32 Weeks Old

32 Weeks old oh my!!

Carmella has gotten more active and found that there are more places in the house to discover. Let the baby proofing begin (or continue). She has been rolling all over the place and I can't keep up. I will step out of the room to grab something and come back to find her across the room. Oh my!!

She is such a happy girl and is always smiling, even when strangers say hi in the store.

One of our favorite things to do is go to Stroller Power in the morning and she gets a chance to see all her friends. She especially loves it now that we have put her in the big girl seat facing out in the stroller.

Teething

Someone is teething!

Everything ends up in her mouth and she is drooling like crazy. I know I have said it before but this time I think I might be right, some teeth are about to make an appearance.

So to help sooth the irritation Carmella has discovered that she like to suck on ice through her fruit mesh bag.

Ahhh that feels so good!!

Happy First Mother's Day

After the wonderful baby dedication we headed back to our new house to celebrate mothers day. 

We had the entire clan there.

A Ferraro Family photo (we are missing Gary Sr. but he had to work)

Alayna and Baby Carmella hanging out!

(two besties)

Uncle Mark, Justin, Aunt Cindy and Alayna

The other Ferraro Family

Gavin, Gary, Madison, Guiliana and Kari

Chris, Carmella and Auntie Sharon

Madison loving on her cousin

The Cousins (and what a great picture, everyone is looking at the camera)

Gavin, Guiliana, Madison and Carmella

 

 Our first Mother's day as a family

Carmella wishing everyone a 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

Baby Dedication

On Mother's day this year we had a special day planned. 

Carmella was going to be dedicated to our church family at Cornerstone Community Church.

A baby dedication is a ceremony in which the parents make a commitment before the Lord to submit their child to God's will and to raise that child according to God's Word and God's ways. The church and family members agree to help raise this child up to know and love God. And when Carmella is old enough to accept Jesus as her savior then she will be baptized. 

All dressed up and ready for Church.

Many of Carmella's extended family members were there to watch her dedication.

After the ceremony we were able to snap a quick picture with the Petretto extended family. 

And a quick photo op for Carmella and John (well of course Meg and I too).

Looks like Meg and I were the only ones looking at the camera.

Next up a mother's day celebration with the entire family.

Coughing For Attention

The latest trick that Carmella has discovered is that when she coughs mommy and daddy turn around to see what is going on. So now she has mastered the fake coughing to get her attention. We have even started mimicking her and will have a coughing match, she seems to think it is the greatest thing.

Check it out.

31 Weeks Old

31 weeks oh my!

She is quite the little chatter box and loves to hear her voice, sometime she even likes to shout.  It's like she is having a conversation with me and as she discovers more things around her and she wants to tell me about what she sees and ask questions. 

Carmella loves being around people and gets especially excited when she sees other kids. She begins to kick her feel and starts to squeal, it is so cute. But she definitely loves hanging out with her mommy and daddy and gets so excited when she sees one of us. By far my most favorite moment of being her mommy.

Peas Please

We started peas this week and they weren't such a big hit.
She was literally turning her head away or pushing the spoon away from her mouth.

But then mommy got smart and added some bananas to her peas and then they were a hit, well mixed with bananas they were.

I guess I will be hiding all the foods she doesn't like in bananas!