Much has happened since my last post! Liza now has her 2 bottom teeth, two upper molars and two lower molars. Her 2 canines just poked through today. All she wants for christmas is her two front teeth! She doesn't care much for brushing but we are working on it every night and morning.
We had a fun Halloween party here at our house with a bunch of moms and baby friends. Liza was adorable as Frida Kahlo, complete with black yarn head piece with ribbons braided in and set with flowers. Unibrow too, of course. I fashioned her a Tijuana dress as best I could using clothes from Wonders Found cut up and sewed together. The other babies looked cute too. We had snacks and some music playing.
October flew by and so did November. We finished up our music class and that will restart in January. Liza graduated from Born to Read at the library and will start Toddler Time next month as well. We've gone to an indoor playground at the Friendship Center several times which she really enjoys.
We had a great Thanksgiving in Gates Mills with Ryan's family. Liza played with her cousin Josh and had lots of fun with Nanna and Pop-pop too, along with some quality time with Aunt Nicole and Uncle Scott. She attempted to say "telescope" when she saw Pop-pop's big telescope in the basement. It came out as "gah-goo-gook" but hey, that's three syllables! We were at Costco yesterday and she pointed to one behind me and said it. I turned around and looked and sure enough there it was- I was impressed!
Liza has been dancing up a storm and we call it her "happy dance" when she gallops and waves her arms in the air. I made a montage video of her dancing to Billy Idol's "Dancing with myself." So cute!
We've been meeting up with friends often, whether having them over to our house or going to theirs, or meeting somewhere else like the library or Bass Pro Shop (where they have a holiday activity area set up).
Today we had about 8 moms (and a dad!) over to our house for a playdate with some snacks. It was fun having everyone over, and it always motivates me to clean the house really well before they come. I got some pictures of all the kids with our good camera. It really feels like a party when everyone is over.
Liza has shown us that she enjoys playing with clothes and towels by putting them over her head or around her shoulders and walking around the house like that. She also like to hold may items in her hands at once, sometimes using her chin to help keep them in her hands.
I sewed her both a Christmas dress and a cozy robe. The both came out pretty well, I'm pretty proud of my sewing lately. It's not perfect and one can easy see the amateur stitching, but I love the items on her. I made her a poncho too that fits great and looks so cute on her.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Monday, October 10, 2016
Teeth!
Lots to report since my last entry! Liza is growing so fast. She has 3 teeth now, one is in the back and I didn't know it was there until I felt it, so who knows when it actually poked through. Liza is always running now, enjoying her play slide, play grounds, a crawling through tube my mom got her, and a pile of couch cushions that she can scramble up. In addition to major gross motor gains, she has become very affectionate, which is the most precious thing.
Often while I'm at the sink or the counter she will walk up and hug my legs, sometimes when I'm holding her she will lean in and give me a kiss - it melts my heart! She's been doing this for me for a little while now, but this weekend she started hugging and kissing Ryan and I know his heart is a puddle now too.
We've started up our music class and Liza is much more interactive with the songs and instruments. She barely sits still at Born to Read and likes to walk right up to the book while the teacher is reading a story to the babies. She knows when its time to put the animal puppets away and willing runs over to put her animal in the bag.
We had a great trip to Salt Lake City in September and a fun few days in Ocean City with Ryan's parents. Liza totally loved the beach an ocean and playing around Ryan's grandma's house while we were there. We also got to spend a few days in Canfield and Liza got lots of family time and a quick trip to the awesome Canfield library.
She's going down easier at night now, which is wonderful. However, she still struggles when we travel. It's hard to know if its different surroundings that are keeping her from going to sleep or if there is a coincidental tooth popping through.
We've been having lots of fun hanging out with friends. Beth and Thea come over a lot to play, and we go and see Shannon and Tyler sometimes among other get-togethers. We've enjoyed going to the market with Liza and taking her to Paulus Farm yesterday to play in their corn shed and corn maze.
Often while I'm at the sink or the counter she will walk up and hug my legs, sometimes when I'm holding her she will lean in and give me a kiss - it melts my heart! She's been doing this for me for a little while now, but this weekend she started hugging and kissing Ryan and I know his heart is a puddle now too.
We've started up our music class and Liza is much more interactive with the songs and instruments. She barely sits still at Born to Read and likes to walk right up to the book while the teacher is reading a story to the babies. She knows when its time to put the animal puppets away and willing runs over to put her animal in the bag.
We had a great trip to Salt Lake City in September and a fun few days in Ocean City with Ryan's parents. Liza totally loved the beach an ocean and playing around Ryan's grandma's house while we were there. We also got to spend a few days in Canfield and Liza got lots of family time and a quick trip to the awesome Canfield library.
She's going down easier at night now, which is wonderful. However, she still struggles when we travel. It's hard to know if its different surroundings that are keeping her from going to sleep or if there is a coincidental tooth popping through.
We've been having lots of fun hanging out with friends. Beth and Thea come over a lot to play, and we go and see Shannon and Tyler sometimes among other get-togethers. We've enjoyed going to the market with Liza and taking her to Paulus Farm yesterday to play in their corn shed and corn maze.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Goodbye summer
Tonight we took a crisp walk with my mom, who is visiting overnight. We've had quite the last two weeks. Liza and us enjoyed a long weekend of grandma visiting which gave Ryan and I the chance to go out to dinner and for coffee after. We also all went to the west shore market and got some tasty watermelon, cantaloupe and beets at the market and then had a great greek lunch at Hellenic Kouzina.
Unfortunately the following Friday Liza got her first fever. We had to treat her for about 54 hours (The doctor said it shouldn't go beyond 48). I took her to get checked on Monday and she had a little rash on her belly. The doctor thought it might be roseola. Who know. We had more rash issues on Tuesday and ended up having to give Benadryl. Things seem to be all back to normal now.
And guess who got her first tooth - finally! Liza sprouted a sharp little tooth that were able to feel on Sunday night. At certain angles you can juuust see it poking up. 15 months + 1 week. She took her sweet time!
On Saturday we head to Salt lake with little Beanie Baby for a fun week of reliving our year of fun in the Wasatch,
Unfortunately the following Friday Liza got her first fever. We had to treat her for about 54 hours (The doctor said it shouldn't go beyond 48). I took her to get checked on Monday and she had a little rash on her belly. The doctor thought it might be roseola. Who know. We had more rash issues on Tuesday and ended up having to give Benadryl. Things seem to be all back to normal now.
And guess who got her first tooth - finally! Liza sprouted a sharp little tooth that were able to feel on Sunday night. At certain angles you can juuust see it poking up. 15 months + 1 week. She took her sweet time!
On Saturday we head to Salt lake with little Beanie Baby for a fun week of reliving our year of fun in the Wasatch,
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Red white and Walking!
She's since been walking further and further.
We are on our way home from a fun weekend in Canfield. We visited baba in rehab after her hip surgery and went to aunt Noreen's new condo for a 4th of July picnic. It went fast as usual but we had a really nice time being home and seeing Liza spend time with Grandma and Grandpa.
On the move - big time!
Liza is unstoppable now. When she wants to move, don't get in her way!
We enjoyed a visit from my parents and grandparents last month right around my birthday. Liza got to play with everyone while we ate pizza and salad. 
We've been keeping busy with library story time, some play dates, and toddler time at Giant. We had a little picnic at ft Hunter with our friends Beth and Thea. We swam in our friends' Shannon and Tyler's new pool, and we've enjoyed going to our "favorite place in Harrisburg" Wonders Found Thrift Shop about once a week. Last week I got Liza a toy upright vacuum cleaner for $1.50 and she loves it!
Last weekend we went to te Poconos so Ryan and his sister Nicole could complete a relay triathalon together. My in laws came too and Liza had a ball running all around the hotel and restaurants with them. She bonded with cousin Josh a little more too! We took a quick swim in the hotel pool and watched some of the olympics while we were there. Nicole and Ryan had a great race and Liza was carried over the finish line.
I've been sewing more lately and made Liza 3 pairs of shoes, Robeez style. One pair is real suede but the others are faux.
I also made a pair for Thea and one for Shannon's baby who is due next month.
This weekend we are in Gates Mills visiting Ryan's parents. (we saw a tornado on the way!) We went to the rainforest at the Cleveland zoo yesterday. And had delicious Cuban sandwiches for dinner. Liza is loving a new house to run around in. She's been carrying her new toys all around the house with nanna and enjoying pop pop reading to her. 
I have to finish tagging items for the next consignment sale in two weeks. We also have a visit from my mom to look forward to next week! She will be staying a few days and I know Liza will be loving every minute with her Grandma - and grandma will be loving it too!
I'm looking forward to Music Together starting again as I know Liza will be participating and soaking in so much more now that she's mobile. I'm also excited for a bunch of new songs!
We have Ryans office pool party coming up, followed by a trip to Utah (Liza too this time!) and then a trip Ocean
City. We plan on visiting Canfield again at the beginning of October and then the holidays will be upon us before we know it.
I'll blog again soon!
Thursday, May 19, 2016
One year
My sweet baby will be one year old on Saturday. It's so strange for me to feel the same weather, smell the same flowers, and even wear some of the same clothes I wore a year ago. It remind me of a time when Liza wasn't quite here yet, and for some reason that plays tricks on my mind, like it didn't really happen.
I remember getting home from work and making spring rolls to eat on the porch while I did my charting. I remember all my patients asking about my due date. I remember that rolling over in bed required a warm-up and a cool-down.
Sometimes I look back at labor and the birth and think if I had to do it over I would change a few things. It's easy to say "oh I would have gotten in the birthing tub, I would have walked the halls, I would have done even more skin-to-skin. I wouldn't have gone into the hospital for another couple hours." But truthfully, everyone does the best they can and thats all you get. I was blessed with a health baby at the end of it all. I was one of the lucky ones who had a supportive mother of her own to come and stay and help when I was more than clueless.
The first few weeks were so hard for Ryan and I. But after the first month things got better and better. Liza's personality came out when we was about 5 weeks old. She was smiling and kicking her legs like crazy in Ocean City, her first little trip.
Fast forward to today. Liza is sleeping still (yay!) after getting up once last night, fighting sleep again on being put back down. We have music class at 9:30 where she will crawl all around the room and shake her little instruments. We might walk on City Island later with a group called Hike It Baby. We have mom groups and play dates, library story time, swim lessons. All sorts of activities with a new group of great friends. Its been a transformational year and I am so happy I'm fortunate enough to stay home and be with Liza as she grows and learns.
Our family is a family now. We became a family of 3, and for lack of a better word, its perfect.
I remember getting home from work and making spring rolls to eat on the porch while I did my charting. I remember all my patients asking about my due date. I remember that rolling over in bed required a warm-up and a cool-down.
Sometimes I look back at labor and the birth and think if I had to do it over I would change a few things. It's easy to say "oh I would have gotten in the birthing tub, I would have walked the halls, I would have done even more skin-to-skin. I wouldn't have gone into the hospital for another couple hours." But truthfully, everyone does the best they can and thats all you get. I was blessed with a health baby at the end of it all. I was one of the lucky ones who had a supportive mother of her own to come and stay and help when I was more than clueless.
The first few weeks were so hard for Ryan and I. But after the first month things got better and better. Liza's personality came out when we was about 5 weeks old. She was smiling and kicking her legs like crazy in Ocean City, her first little trip.
Fast forward to today. Liza is sleeping still (yay!) after getting up once last night, fighting sleep again on being put back down. We have music class at 9:30 where she will crawl all around the room and shake her little instruments. We might walk on City Island later with a group called Hike It Baby. We have mom groups and play dates, library story time, swim lessons. All sorts of activities with a new group of great friends. Its been a transformational year and I am so happy I'm fortunate enough to stay home and be with Liza as she grows and learns.
Our family is a family now. We became a family of 3, and for lack of a better word, its perfect.
Friday, April 1, 2016
April Fools!
Has she tricked me by sleeping through the night last night :)
Our little one has been quite busy since my last post. Not only is she crawling but she's standing up (pulling up) on anything and everything, and loves climbing the stairs.
We had a great time in Florida. There was a long delay on our outbound flight and Liza took it really well. We arrived in the middle of the night, and we were dead tired the next day, but soon we were back to normal and enjoying Florida.
My mom and Greg met us in Tarpon Springs for lunch, then came back to the house for the night. This gave Ryan and I a chance to go out to breakfast and have a little 1 on 1 time. When my parents moved on south we went to Myakka State park and saw some gators along the water. We walked Celery Fields each morning, visited Caspersen Beach (our favorite!) and Bradenton beach. We had some really good food, my favorite being a seafood lunch at The Seafood Shack in Cortez.
Each night we watched the Westminster dog show and had key lime pie! Liza had a great time crawling all around the house and seeing palm trees and ocean for the first time. We can't wait to go back again.
March flew by! We had some nice days and Liza and I took advantage and walked out side a lot. We are part of a group called "Hike it Baby" and April starts a challenge to log 30 miles in 30 days. If it doesn't rain today we will get started!
Our second session of Music Together has started, and our friends Shannon and Tyler are in class with us. They are also in our storytime group with our other friends Angela and David. We scored another Spanish childrens' book at the end of the last session. Liza has been really loving being read to lately, and I even catch her "reading" by herself. Its so cute!
We've been hanging out with our other friends from Mom Group - Beth and her baby Thea. We walked with them yesterday and enjoyed the fresh air. However, I did come home with a few mosquito bites - of course!
We have a big consignment sale coming up in a couple weeks, and I'm selling a bunch of stuff that Liza has outgrown. I'm excited to get her some nice new things at great prices. My mom will be coming down to help me get all my stuff to the sale and shop. She'll be able to make it to the library with us too!
We had a great Easter, although it went fast. We were able to go to Canfield and enjoy brunch with the Pannunzio's and visit with Baba too.
Someone is awake - gotta run!
Our little one has been quite busy since my last post. Not only is she crawling but she's standing up (pulling up) on anything and everything, and loves climbing the stairs.
We had a great time in Florida. There was a long delay on our outbound flight and Liza took it really well. We arrived in the middle of the night, and we were dead tired the next day, but soon we were back to normal and enjoying Florida.
My mom and Greg met us in Tarpon Springs for lunch, then came back to the house for the night. This gave Ryan and I a chance to go out to breakfast and have a little 1 on 1 time. When my parents moved on south we went to Myakka State park and saw some gators along the water. We walked Celery Fields each morning, visited Caspersen Beach (our favorite!) and Bradenton beach. We had some really good food, my favorite being a seafood lunch at The Seafood Shack in Cortez.
Each night we watched the Westminster dog show and had key lime pie! Liza had a great time crawling all around the house and seeing palm trees and ocean for the first time. We can't wait to go back again.
March flew by! We had some nice days and Liza and I took advantage and walked out side a lot. We are part of a group called "Hike it Baby" and April starts a challenge to log 30 miles in 30 days. If it doesn't rain today we will get started!
Our second session of Music Together has started, and our friends Shannon and Tyler are in class with us. They are also in our storytime group with our other friends Angela and David. We scored another Spanish childrens' book at the end of the last session. Liza has been really loving being read to lately, and I even catch her "reading" by herself. Its so cute!
We've been hanging out with our other friends from Mom Group - Beth and her baby Thea. We walked with them yesterday and enjoyed the fresh air. However, I did come home with a few mosquito bites - of course!
We have a big consignment sale coming up in a couple weeks, and I'm selling a bunch of stuff that Liza has outgrown. I'm excited to get her some nice new things at great prices. My mom will be coming down to help me get all my stuff to the sale and shop. She'll be able to make it to the library with us too!
We had a great Easter, although it went fast. We were able to go to Canfield and enjoy brunch with the Pannunzio's and visit with Baba too.
Someone is awake - gotta run!
Saturday, February 6, 2016
And she's off
How did this happen? Since Thanksgiving Liza has been toying with the idea of crawling. She started by just laying on her belly and waving her arms and legs in a "swimming frog" motion. Then she would push up on her arms. Eventually she got on all fours and rocked back and forth for a while before going back onto her belly. Finally, she mastered the skill of putting herself into a sitting position, and going from sitting to all fours and back again.
Last Saturday, after being able to somewhat scoot for very short distances, she actually crawled! It was so cute! She keeps one leg straight out to the side a lot of the time like spiderman. Last Saturday my mom was here visiting and I'm so happy she was able to see Liza crawl. They were sitting on the runner in our hallway, and Liza was scooting and sitting. Ryan said "Ok, we are going to try this." and took a toy and placed it about 4 or 5 feet away. And she went for it! She crawled over and got it!
Now she crawls all the time. At the library on Tuesday she crawled over to the middle of the room when they put the toys out.
Another adorable thing happening is that she "feeds" her baby dolls with the play food she has, and also gives them her binky. She will give Ryan and I her binky too and smile and its the cutest thing ever! My mom taught her this too. I have to admit I was doubtful when I heard them playing, that my 8 month old would be able to give her binky to a doll and to me, but she does! Right to the mouth!
She's consistently giving is about 4 nights a week of sleeping all the way through to the 7 o'clock hour. With the other 3 nights getting up to eat around 3:30-4:30am, but then going back to bed til 7:30ish. I do have to put the binky back in a time or two most nights, but over all she is sleeping well and I can't complain.
We've been enjoying our Music Together classes, our library story time, our mom group, and our swim lessons. She is adorable in her little sailboat and lobster swim suit. She likes the water and splashes her hands around as soon as we get in. Last week she did fuss for a few minutes in the middle of the lesson, but that was out of character, and I think maybe she was getting cold. I just held her pretty close for the rest of the lesson and she was fine.
We've been enjoying some play dates with our friends. We go over to Shannon and her 14th month old son's house about once a week to hang out and play, and we had a couple moms over after the snow storm a couple weeks ago.
Liza has really expanded my social life. I went from having 0.0 friends here in Harrisburg to having several moms that I consider to be my friends. I'm excited to watch our babies grow up and become friends too.
I've been following a few couponing pages on Facebook, and found us a code for Redbox, so we watched "Hotel Transylvania last night. I liked it! It was hard trying to keep Liza from watching, as we dont want her watching TV until she's older. We draped a blanket over the rails of her playyard, which worked for a while.
We are going to Florida in about 5 days. I'm a little nervous to fly and travel with Liza. I'm sure its going to be fine, we have a direct flight and a great place to stay, so I know theres really nothing to worry about. I can't wait for her to see the beach and ocean for the first time! Last summer she didn't see the ocean in New Jersey, she was asleep in the stroller.
Last Saturday, after being able to somewhat scoot for very short distances, she actually crawled! It was so cute! She keeps one leg straight out to the side a lot of the time like spiderman. Last Saturday my mom was here visiting and I'm so happy she was able to see Liza crawl. They were sitting on the runner in our hallway, and Liza was scooting and sitting. Ryan said "Ok, we are going to try this." and took a toy and placed it about 4 or 5 feet away. And she went for it! She crawled over and got it!
Now she crawls all the time. At the library on Tuesday she crawled over to the middle of the room when they put the toys out.
Another adorable thing happening is that she "feeds" her baby dolls with the play food she has, and also gives them her binky. She will give Ryan and I her binky too and smile and its the cutest thing ever! My mom taught her this too. I have to admit I was doubtful when I heard them playing, that my 8 month old would be able to give her binky to a doll and to me, but she does! Right to the mouth!
She's consistently giving is about 4 nights a week of sleeping all the way through to the 7 o'clock hour. With the other 3 nights getting up to eat around 3:30-4:30am, but then going back to bed til 7:30ish. I do have to put the binky back in a time or two most nights, but over all she is sleeping well and I can't complain.
We've been enjoying our Music Together classes, our library story time, our mom group, and our swim lessons. She is adorable in her little sailboat and lobster swim suit. She likes the water and splashes her hands around as soon as we get in. Last week she did fuss for a few minutes in the middle of the lesson, but that was out of character, and I think maybe she was getting cold. I just held her pretty close for the rest of the lesson and she was fine.
We've been enjoying some play dates with our friends. We go over to Shannon and her 14th month old son's house about once a week to hang out and play, and we had a couple moms over after the snow storm a couple weeks ago.
Liza has really expanded my social life. I went from having 0.0 friends here in Harrisburg to having several moms that I consider to be my friends. I'm excited to watch our babies grow up and become friends too.
I've been following a few couponing pages on Facebook, and found us a code for Redbox, so we watched "Hotel Transylvania last night. I liked it! It was hard trying to keep Liza from watching, as we dont want her watching TV until she's older. We draped a blanket over the rails of her playyard, which worked for a while.
We are going to Florida in about 5 days. I'm a little nervous to fly and travel with Liza. I'm sure its going to be fine, we have a direct flight and a great place to stay, so I know theres really nothing to worry about. I can't wait for her to see the beach and ocean for the first time! Last summer she didn't see the ocean in New Jersey, she was asleep in the stroller.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Sunday, January 3, 2016
A Merry Little Christmas
A quick recap -
We had an awesome holiday at home in Canfield. Unfortunately, Ryan was down and out with a nasty cold, but we did our best to enjoy the time off. Liza had a ball playing with Grandma and her new toys. We got to see Baba a couple times and Grandma and Grandpa Pannunzio.
On Christmas Eve Liza was kind of a mess when the whole family showed up, but she warmed up to everyone by the time the gift exchange was going on. She got some sweet ornaments for her first Christmas and some cute toys and outfits!
On Christmas morning we opened gifts and exchanged with my mom and Greg. I am excited to schedule a massage with my gift card, for our Music Together class, and to color in my new coloring books!
The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxed. Ryan got some meds at Urgent Care and was feeling better by the time we left.
A short week later and we enjoyed our first New Years as a family. It was so fun! Ryan built a wood fire in our fire place. We had a relaxing morning with panettone and pour over coffee, we had mimosas and exchanged our gifts for each other. I colored in my new books while Ryan read out loud to Liza. We even went for a family jog! The whole weekend was great, especially the pork and kraut we made in the slow cooker.
Liza is almost crawling now, and making lots of noises. She's luke warm about her baby food, but we are getting there. Here's to a great 2016, 2015 left big shoes to fill!
Big thanks to our parents for the wonderful presents and giving Liza so much love.
We had an awesome holiday at home in Canfield. Unfortunately, Ryan was down and out with a nasty cold, but we did our best to enjoy the time off. Liza had a ball playing with Grandma and her new toys. We got to see Baba a couple times and Grandma and Grandpa Pannunzio.
On Christmas Eve Liza was kind of a mess when the whole family showed up, but she warmed up to everyone by the time the gift exchange was going on. She got some sweet ornaments for her first Christmas and some cute toys and outfits!
On Christmas morning we opened gifts and exchanged with my mom and Greg. I am excited to schedule a massage with my gift card, for our Music Together class, and to color in my new coloring books!
The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxed. Ryan got some meds at Urgent Care and was feeling better by the time we left.
A short week later and we enjoyed our first New Years as a family. It was so fun! Ryan built a wood fire in our fire place. We had a relaxing morning with panettone and pour over coffee, we had mimosas and exchanged our gifts for each other. I colored in my new books while Ryan read out loud to Liza. We even went for a family jog! The whole weekend was great, especially the pork and kraut we made in the slow cooker.
Liza is almost crawling now, and making lots of noises. She's luke warm about her baby food, but we are getting there. Here's to a great 2016, 2015 left big shoes to fill!
Big thanks to our parents for the wonderful presents and giving Liza so much love.
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