Purim Party! Mia Was on the Front Cover!

She was on the front cover of a Williamsburg local newspaper!


"Purr-fect Purim party

Painted Purim merrymakers Mia Goldstein and baby Gabriela are the cat's meow as they help spread the cheer during a joyous community party at Chabad North of Brooklyn. For more, turn to page 19."

Well, they switched our names and made a mistake in our last name...Oh Well...Mia didn't mind being called baby Gabriela :) Goldstein, Bornstein, I guess it all sounds the same. How cute is that?


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PHOTO SHOOT AT THE GAN

In January there was an awesome photo shoot of Mia's class in the Gan! Julie's mom, Staci is a professional photographer and did a wonderful job! Thanks Staci! I'm so happy to have this precious memory: Mia's first friends from her first school! And her first teachers: Morah Sheina (she's brazilian!) and Morah Lea (actually the manager and mother of Moshe)


Julie, Raphi, Juju, Gracen, Raphaeli, Caleb, Mia and Moshe


Fen, Julie, Franca, Mia, Raphaeli and Moshe


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Back to NY + Mia Goes to Gan + Turned 1.5 Years Old

Mia at the Gan during the Chanukah Party!

Our little Mia is adapting really quickly to all her new activities. She started going to the Day Care! And she loves it! The Gan Chabbad House is an amazing place and we are feeling so happy to have found this place where our Mia can play, learn, make friends and have fun! She can eat sitting on the table and take naps with her friends! At the Gan they do yoga, dance classes and make Challah bread every friday! She is developing and growing in a friendly, educative and warm place where her teacher speaks portuguese (she is brazilian!), hebrew (she lived in Israel for 2.5 years!) and english! We can't believe we found that perfect place for our daughter! And it's in Brooklyn, Williamsburg! So close to our home! We couldn't be happier! :)

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Mia and Aba doing "Tovaaaaa Tovaaaa" during brunch. So Sweet!

Mia in Israel { 2 Months with Tata and Hezi! }

Mia laughing in Israel!

Mia had an incredible amount of fun during those 2 months and a half in Israel with Tata and Hezi! She was so happy to spend more time with her israeli family! She wouldn't stop calling her uncles Ori and Amir and her cousins Adi, Yair and Omri! (That's the way she calls some of her loved ones: Heziiiiiiiiiiiii, Adiiiiiiiiiii, Oriiiiiiiiiiiiiiii). She learned to speak hebrew with a lot of Tata's input, to walk with Hezi's nonstop chair training, and to stay without her mama for 5 hours a day! Wow! So many accomplishments in so little time! She missed her dad a lot, but after 2 months apart, we finally got together again and had 2 marvelous weeks united in Tel Aviv! Everyday her mom would go to the Ulpan to learn hebrew and she would stay with Tata, and some days with Hezi! They would go to the park or to the Gimboree, to music classes or story telling. They had so much fun together and teached each other so many things! It was amazing, we all had a great time and we would like to thank them so much for such a warm, caring and wonderful stay! Hava, the neighbor was incredible and Mia also loved her immensely! It was so sweet to see Mia's development during those months of September and October...We started writing down all the new words in hebrew that Mia could speak, but at some point it got a little over control, we couldn't keep up with her anymore, she's "too fluent"! :) We will never forget those lovely moments...

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MIA IN SERIOUS ACTION!
So many fantastic moments that we needed to register in video!


Mia Eating and Watching DVD


Mia Being Mia


Learning to Walk


Hanging Out at her grandparents home


Playing the piano with Safta Nira


First time riding a bike with Mama


Mia learning the Art of Walking with a Chair


Mia + Cousins


Mia at the Swimming Pool

Mia's First Steps!

Mia finally decided to get up and walk one day while she was in Israel with her grandparents! Our little girl reached one more major milestone! We are so proud of her!

Mia is 13 Months!

Mia in Long Island, at tia Susu's swimming pool

This month was full of adventures! While Mia's dad was working in Italy his girls went to Long Island to tia Susu's home/spa! We had loads of fun with her 3 dogs, going to the swimming pool and playing with the neighbor's babies! Tia Susu loves Mia and even put her down to take naps! Wow! Mia came back from there calling mommy by her name: Gaby! Gaby? Gaby! So funny!
We also spent a gorgeous day at Jersey Shore...very nice...inspiring...

MIA NOW CAN SAY:
Nenem (baby in portuguese), Aba (dad in hebrew), papa (dad in spanish), papai (dad in portuguese), Mamãe (mom in portuguese), mamy (mom in spanish), when asked either in portuguese or in english, she does the sound that the dog does: auaua, the duck: gagagaga, elephant: hiiiiii, cow: muuuuu, (but she says: buuuuu). When she eats she says huuuuummmmmm. She says banana (well, actually she says nanana), bola (ball in portuguese) which she says something like baaa. Menina (ninina, or mina) - girl in portuguese. And her favorite No no no no no, when she does something she knows she is not supposed to do (in fact she says in hebrew; Nu-nu-nu-nu-nu!)...too cute...


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Mia is 13 Months!

Mia's 1st Birthday! A PicNic in the Park!

Mia's turns one year old. What a celebration!

Mia was very excited to have all her friends around her in that special day! During the whole month of June the weather was really bad...really rainy and even a little cold...but God gave us a special gift! The weather turned out to be absolutely gorgeous for our picnic and we were able to throw a beautiful party full of happy guests to our wonderful Mia! Thank you all for coming and for bringing such a fantastic energy to our circle of friends! Special thanks to Suely, who was fantastic, so helpful, totally amazing, she really made our party happen! Thank you darling for all your help before, during and after the party! { I highly recommend Suely's events company: http://tribebrazil.webs.com/ } And also we would like to thank Safta Nira, Mia's grandmother from Israel! She was here for 3 weeks giving so much love and support to our little family! She helped a lot with Mia's nap schedule and also with her menu! Not to mention all the story time and fun moments they had together! Mia has developed a lot during this month and can say a lot of new words now! Tata (for Safta, grandma in hebrew), Bye Bye, Buba (doll in hebrew), Mama (mom), Aba and Papa (for daddy in hebrew and portuguese), Au Au (the sound that the dog does in portuguese), Gaga (the sound that the duck does in hebrew). We are so proud of our Mia!


Mia's Birthday Invitation

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Safta Nira in New York

Safta and Mia playing in Upstate, NY

We had a great time with Safta Nira in New York! We went on road trips to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Upstate; we spent Eran's first Father's Day together, we did meatballs, cakes and chocolate balls, we watched movies, played with Mia non stop, went to music classes and had so much fun! Thanks for making our month of June so special, Safta! Mia will miss waking up every day searching for Safta, finding her, opening a huge smile and saying: Tata! Tata? Tata!

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Safta Nira in New York

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WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AUNT GIU


Aunt Giu having fun Paris, May 2009

On June 10th, 2009 we lost our beloved Giuliana de Castro. It was very sad and extremely painful...We are praying for her...We hope she will rest in peace and maybe meets her mother Ana...wherever they are...We will always love and remember her...

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VACATION IN COLORADO { mommy's birthday }


Mia and her parents in Colorado

We had a great week in Colorado! What a gorgeous family trip! That was daddy's gift to mommy's birthday! And we spent an awesome time with our dear friends Markham and Merche! We did beautiful road trips with a gorgeous scenic view from Boulder to Aspen, we enjoyed some short trackings and had a lot of fun!

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Vacation in Colorado