Simona's first trip to Cleveland was May 19-21. We drove! It went surprisingly well, thanks to lots of brightly colored faces scaring her into silent submission for hours on end. Lots of aunts and uncles and great aunts and great uncles, not to mention her grandparents, wrestled each other for a chance to hold her at the pig roast that Nonna and Nonno held in her honor. No serious injuries, thankfully.

Simona's view of the open road.

Great Grandparents with Simona, their 11th great grandchild (this is a total of great grandchildren from all eligible grandchildren and not from Simona's parents.)

These are the Grandparents.

I don't know how to say it, but here are gli zie, or "both zias".

A big smile for Nonna

There are two Zia's and two Zio's

Simona with her Nonno and Grandpa at the traditional pig roast in Ohio.

No one is allowed to sit on the table, but here Nonno makes an exception to the otherwise inflexible domestic policies that he has enforced for so long.

Simona gives her Grandma a big hug