Hi Ho, Hi Ho

This week marks my official return to work. Luckily, Brian's day off coincides with my first day back, so Mia is still at home with her Papa while I play catch up. It turns out, I didn't to as bad a job as I thought working from home, because it's 3:30 and I am already able to take a bit of a breather (long enough to write this post and update everyone with some pics!)

Mia has changed so much in the past few weeks. She had her first plane ride, which she behaved superbly on. She cried for about 5-10 minutes on the ride to Chicago, waking up only briefly to eat. Her routine was very disrupted in Chicago, where she was shuttled from one end of the Chicagoland-area to the other, napping almost exclusively in the car and sleeping 5-6 hour stretches at night. Although I am pretty sure Brian and I were more tired at the end of our vacation than when we started, it was well worth it for the Caccamos to meet their newest family member.

Mia with her Big Granpa



Mia and Brian at the Zoo!

 Luckily, we planned our trip so that we would still have 2 days at home as a family to recover from our vacation. We took advantage by sitting on the couch, snuggling with our sleepy baby, and not doing the laundry but watching movies instead.



Mia with some of her presents!



Mia's daytime naps are starting to become less and less frequent, and she spends a lot more of her awake time thoughtfully looking at everything around her. She has started paying attention to both the mobile over her crib and the one above her swing. She tracks objects like a champ, and seems to be starting to become aware of her hands. It looks to us as though she might be a thumb sucker, but she sucks her fist more often than just her thumb. She still has tons of hair, and it's starting to be long enough for hair clips! Yay!

She is super strong and about 90% will support her own head when you're holding her. That other 10% means she is only a few minutes away from totally falling asleep. She still eats like a champ and my prediction for her 2 month pediatrician appointment on friday is at least 11 lbs. She's in size 1 diapers, but still hasn't outgrown any of her clothing, except for one dress that barely fit over her head when she was born.

 She still doesn't give smiles out to anyone, and so far has only given a full smile to me, Brian and my boss (of all people!). Since it's still pretty rare, it is still easily the most exciting part of my day, and nothing makes me happier. Here's what I was able to capture of her first smile, in progression:

These photos were taken a couple of weeks ago, and she's already changed since then!!

That's all for now, I will try to be more consistent with weekly updates now that I am back at work.