All Smiles

...because my honey comes home today!

      Aaron has been training in Germany for the last 3 weeks. We have talked some, but since I broke my phone it has been hard to text and even answer the phone at times. We have missed him a ton! I have loved every minute I have spent with my little guy, but I am so happy his daddy is coming back!

Italy House: Kitchen

    The kitchen is open to the living room, which is why I freaked out when we saw that it had BLUE cabinets. None of our stuff is blue, so how were we going to make it work? Well, we really didn't have a choice but to use what we already had. I wasn't going to buy all new stuff for a kitchen that I am only going to have to live in for 3 years. Other then the blue cabinets, it's not too bad. Since there is hardly any counter top space, I have to use the table as my prep area. Good thing we have a bar height table!

Why they couldn't make them all like the white ones on the top, I have no idea!

Connor: Seventeen Months Old

*Favorite foods: Bananas, blueberries, grapes, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches {without crust}, and pancakes. I have started letting you eat your snacks either on the stairs or at your small table in the living room.

Brody's Virtual 1st Birthday

    We had the honor of celebrating a very special little boy today, Brody. He is the son of a family friend and he turned one today! Brody was diagnosed with Pfeiffer Syndrome (Type 2) when he was just a few days old. He also has what is known as a trachea sleeve. It is very uncommon, so uncommon that he is only the 13th person documented with it in the world! He is a tough little man and has been through several surgeries, but pulled through them like a champ. His mom and dad had to cancel his first birthday party because his most recent surgery was just a couple weeks ago. Because of that, she came up with the brilliant idea to throw him a virtual birthday party. She asked all her friends and family to celebrate however they wished in honor of her little man. We decided we wanted to celebrate with him all the way from Italy, so here are some pictures from our day...

 Getting ready to go celebrate Brody turning 1!

Moms trip to Nove

    In August, Aaron and I went to Nove and ordered a wedding gift for a friend. Because in August most Italians go on vacation, a lot of places are closed. Well this store was open, however, they weren't going to be able to complete my order until the beginning of September when the rest of the employees got back from their holiday. I told my friend Laura that I needed to make a trip back to Nove, so we decided to go today. We didn't want to take the babies because there was way too many things for them to break, plus it would be fun for just us moms to go! That meant Connor was going to have to go to daycare... for the first time in his life. {A couple weeks ago I signed him up for hourly care, which means he will not be going full time, but I can pay by the hour if I need to run errands or have him go for a few hours here and there.} I was nervous, but excited for him to play with new kids and make friends. We packed his new little backpack and did a little photo shoot before leaving the house. How cute does he look?!?