Mother's Day

Happy belated Mother's Day to all the Moms who read the blog. I tip my hat to you and can truly appreciate all that you do. We spent our first Mother's Day in New York with my family. Nola and Papa Doc were there from Virginia as well as Aunt Eli, Uncle Oli, Estie, Poppy, Nancy, Mark, Jenny, Marg, Tom, Maureen, Mike and a surprise guest, Matt. It really was great to see everyone and introduce Tom and his family to Mia. Both Josh and I were very surprised and excited to see Matt. Since he moved to Chicago, our visits have been few and far between - but we always remember the time he spent on our couch with fondness. He really is a great guy and a very special person.

Our trip to and from NY was really eventless. Mia slept the entire trip both ways, which is a VAST improvement over our last trip when she screamed through the entire state of CT. The trip home was a bit long because of the amount of traffic, but we made it back in one piece.

So - Saturday morning I was packing for the weekend. Josh was watching Mia and gathering her stuff. All of a sudden I can hear him rushing around - and clearly he does not want me to know what is going on. Josh rushed into Mia's room with her and closed the door. Well, curiosity got the best of me and I opened the door to see what was causing such a commotion. Josh simply turned to me and said "How do you get ink off a baby?" What???!!!! Apparently, Josh was having Mia sign my Mother's Day card and the pen exploded all over her hands. Well, as you can imagine, her hands then touched her legs, her onesie, her face, her feet etc. etc. etc. It was so funny!! We can only thank god that it was a ballpoint pen and not a Sharpie. She arrived in NY inkless.

These days Mia is growing like a weed and developing pretty rapidly. She pays more attention to her surroundings and focuses on people that are around her. She has started to interact with her environment - touching things that are within reach, talking to Josh and I, and following Docket's every move. She has started to recognize some of her toys and lets you know which ones she wants and when. I can't believe all of this has happened so quickly - and I am looking forward to all that is to come.

We are still waiting to go to her 6 month checkup as well as the appointment with the specialist at the end of May. I am not so sure we are going to make the 6 month checkup without starting food first. Mia seems to be getting hungry about every two hours these days - which is a telltale sign that she is ready for "a little somthin, somthin". We spoke to Dr. Shirley today and she really would prefer we wait until 6 months, but did give us the go-ahead to use a few teaspoons of cereal to supplement after Mia has her formula. I think we are going to start that tomorrow.

Alright - off to watch some of the Sox/Celtics and then to bed. More to come later in the week. New pics are on the picture portion of the site.