changes at once. :):)

I was at my parents for 2 nights. I went to see them on Tuesday and then it became Wed and Thurs. lol. I always get comfy there and wind up staying longer than planned. Giacomo did not come, so it was Mia and I. My mother does not get the opportunities to see her as much as my mother in law, so I made the trip to Monroe. I had 3 days off in a row. Mia had a good time.

We are having a minor what I would call an "issue" lately. Mia wakes up to be pacified a bunch of times at night. It seems to be getting worse. I am so tired right now actually. She doesn't really wake up, it's just some mild crying until I put a bottle of water in her mouth and she's back to sleep literally in a few seconds. Obviously, she is not hungry but just needs some TLC. Giacomo and I are going to figure out what to do. We usually jump when we here her, but I am starting to think this may not be a good idea. I wasn't ready before but maybe now I'm willing to take some baby steps to resolving the issue. Like not jumping immediately and giving her a few minutes to try to work it out herself. As long as it's not full fledged crying, I think I can handle at least trying it. I'll let nk you know how things go.

Besides this, everything is really status quo. She is just the best. She is still not crawling, but certainly trying. She notices everything up to very minor details such as a crumb on the couch etc. On my way to my mothers house on Tuesday I stopped and went to St. Peter's to visit the girls I work with and show off Mia and also to look for my camera which I brought to work on Monday and left there. I didn't find it then, but I called yesterday and they do have it, thank goodness. It was Mia's first trip back to St. Pete's since she was born! The girls adored her and she loved the lights and the overall grandness of the hospital. She was held by everyone. I told her she was born there. She didn't seem to care too much. :)

I had to play catch up with her pics since it seems like it has been a while since I posted any. I guess it's been about a month or so ago. The pics above include: Mia in her princess dress. We went to a party with a prince/princess theme (a guy Giacomo works with) and my mom went all out and couldn't wait a second when I told her I needed a dress. We had 2 dresses. I tried on both. They were both cute as anything, however, on one, the sleeves were too big. You can see in the pic above. So we went with the all pink one. She had a blast at her first real big kid party! That was Sept. 7th. Also, on Sept. 13th, we took a trip to see my uncle. He lives alone in upstate NY and has only seen Mia for a couple of days back in March. I was so happy we FINALLY took the time and went up there. My parents came too. We spent just the day, went to dinner and came back that night. Mia enjoyed it I believe. She was so good and really loved her great uncle Mike. He is coming in November for Thanksgiving and I'll be so happy when he can see her again. He LOVED her company and adores her. :):)

What else, you can see that I sit Mia at our piano now. She bangs away at the keys knowing that she creates the sounds. Ok, it's not Chopin yet, but I am dead set on teaching her myself. I have taken lessons for 8 years and plan to be her mommy and piano teacher as well.

Also, one thing about myself, if you don't know this about me already. I am very into to presidential election this Nov. I don't really have to tell you my pic, you just need to look at a shirt my daughter wears up above. I am going to the "green" in Morristown, (basically the town square) this Sunday to help people register and basically campaign with other Obama supporters. Hope it's a nice day. I do plan to bring Mia. I think she'll enjoy all the excitement.

There are a couple of pics from our trip to NYC to see friend Danielle and her boyfriend Michael. You can see them about as well. We had a great time and Mia was such a good girl. There is also a pic from a visit I made to my sister in law's house. I forget the date exactly. I guess late Aug.. My nieces adore her. There is a pic of Mia, Alanna, Olivia and their friend Carolina. They had a blast and really know how to make Mia laugh. It's so cute.