3 weeks old

Carleigh is 3 weeks old today & weighs 8lbs 1oz (she was 6lbs 13oz at birth). She is so perfect! We are still figuring some things & learning each other.

I jotted this down earlier this evening…

Things that make me want to remember this moment:

Having to seriously stretch to grab my lap top to write this because Carleigh is sleeping peacefully & all cuddled up in the crook of my left arm

Sitting here reading a Parenting magazine because, oh my, I'm a parent

My sweet husband, still in his flight suit from work, sleeping on the couch next to me

My awesome Mama in the kitchen making dinner for us because she is actually here in Sicily!

The Christmas lights & red bow wrapped around our tiny tree by the door

This is really my life.

 

I have about 23482398472387 things to write about being a mommy & bringing Carleigh home. But part of being a mommy means I am too exhausted to spend time writing them!

So I will post more later on life with Carleigh.

Still so thankful for my wonderful hub & how much he loves our little girl!

 

& thankful for sweet mommy/baby moments

 

January

We got our household goods yesterday morning & spent all day yesterday unpacking & washing everything! Still have so much more to go

First, some moments from our everyday lives..

(omelette) hub LOVES making breakfast...

we love to cuddle

this floor never stays clean! always footprints!

Other random daily things:

We have been going to the gym on base a lot. Trying to be fit & healthy.. its been going good.

The truckers took a 3 day break from the strike (thats why we were able to have our stuff delivered) & road blocks are gone right now but word is that they are going back on strike today. It has been a little bit of an inconvenience.. having to drive through a road block every time we leave home for the base (which is every day..) & having no gas. Things also weren't being delivered to the stores... I learned to appreciate milk! I LOVE milk. we bought 4 cartons the day that the commissary got it back in. The strikes are no fun for anyone but I understand why they are doing it. Gas prices are so high (we use gas coupons..but the italians are paying $7 or $8/gal) that they aren't making any money from deliveries etc. & even though its pretty weird to drive through the road blocks REALLY close to lots of parked trucks/tractors/people/signs/barriers.. they have been very nice to us so far. Enough about the strike..

Here are a bunch of pics from the unpacking process:

loaner furniture 

these guys were awesome! fast & so nice!

in charge of checking off each item on the inventory

in a sea of packing paper

we have so much stuff! we are so blessed to have so much.
this house is big but very different from our last one..so here we have all kinds of things
in the kitchen that dont seem to match at all! we will get it looking right eventually:)

living room for now. we decided on getting a new couch..

having it delivered on saturday (hopefully)

LOVE having our comfy bed again. new duvet cover from urbanoutfitters.com

front door makes me happy

this is the car we are borrowing from a friend until

robs truck arrives. might consider buying. everyone

needs an island beater!

In the last few weeks we did some other fun things...
So happy to have finished indoc! I learned a lot. But I'm glad its over.
During indoc we spent a day in Catania at the market/lunch/walking around (you probably already saw these pics on facebook but I just cant leave them out!)

Elephant Square in Catania "Piazza Duormo"

breakfast

john & his macchiato

my FAVORITE

squid ink pasta

Recently we also drove up Etna with our friends Shannon & John (thanks guys for the pics!)

We ended up riding the cable car things up the mountain for an awesome view. & they let us take our hot chocolate

thats all for now. must go unpack clothes! its weird that we haven't seen this stuff in 2 months. taught me to be a little more simple. i like it.

love & miss my sweet friends & family so much!