10 days left!

Only 10 more days left in Sicily! I can't believe it. I feel the need to fill my face with all the good sweets and cappos! I told Aaron that we will have to go and get some canolis and cappos this weekend since it is my last weekend here.


Today we had Jacob's heart echo scan at the local hospital out in town. We were escorted there with an Italian translator. We went during lunch hours, so it was crazy busy around town. Our driver was driving like a normal Italian - crazy as hell! ((One thing that I will not miss!!)) Jacob was such a happy camper today! I got him all undressed and layed him on the table and all he kept doing was smiling. I was waiting for him to be fussy and unhappy since he was naked. But nope, he was enjoying himself. He even stayed pretty happy during the ultrasound except when the doctor's hand kept touching his mouth. He wasn't too happy with that. The doctor said his heart mumor was small and that he will eventually grow out of it. So everything is good to go!

Tomorrow we have to have everything done for the packout. All we really have left is to put anything we do not want packed away in a separate room. Sounds easy enough, but Aaron has yet to pack any of his clothes. I have so much stuff that I need for Jacob that I need to pack in a box or put in my suitcase. I will be happy when this is all over with. I can't believe we have to do this every couple of years. It seems like we have accumulated a lot of stuff over the last 3 years.


If you haven't noticed yet, I pretty much take pictures of Jacob on a daily basis. He is just too damn cute! Of course I'm his mother and I'm supposed to think that!

12 days left!

Yep, I'm counting down! 3 more days until we pack up all of our stuff. I'm so not looking forward to that. But we are almost done getting everything somewhat ready.

We took Jacob to his first party this weekend. He did a great job! I was a little scared he would get fussy or act up. But he thankfully didn't. He ate, slept, and then woke up a little and hung out. It's nice to know we can still do the same things that we used to do and include him, just now we leave a little earlier so he can get in bed.

Here are some pics of him this morning... He is so happy in the morning.

15 days left in Sicily

It's hard to believe that Jacob & I only have 15 days left here. It is bitter sweet. As much as I hate living in a small military community, there are so many thing I am going to miss. Like the real Italian food! Anyone who thinks Olive Garden is Italian food is freaking crazy! The food here is soo good that it could never compare to Olive Garden. I will also miss all of our great friends that we have here. They have become family to us. I know we all will be friends for many years to come! So I have two weekends to fill myself up with some good food, wine, and time with friends.

This weekend is going to be pretty busy for us. We have our friends kids birthday party in the early afternoon, then I have a baby shower later, and following that I have a cinco de mayo party. All of this on Saturday! On Sunday we have so much to do to get ready for our pack out which is on Thursday. We are half way done, but we still need to pack our suitcases and take some things off of the walls. Our house is a complete diaster. I am actually looking forward to having everything packed up and moved out so I can clean. It is really bothering me having everything all over the place. I'm a total clean organized freak. Everything must have a place and be nice and neat, otherwise it stresses me out. Only a few more days!


Jacob is doing really well this week. He hasn't been very fussy at all. I think it has a lot to do with him finally almost sleeping through the night. He gets his last bottle around 9 or so and then goes to bed. He doesn't wake up until around 4:30/5am for another bottle and then sleeps for another 3-4 hours. I have been very lucky latley to be getting some decent sleep. I'm sure in the next few weeks his schedule will be a total wreck with all of our traveling, so I need to enjoy it while I can. Every day he seems to get bigger and bigger and of course so cute! When Aaron comes home from work, if Jacob is in the room and can hear his daddy but can't see him, he will get fussy until he sees his daddy. Today Aaron was at home for lunch and I had Jacob in his front carrier. I was talking to Aaron and Jacob couldn't see him. Jacob was trying his hardest to move his head around so he could see Aaron. I moved the top of the carrier so he could see his daddy and he put on a huge smile. It was so cute. Jacob loves his mommy and daddy! I will have to get this on video one of these days.

Tonight I left the two men at home and had dinner with a great friend! It was so nice to get out and have a great dinner with many glasses of wine! Thank you so much Danielle for the invite! I'm going to miss her! Her husband is from Ohio as well and she is from Jacksonville, FL. They have another year or so left here, but I'm sure we will see each other again soon. Either in Florida or Ohio.

Well I better get to bed now since Jacob is already in bed.