Thanksgiving 2015

Happy Thanksgiving,

 From our Family to yours!

Marriage Retreat in Germany

    Aaron and I had a wonderful opportunity to go on a marriage retreat with his work this past weekend in Germany. As soon as we heard there was a retreat coming up, I told him to sign us up! We went on one before I had Connor and we loved it, so it was about time we went on another. Our wonderful friends Morgan and Levi offered to keep Connor for the weekend so we could enjoy our weekend without chasing after him. At first we weren't sure about leaving him, but then we decided it would be a good idea to focus on just the two of us. Plus, they are great with him and he loves them!   

Connor's First Dentist Visit

    Connor had his first dentist visit today and he did awesome! I started prepping him yesterday by telling him we were going to see the dentist and they were going to look at his teeth. He didn't act scared and seemed  fine. He did say "no check up" repeatedly today, but I think he got the dentist confused with his regular doctor. 

     When we arrived at the clinic, I checked in and Connor watched Curious George at the kid table. 

Girls Day in Verona

    Last week a couple of my girlfriends and I made a girls trip to Verona. {Sorry Connor, but you had to tag along!} From getting lost within the first five minutes of driving, the sight of us running after Connor in his stroller as it was rolling down the driveway, and us taking about 30 pictures on the side of the road in front of the Americani sign so we could get one just right, I think it's safe to say we shared a bunch of laughs and had a ton of fun!

  Our first stop was to visit Frantoio Bonamini, a family run olive mill that has been running for 50 years. We started at their olive oil shop and then took a tour of the olive mill.

Sick Toddler + Daddy Gone = Lots of Cuddles for Mommy

   To be 100% honest, the last week has sucked! The only good part was all the extra cuddles I've been getting. Not only did Aaron have to go out of town for work, but Connor has been sick the ENTIRE week. He just got over a respiratory infection a couple weeks ago and he already got sick again. Gotta' love preschool!

 ^^ Just a little bit of what I've been dealing with.

Halloween 2015

     After months of planning for Halloween, it has already come and gone {tear}. You're probably wondering why I started planning for it months ago, but it's because I had to make sure everything I ordered online arrived in time. Plus I didn't want to wait until the last minute to build Connor's prop, a 1930's era biplane. Last Halloween we waited until the night before to build Connor's gondola and it wasn't as nice as we wanted for it to look, so this year we knew we didn't want to rush.

    This year Connor was an aviator flying around in a cardboard biplane, and Aaron and I were both clouds with a little sunshine. When I picked our theme, I quickly created a secret Pinterest board to collect ideas.