Well, we have no baby news yet, but hopefully will soon...I am officially tired of being pregnant and am ready to meet the little guy (which I think we've finally found a name for, but are keeping it hush hush until his birthday!). In the meantime, Karl and I are keeping busy and trying to just pass the time. We did find out that the hospital has wireless internet, so a blog post will come out the day he's born with all the info and hopefully some pics, too. I am also happy to report that I'll be able to post more pictures than I thought in the coming months because Karl just got me an awesome new laptop and I should get it soon and it is soooo much faster than this one...yay!
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I have some random pics to share with everyone just to show some of the things we've been up to...sorry no new belly shots, but we'll work on that!
This is a pic from our 2nd story of the fire two weeks ago in our vineyard! The Italian firemen were yelling at preggo me to go back inside, so I couldn't get a good one of the flames, but I think this shows how close it was to the house!
On Wednesday, we had a goodbye dinner with friends for the Lawton family at O Sole Mio- a favorite pizzeria of ours. The Lawtons have lived next door to us since we moved in last September and it was so hard to say goodbye to such a wonderful family. Since they're headed back to Northern VA, I know we'll see them again soon...we'll miss you so much Mark, Cindy, Rick, Peter, Amy, and Hannah!!!!
This past Thursday, Karl had a soccer game at Carney Park- he plays with the USA Naples team from base and they won 4-1 (three of the goals were scored by my awesome hubby and he assisted with the other....I was a verrrry proud wife)!
Karl practicing before the game (I was too busy chatting with Judy during the game to get pics of him actually playing...sorry babe!)
I think this is why Karl actually comes out to play on Thursdays....beer in a hamper with ice.
Meet Jack Oglesby- Maggie and Kent's baby boy who is now 11 days old. We're actually headed over there this afternoon to get some pics of the whole family!
After much anticipation (and many requests from all of you), here are some pics from the nursery! It looks a little bland since we can't paint our plaster walls and the nursery is sharing space with our study (it's not a very big house). We think he's going to love it though and there's tons of place space on the floor for him! We went with an 'Under the Sea' theme since I have some crazy obsession with whales.
An overview from the doorway.
Sorry for the empty frames on the wall, but we do plan to put pics of our little one in them upon his arrival. Notice the awesome clock we got for him...it's the baby Hokie Bird! Thank you to Karl's mom who made the beautiful curtain for the window- the window is about nine feet long and 1.5 feet wide which made it impossible to find a curtain- we love it so much and it blocks all the sun that keeps trying to heat up the nursery!
Just a small portion of the clothing we have for the baby...seriously this is just the fraction that has to be hung up! His dresser next to the crib is jam-packed with stuff, too! I have my mother's obsession for baby clothes and I buy something new everytime we go to the store!
Due to the every increasing amount of stuff we buy for this kid, we had to convert the guest room into a mini-nursery with a changing station and pack and play. We thought it would be good to have a room on each floor that he can sleep in and change him in. To make room for everything, guests are going to have to climb over each other to get in bed, but sacrifices had to be made...don't say I didn't warn future visitors!
We promise to keep everyone up-to-date with baby news and remember that if you want the first pics, we're sending them out via Snapfish (not on the blog since we'll have our hands full and don't want to spend all our time on the comp), so send me your email if you want to see how absolutely precious our baby boy is!
lcaro@vt.edu
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On Wednesday, we had a goodbye dinner with friends for the Lawton family at O Sole Mio- a favorite pizzeria of ours. The Lawtons have lived next door to us since we moved in last September and it was so hard to say goodbye to such a wonderful family. Since they're headed back to Northern VA, I know we'll see them again soon...we'll miss you so much Mark, Cindy, Rick, Peter, Amy, and Hannah!!!!
This past Thursday, Karl had a soccer game at Carney Park- he plays with the USA Naples team from base and they won 4-1 (three of the goals were scored by my awesome hubby and he assisted with the other....I was a verrrry proud wife)!
I think this is why Karl actually comes out to play on Thursdays....beer in a hamper with ice.
Meet Jack Oglesby- Maggie and Kent's baby boy who is now 11 days old. We're actually headed over there this afternoon to get some pics of the whole family!
After much anticipation (and many requests from all of you), here are some pics from the nursery! It looks a little bland since we can't paint our plaster walls and the nursery is sharing space with our study (it's not a very big house). We think he's going to love it though and there's tons of place space on the floor for him! We went with an 'Under the Sea' theme since I have some crazy obsession with whales.
An overview from the doorway.
Sorry for the empty frames on the wall, but we do plan to put pics of our little one in them upon his arrival. Notice the awesome clock we got for him...it's the baby Hokie Bird! Thank you to Karl's mom who made the beautiful curtain for the window- the window is about nine feet long and 1.5 feet wide which made it impossible to find a curtain- we love it so much and it blocks all the sun that keeps trying to heat up the nursery!
Just a small portion of the clothing we have for the baby...seriously this is just the fraction that has to be hung up! His dresser next to the crib is jam-packed with stuff, too! I have my mother's obsession for baby clothes and I buy something new everytime we go to the store!
Due to the every increasing amount of stuff we buy for this kid, we had to convert the guest room into a mini-nursery with a changing station and pack and play. We thought it would be good to have a room on each floor that he can sleep in and change him in. To make room for everything, guests are going to have to climb over each other to get in bed, but sacrifices had to be made...don't say I didn't warn future visitors!
We promise to keep everyone up-to-date with baby news and remember that if you want the first pics, we're sending them out via Snapfish (not on the blog since we'll have our hands full and don't want to spend all our time on the comp), so send me your email if you want to see how absolutely precious our baby boy is! lcaro@vt.edu
How great is it to get belly shots in Tuscany? I feel like I'm just photoshopped into these pics!
Knocking to see if anyone was home in Montalcino :)
While out on one of our drives, we ran across this incredibly old church outside the city walls of Pienza. There was no one around except the pigeons in the bell tower- it was almost a little scary just because we were all alone with what seems like a ghost church.
Karl in front of one of the most beautiful trees I've ever seen.
Outside our door at Casa Frati- it's no wonder we loved this place so much!
Karl and I were out walking by the pool and one of the other guests at Casa Frati took this for us. That's right- this is the view at the pool!
Another view from our 4th of July drive around the countryside...
Karl at the main square in Montalcino. Montalcino is a beautiful hilltop town known for it's Brunello wine (it seems that every other shop is a wine shop or as they are called 'enotecas'). I didn't get to try the wine, but Karl had a great time doing just that and we bought a few bottles so I can some next month :) One of the bottles actually has a picture of this clock tower on the label!
Karl doing some sampling...I was sooooo jealous!
Looking over the wall at Montalcino...so pretty!
Pretty peaches that match the sunset
The hydrangea in our backyard
Last week I went over to Leighanna and Ben's to use Luke as my guinea pig as I try to figure out the best way to take pics of babies/little kids (I figure I should start practicing)! Luke is one of my favorite kids of all time and we love to hang out with Leighanna and Ben; we are going to miss this family sooooo much when they move back to the states in September!
How can you not fall instantly in love with this little guy?!?!
I'll get pictures up in the next few days from our trip to Tuscany (I promise!).
