Life Lately

    Connor and I have been trying to keep busy while Aaron's away at saber junction. I have done a lot of rearranging, shopping for Connor's room {sorry babe}, and cleaning to pass my time. Connor has moved to the preschool classroom with other 3 and 4 year olds and has transitioned really well. He has also had daily play dates with his friend Holden. Keeping busy has made the time pass by much faster. Here are a few pics from the past couple weeks...

     C and I have both been dealing with allergies. Skin allergies for me and respiratory allergies for him. I went to the doctor for a rash that developed behind my knees. Turns out they think I'm allergic to the self tanner I have been using. Major bummer! I've been told to stay away from it, but I am not so sure that's going to happen, at least until I find a new one that I like as much as St. Tropez. Connor went to the doctor for a really bad cough and wheezing. He is now using an inhaler twice a day and having to take Zyrtec every morning. His cough and wheezing are gone, but I have never seen so many boogers come out of a little human being as much as I have with him. Ugh. It's grosse!

   On Thursday I went to a beautiful park {Parco Giardino Sigurta} near Verona with Connor and some girlfriends.  We were expecting a small park, but we were in for a surprise when we realized how huge it really was. We planned on only staying for a couple hours, but ended up staying for at least 5 hours. Looking back, the golf carts that we saw for rent would have been a really good idea. 

 My sweet boy taking it all in.

 We walked through the "jungle" under a canopy of trees.

 There were beautiful flowers everywhere.

C got his hands dirty and didn't like it! {Photo credit: Jaimee Richardson}

 My baby and me.

 Close ups of some of the different flowers.

Thanks Morgan for capturing this picture that just about summed up our afternoon... trying to figure out where we were and where to go.

 Running on the great lawn to the statue of Carlo Sigurta.

The flowering lakes.

Italy is so pretty.

 We walked through this large maze.

 So many colors and different types of flowers.

 This area was like a secret garden.

 Right: Connor standing in front of the oldest tree in the garden, The Great Oak. It's trunk is 6 meters thick and it's over 400 years old.

  The Castelletto

   Right: The hermitage built in 1792 has a statue of The Virgin Mary inside.

 Interesting flowers.

 Time to go... {Photo Credit: Jaimee Richardson}

    We can't wait for Aaron to get back. Only 6{ish} more sleeps and then he will be back home with us! Until then, Connor will keep ripping a link off his paper chain each night.