Our little girl always changing :):)

Hello everyone! I do not have pictures with this post because my comptuer has failed me. It is being diagnosed at Best Buy because it broke down last week. I was freaking out because you know me and my pictures...I was just praying nothing happened to the most recent pics I downloaded to my hardrive of Mia. Luckily, it looks that all is ok and that they can save my hardrive. I am waiting to get it back. I promise to post some pics as soon as I have my computer back. I am using Giacomo's at the moment. It's so amazing how dependent I have become on my damn computer. It definitely is my lifeline at times!

Anyway, some quick updates on our angel baby. Ok, she now seems to wave "bye-bye"! She just started this yesterday, 9.7.08, when we were at a birthday party for a friend of Giacomo's daughter. I have been showing her this on and off now I guess for about a month and she actually did it on her own. At first I thought it was coincidence, however, we tried again and she did it again!! It is so cute. I will try to get it on video so you can all see!! The other new things she does are she holds the edge of the pack and play as to try to get herself in a standing position. She just started doing this on 9.6.08. Giacomo was watching her while I was food shopping. He took a pic of her doing this. it was the first time she actually grabbed the sides in the hopes of getting the hell out of that contraption! Mind you, she doesn't stand up at all, but will sort of kneel a bit while she is holding the edges with both hands. You can tell she is starting the steps necessary to start pulling herself up. We have the pack and play set up so it is at the highest level. It was good up until now. It seems and we are going to have to remove this level very, very soon so she sits at the bottom and is safe. What else...oh, her personality is even stronger in my opinion. She definitely has started to cry if you take something she is holding and enjoying away from her. She gets very, very frustrated and angry. It makes us laugh..I know this sounds mean, but it is very cute to see her personality develop. She doesn't seem to have a great deal of patience. Giacomo and I tell each other we are in trouble! ha ha. The last thing she has started to do which is a noticeable change is that she will fuss if someone else is holding her and lean with her arms open for me to take her back. I have to admit, I melted when she did this!! She really must love her mama! :):) She did this for the first time last Wednesday, 9.3.08. Those are the main things we noticed and they all seem to have happened very recently. She is just more vocal, more strong, and more coordinated with just about everything. She can manage her toys very well now. She has mastered how to take all the rings off the post of this one toy we have. She constantly says "dah dah" and "nah nah". We haven't gotten "mama" out of her yet. Today I assisted her as she stood on the floor and held onto the couch. She manages to support her weight very well and is really getting the hang of it. She still is not crawling. She goes to her belly from sitting and can get up on her knees and hands, but then she falls forward. Her legs do not want to cooperate. She inches her way backwards generally when she is on her belly. Eventually she gets frustrated and I just sit her up again. I am anxious to see her current stats considering we have not had a pediatrician appt. for her 7th and 8th month birthdays. We go on September 30th for her 9 month check up. We'll see. She sure does hurt my back if I am holding for a long time now. :):):) I'll keep you all posted.
Nothing else really new. I am still working 2 days a week and loving it.
Oh, one more thing. I have 3 costumes for Mia's first Halloween. One is winnie the pooh which I purchased at babies r us, the other is a Rutgers Univ. cheerleader which I got at the Rutgers game last week ( it is too cute!) and the third is a princess outfit. I am leaning towards the Rutgers ensemble. I absolutely couldn't resist when I saw it. If I do go with this one, I am going to make her mini pom poms and try to see if I can find her saddle shoes or something similar. I cannot wait to show all of you...it is so cute. It's a miniature version of the big one. We are convinced Mia will be a Rutgers girl, so we're just prepping her! I'll let you know which one I choose. I am going to go trick or treating with her. Hey, I need some sweets! I just want to see her reaction with the other children, etc.
Ok, I do think this is all for now. Here's to Rutgers football season which started last week. We have season tickets. We're not going to bring Mia just yet.
Talk to you all soon and I promise some great pics with my next post.

Take care everybody!

Love, The Bellomos