October- part 1

What a whirlwind life we have had this month here in Italy, October has flown by and i wanted to post some photos of what we have been up to.

Jack rabbit season is in here and Josh introduced Jacob to them, dead of course thansk to Paolo our neighboor, I think he looks scared , poor B Josh bought a car as some of you may know, a little european one and Jacob just thinks it is his playpen, he can climb into the drivers seat in seconds and Daddy let him ride on his lap while parking it in back.

Fire Saftey Week is in October and Jacob held on to this hat all week, he thought it was jsut great to have on and stomp around the house, this other photos he looks jsut like his daddy, SO CUTE!!

We went to a halloween Party hosted by our good friends Maggie and Nate, they have a little developmental books says at this age they arent big into interacting with other kids and paralell play instead of share but the two boys really play with one another. Maggie is Due with her 2nd baby, a little girl Nov 18th, Keep her in your prayers. We went to the party basically as an Aladdin theme, i was a belly dancer of some sort, Josh sent me this outfit frmm OVERTHERE and he was given his outfit as a gift, Jacob is of course a little monkey. The pic of J with the big hair is SOOO funny, nate was a disco dancer and had this huge afro wig!!!

PUMPKIN Festival= Zucca Festival

We went to Venzone Italy, where an annual festival was held to celebrate all things pumpkin.

Here we saw Large pumpkins being carved, sold and even got to have a taste of pumpkin soup and nocchi or a type of noodle. It was a long day but J had fun and we got to see Italian cutlure in action.

Jacbo enjoyd riding on hte bus W/O a car seat AHHHH, ONLY in Italy. Next time i will bring on even if i can strap it down, Jacob wont know. He was all over the place. Check out his pumpkin shirt( Thanks Grandma Garner!!!) How apporpriate it was for the event.

ALRIGHT, Enjoy, i will post more on another day of our festivites!! we have a halloween event to attend and whatever else we find to entertain oursevles.

HAD TOO

Hello Everyone, i had to take a minute and post this photo of my Boys, It was such an awesome day we headed out with firends to the near by lake and had a bonfire on one of the stream areas.

Jacob is getting to be such a little boy, interested in rocks and bugs and trucks!! all things Josh Loves about him, as for mom, i play along :)

Josh's foot is still sore and he cant jump this week with his guys, most guys would be happy but johs is disappointed, please keep him in your prayers for a quick recovery.

OCTOBER

Hello EVERYONE!!!!
Yes we're still here, it has been busy since getting back and heading back intro our own routine and swing of things,

we have attended a 15th birthday for a friend of mexican heritage WOW what an experience.
been to the dr
bought a car
back to the dr

Josh is back at work but was however set back as of yesterday, in the midst of doing paperwork to get his car he rolled his ankle and not sits on the chair with it Swollen, He went to the dr today and they x rayed it and told him to take it easy for 3 weeks but couldnt determine the injury until the swelling goes down.

Backing up to last week, we started back to playgroup, well as te children get older they can attend different levels, we went to the one on a playground outside, Jacob cralwed right into a car and fell over, scraping up his nose, POOR LITTLE guy!!!! he has healed quickly and it didnt slow him down that day at all.
We have been fighting a 2 1/5 week tummy bug, complete with major diaper rash, we got an appt Monday morning and he was given a anti-fungal treatment for the open areas on his behind, it seems to be clearing up.
along with the tummy issues, eating isnt his favorite thing to do and this is what we have decide it the colporate to the 6 AM WAKE UP!!!!! we figure he must be hungry.

All part of the job i suppose. On the look out we have a free assetment on the 7th, they will test eyes, hearing, social skills, height, weight, etc... i am looking forward to seeing where he is excelling and where and what we can do to teach him. jacob talks and talks, newly to the vocab is "JO" Nannie for Annie, he attempts his friends Isacc's name, and still loves saying NO NO, Truck, tractor, car, more and the list goes on. On a shopping trip the other day he pointed right at a women in line with bra and underpants in hand and said NO!!!! thank goodness she just laughed it off, Daddy figures it must not have been the right coloring for her.