Happy 8 Months to our Baby Girl!

SO hard to believe Giana turned 8 months old this week!!! It is incredible how fast the time has flown. She is just changing every day. Her new thing is to help me turn the pages when we read books together. She also LOVES playing peek-a-boo with us. Will automatically put her head down and pretend she is hiding. She keeps trying and trying to crawl foward. She is SO, SO close and has inched forward a few times, but ends up just rolling around until she reaches what she wants. We have signed her up for Mommy and Me swimming lessons that start in a few weeks. Very excited to see how she reacts to the water. She loves bath time and doesn't mind at all when the water comes over her face. Have to get her ready for the beach!! She has been trying some new foods. She loves yogurt and little bits of mozzarella cheese. I still need to make some mango for her. She is such a great eater and pretty much scarfs up everything. We're still trying the sippy cup, but all she does is bite it. She hasn't figured out how to drink from it yet. In time. ;)
I feel like before we know it she will be 1! AHHH!

Great Weekend Outside

We had a great wkd here in NY. On Sunday it was so warm out, so we spent lots of time outside with Giana. Auntie Olivia and Uncle Chez got us a jogging stroller for Christmas and we got it out this weekend. So fun!! Get back into shape!! It's nice because by the time I get home there is still time to run with the jogging stroller up to the park with Giana so she can play. Love that summertime is on it's way!

Silly face!!
Getting ready to sneeze!

Love her!!! Eat her up!

Some more random photos

A few pics from recently.......

Mommy and Giana all dressed up for a wedding shower
Flower Baby

Happy Girl on the swings

Loves swinging!

Trying to crawl, but just goes backwards.... ;)

Giana's First Easter

Giana's First Easter was great!! Mike and I actually colored some eggs for her and had an Easter Basket for her! We skyped with my parents so she could open her Easter basket from there. So fun!!! It's my new obsession and am so excited that they can see her more often!! ;) The Marciano Family's tradition is to watch Easter sunrise on the beach. An early morn!! This year was so much warmer than usual, but so foggy and you couldn't see a thing!
Giana with her cousins
Giana and her future BFF , cousin Ariella who is just 4 mos younger. ;)

In her pretty dress!

Happy Girl!

Early morn on the beach with our "bunny" baby!

Slacking on the blog....

So, I haven't updated the blog in awhile. OOPS!! Time has been flying by! Miss Giana has continued to get sick off and on. And last week had a fever that went up to 103 and ended up having an ear infection. Poor baby girl! Hope she is on her way to healthy times now!! She continues to scoot backwards. She gets so frustrated b/c she cannot figure out how to move forward yet. She is trying to clap and high five. So fun!!! We've had such nice weather here and have a park just a few blocks away. She loves the slide and swings!! Now we have to find some for our yard. We've tried a few new foods. A few bites of mozzarella cheese in which she made a funny face. ;) Making mango this week for her. YUM! Giana is officially signed up for swimming!! We start in early May. Mike and I are both so excited. We'll both get to take turns going in with her.
Continues to LOVE her bath. And even cracks up when the water comes down over her face.
Playing in her exersaucer outside.

So, SO happy! Loves being outside!

Meeting the Easter Bunny- no smile...but no tears either. She didn't know what to think!

Enough hair to put bows in!!! YAY!!