Hello again

Hi Everyone. We are back. Mia is cute as ever, but that really isn't any different from any other post! lol. We had a scare in my family, my father had to have double bypass heart surgery on October 10th. What was supposed to be a routine angiogram to remove what they thought was a small blockage, turned out to be open heart surgery. My dad was in the hospital the entire week from Monday until now. He had to wait about 5 days before going to surgery. Anyway, he pulled through with flying colors. He is obviously moving slow. They are planning a discharge for tomorrow or Friday. All said and done, he will have been in the hospital just shy of 2 weeks. It's been a bit rough and the reason I have not posted anything recently. I brought Mia to the hospital today to see him for the first time. He has a private room and felt comfortable doing this.

As for our Mia, she is still not crawling, but moving around quite a bit. We put her on the floor now much more often to do her thing. She can get around. She turns and moves herself backwards. It's so funny. She can also get into a sitting position from her belly, something I think we noticed about 2 weeks ago or so. She does this complete split as she pushes her way up to a seated position. Babies, boy are they limber! She makes the razz sound much more often. She imitates me when I do this "clearing my throat" sound. It's so funny. She hasn't quite learned how to pull herself up to her feet yet. She will kneel, but then that's it. She is making more sounds. I guess she is putting more consanants and vowels together. It's just such an amazing thing to watch her grow and change. The changes are so subtle sometimes, but when you're with her everyday, you definitely notice them.

I have just started to think about her first birthday plans and also taking her for some professional pics for her year birthday and for christmas. I'll let you know as things get underway.

On top are some current pics of the peanut. Hope you enjoy them.

Love, Mia, Amy & Giacomo xoxoxoxoxo