Connor's Birth Story

My Sweet Connor,

      I can't believe tomorrow you turn FOUR years old! You are seriously the cutest, funniest, most hyper, talkative, rambunctious little boy I know. I am so, so lucky to call you mine.  It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital about to give birth to you. I realized that because I started the blog after you were born, I never documented your birth story. It has been something that I have wanted to do for a really long time, I just haven't made time to do it. Now that we are about to add another baby to our family, I want to make sure to document yours first. It was such a beautiful and special time that I want you to always have this to look back on. A special story of how you came into this world told by me.

CONNORisms 3.0 {All About Baby}

     Babies have been a popular conversation topic with Connor, even before I got pregnant. He has said some really sweet and funny things. One day when he and his future brother or sister read this, they will get a good laugh. I know I did!

 Reading about what it's going to be like to be a big brother.

Saturday at the Park

   Weekends are my favorite and this one has seemed to go by particularly slow. On Friday we had a BBQ at our house with a few friends, and then yesterday we spent the afternoon at a park that was only a 30 minute drive from our house. Our friends were going and invited us, so I said yes and woke up Aaron so we could start getting ready. We met at their house and then followed each other there. It was lunchtime when we arrived, so we setup our picnic in the most perfect, sunny spot. After it was all setup, we realized it was way too bright to get pictures, because you know pictures are everything, so we moved it to a shady spot. We got our one good shot, while our guys were rushing us to hurry up because they were hungr, and then we moved all the food back to the sunny spot. 

 We had so much yummy food we had to get a good picture of it all. 

Carnevale di Malo

   Yesterday we went to another carnevale celebration. This time it was in Malo. We went back in 2015, and had a lot of fun seeing the floats and performers. We knew Connor would have a great time, so we spent our Sunday afternoon there.

Carnival Party in Downtown Vicenza

   Yesterday we went downtown to a carnival party {Vivere il Carnevale}. Carnevale is the Italian style of Mardi Gras and is held over the weeks before Lent. It originated in Venice, but is held in towns around Italy until the Tuesday before Lent {when it's largest celebrations are}. We didn't make it to Venice this year, or any other year we have lived here for that matter, but still wanted to take part. We didn't see any fire breathers, acrobatics, or parades like I read about, but we still had fun and made the most of it! There was plenty of music, confetti, and face painting, and Connor had so much fun.