It is so hard to believe that our little cricket is not that little anymore! She is turning 1 this Sunday! This past year has been full of new experiences and incredible happiness. It also gave us a chance to see how much we are able to do on very little sleep!! :o) The first year of parenthood has been so hard on many occasions, we had to learn a lot in such a short time. All you parents know what I am talking about. But the rewards are so worth it! The responsibility we feel for our daughter is huge and often trying and scary but on the other hand, we get to love and raise this amazing new person that makes every day so much fun!! Now allow me to boast a little about Sofia. She is VERY vocal, uses 17 (!) different words (some of them she can also sign) - she knows their meaning and uses them repeatedly. Pretty much picks up a word a day now... she is almost walking, walks with help of her push toy. She loves reading, playing with her doll Olivia, laughing (especially when she hears someone else laugh, she joins right in), crawling around, tugging with Bella the dog over Bella's toys, rocking in her rocking horse, hanging out with Papa and Mama, going for walks (tries to grab Bella's leash) in her stroller. She now goes to work with Papa every morning to start the bread (so Mama can sleep in and take a shower!) and knows her way around the restaurant pretty well. Now if she only started sleeping thru the night, she would be perfect!! :o)
In other family news - many of you know we are moving off island. We bought a house in Franklin, MA (about 40 miles from Hyannis, 35 miles from Boston). It is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with a huge fenced in yard, 2 car attached garage and in a very good school district! We are leaving next Friday and are more than ready to start this new chapter in our lives! We certainly hope you will stop by and visit when in the area! I am planning to open a family daycare (the house has a finished basement paerfect for it) which allows me to stay home with Sofia while bringing some $$ in) and Bobby will be working on Nantucket for some time (commuting) and then he will consider the few different offers and possibilities he has, probably commuting to Boston. We will definitely let you know when things shape up... So that is that. I will try to be better in updating this blog. But also check us out on Facebook, I dop update it often and there are lots of pictures of us there!! Uh, and our new email address aswell in "info", if you don't have it! Love love love
