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A very snoshy December...

Here are a couple of recent pictures... It has been a very blow your nose, cough, sneeze type of December so far (and November for that matter). Connor is finally healthy, for the moment. David and I are just getting over our latest illness. I really hope we can all stay healthy for at least a week!

Last weekend we went to get a tree... We looked at the real ones but decided to get a fake one. The real ones they had were really prickly and not very big for the price... I should have known! Besides, David felt so horrible, that I couldn't make him tie a tree to the car and then drag it up three flights of stairs to our apartment... Anyway... The first picture is Connor checking out the gerbils at the pet/flower store (where the trees were). He just loves animals...

Here is Connor attempting to brush his teeth. He is obsessed with brushing his teeth. Every time I go into the bathroom he wants to stand on the chair and brush his teeth. His favorite part is looking at himself in the mirror... oh ya, and the toothpaste (I had my Dad send me some without flouride from the US).

And here is my little boy posing for the camera in his new sweater that Grandma Blackman sent him. So cute! He is getting so big. I can't believe he is going to be 2 in less than a month! We are planning a birthday party for when we are in Arizona visiting his Grandparents. His cousins will be there, so at least there will be 3 little kids :) The theme is Go Diego Go. Connor just loves Deigo!

We are thankful for a healthy baby to be...

Here are our u/s pics from last night (we had an appointment at 7pm on thanksgiving!). Everything looks great. The u/s machine that my doctor uses isn't the greatest, so I know that its hard to tell what you are seeing in these pics... oh well!! We saw 2 arms, 2 legs, a nose... and a nice strong heart. I'm 11.5 weeks. The doctor said that it was too early to tell if it is a boy or girl, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say its a boy... my morning sickness is just too bad! only time will tell!

Here is a shot of the baby's head and neck... see the face at the top there...

Another of the head and neck... I think there may be an arm flailing around near the top...

Here is the shot of the heartbeat and heart...

Okay... this is actually a shot of two legs and a bum... its small... but the two feet are together... it kind of looks like frog legs!

I think this is the best shot... Full body, with legs kicking around

This is the head with a hand up near the face

And this is the last one of the face and body...

David's night out... Intermilano versus Juventus

Independence

Connor wants to do a lot of things by himself these days... putting on his socks and shoes, locking and unlocking the door with the keys, and eating... here is today's example... yogurt :)

Meet Baby #2!! We like to call him/her squishy :)

A Little Bit of Halloween in Italy

Well... needless to say, Halloween is not a big thing here. You can find a couple of shops with balloons and decorations... but that's pretty much it. We had gotten a costume for Connor when we were in the states at my parents house. There was a little party at Connor's playgroup, and then we had the neighbors and Connor's friend Ellie over for a little dinner and play time... Connor and Ellie went downstairs to another neighbor's place and knocked on the door and Connor said 'Trick-Treat!'. They gave they some cookies they had around the house! Funny! Here are a couple of pictures. At the playgroup party, Connor only kept his top half of the costume on briefly... but his friend Angus was more than happy to wear it!

Playing Dress Up

Today Connor's friend Ellie came over and we played dress-up in preparation for Halloween. Ellie really liked wearing her monkey hat. She thought it was hilarious. She really liked to look at herself in the mirror....

Connor and Ellie played together in the livingroom wearing their costumes. Connor is going to be a penguin. He thought he was so funny. He even had the waddle down :)

Here they are exchanging their views on the Obama-McCain debate last night :) Connor is so sick of partisan politics-as-usual. Ellie just wants to know what they are going to do for the failing economy...

Our Visit to Massachusetts...

The wedding... it was wonderful. The bride and groom looked lovely. The weather was great! And Momo got to be in the pictures too!
I got to dance with my brother, Ben! Fun fun fun! Connor even slept in the stroller for about an hour with the dance music going and everything!
This picture is from our trip to Vermont (just David and I). We went horse-back riding. Connor stayed with Grandma and Grandpa (thanks!)
Later in the week we took Connor to Davis Farmland near my parents house. He even rode the pony! We couldn't believe that he actually got on it! He wanted to go around and around!

Here is my little man at the wedding with Grandpa. So cute! Thanks to Grandma for getting him these cute clothes!

Another pic from Vermont. We thought Connor would like this one :)

This past weekend...

Just a couple of pictures from this past weekend. Here's David at the hat store near the Duomo. He got a new hat... cute!
Here's Connor at the Minitalia amusement park that we went to. He loved riding the little train! He's driving it :)
Connor loves the animals... but he sometimes wants to be carried just to make sure its safe. There was one horse that tried to take a bite out of a kid... and David has bad childhood memories about that!

Connor loved this little car (above)... even though we didn't put the tokens in and it never went anywhere :)

Connor loved the jumping frogs... so much fun! He went on this about 10 times :) Different color frog each time.

Daddy and Connor's Big Adventure!

This past weekend Mommy had an extraordinary opportunity to have 1 night away by herself! This was my first night without Connor since he was born (or in fact, since he was conceived, since he was with me all the time when I was pregnant). I spent a night at a 5 star hotel in Milan and got my nails done. Had a bath and read my books. It was very refreshing. Thank you to David and Connor for that gift!! It was our 5th anniversary on Sunday. David got me a beautiful Armani watch (thanks again David!). Anyway, on Saturday, while I had my alone time, David took Connor to this Cowboy Ranch place about an hour out of town. They had a dog agility competition where the dogs run on a course and jump, etc... Connor had a great time, I am told. Here's a picture of him clapping for the dogs in the stands!

Below is a cute one of Connor at the Cowboy Ranch. I missed my little boy so much!

























Here's another of him on a big swing! He's growing up too quickly :(

























Connor went on a little boat ride. He keeps telling me about how he went on the boat and had a stick (the oar) and went under a bridge... Here he is...

Dance Party...

Play Friend...

Connor had his friend Ellie over this morning...
They played in the tent/house...


Connor was trying to coax Ellie into the house with carrots :)
Still in his pj's!

Safari Park, Italy...

Pictures from Barcelona