Malena Therese Marchetti

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< August 2007

• Thu, Aug 9, 2007 5:52 PM

  What an incredibly long time it has been since I've written on this website. Today is Malena's 3rd birthday, so this is a great time to start up again!
  
  Part of me looks back on the day she was born and thinks it was zillions of years ago. Another part of me thinks time has flown by in the blink of an eye...especially when I look at an old baby photo of her.
  
  Either way, she is no longer our little baby. No longer our little toddler. She is a little girl. "Preschooler" they call it. Malena is quite independent and sassy along with it. So, she is difficult lately. But she has been amazing us with every stage of her development, no matter how trying.
  
  We recently left California and now live in New England. It has been trying for all of us, but especially so for Mimi. She misses her friends. She has virtually no normal schedule. No preschool right now. Just Mommy & Thomas for most of her days. It is frustrating for her. She talks about going back to our "old house in California when we're done with the new house." When Thomas cries she says it's because "he misses Ella-Bella" (her close friend).
  
  The nice part about this move is being able to spend more time at Lake George with our family. She has 3 older girl cousins, whom she adores. She goes to camp in the mornings with kids her age. She loves swimming in the lake and going on boat rides. She gets to stay up later and hang out with her cousins next door.
  
  Today is such a special day since it is her birthday. She has been waiting for it and talking about it for months. Tomorrow is her "Minnie Mouse" party, which we hope to host on a picnic island here at the lake. It will only be family, and I know she'll ask about all her friends, but it will be fun.
  
  If I had to sum up Malena, I would use the words of a man who met her today. As we were leaving, he said to her, "See you in the movies." Little Miss Drama.

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