Diciembre

With only 2 days left of the wonderful month of november i went ahead and changed our background. I will hold off on posting xmas decorating untilwe are actually in the month of December or as it is called in Italian Diciembre.

CIAO!!!!!

Here we are, at a beautiful view in Florence!!!!

These photos are of Florence or as they call it here Firenze, I 'm not sure why the difference in the name, but the church is the which the statue of david was supposed t stand upon, however it was never placed up there.

This car was SOOOOO small our stroller was almost the length if it.

We of course found something for jacob to enjoy, a carrisel(spelling) he rode twice and loved it!!

Yes yes we got Snow here too!! it turned to ice by the evening but Josh took Jbird out and had a snow ball fight!!!

OH How to explain this LOL LOL We splurged on a seafood dinner one night and while J only ate the shirmp he enjoyed palyign with the crab legs!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

I anticipate being busy tmrw so i wanted you all to know, we are so thankful to have you as our family and friends!!
Hope you all have a loving and a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We have been busy on this side of the world, wiht our trip to Florence over we now have Rome to look forward to. Florence was beautiful though, it was a pretty day as well a little windy but sunny. We visitied the statue of david however were not allowed to photograph it. It is remarkable.
Jacob enjoyed the bus ride of course and then gazing at all the people from his stroller.
We entered Jacob in the cutest kid contest through parenting magazine, keep yor fingure crossed!! Winner would be the foot model for carters footwear and wins a wardrobe!!!! we are carter fans so how awesome would this be.

We have had an addition to our family no for 24 hrs, Isaac. Jacob's Best friend came to stay with us while his Mommy and daddy finally had their baby. Keep the Phillips family in your thougts and prayers as they begin a life of a family of 4. They had a baby girl at 3 42 pm on Nov 25th. Ryann is her name.

Jacob had is 18th well baby check up 33.5 inches long and 23 lbs he is in the 25% for weight which is up from his 12 mth check up he was 10%. The dr said he looks wonderful has a mouth full of teeth and the curiousity he showed in the room and to the dr, we were told is a sign of intelligence!!

ok check back, picture will follow in a different blog, right now both the toddlers need breakfast!!!

Venice 2008

Hello Everyone, we took advantge this week of living in Italy and headed to Veince to do a little chirstmas shopping. It was Jacob's second trip and he did 100% better then whe he was 3 weeks old go figure!!!

Waiting for the train to arrive.

So anyway as we walked in and out of shops and stopped for Gelato (spelling) ICE CREAM of course even in the foggy cold weather we are having, it is time to break out the winter coats.

This is the building the Harrisburg's captial building is modled after.

we head to Florence tmrw very ealry in the morning to get a real life view of the staute of David, Praise god for the blessings of living in europe though the day to day things can be frustrating how many people are able to take their families to Florence or Venice for the day.

This us of course, there is a boat int he background.

so enjoy the pics of the little world traveler Jacob is!!

HELLO,

We have chosen turkeys to get us through November, Jacob knows this funny animal and when asked what a turkey says he says " ga ga ga ga" his gobble!!

J has a small fever and cough today but we have jsut been putting around the house so he has been able to get lots of rest, he also enjoyed helping me dust and mop his room.

This picture is J wearing what used to be MY sunglasses until the little guy toted them off and sctrached the lens, now they are his and when we out thme on him he repeats "cool, cool" over and over, he walks around with his head int he air when he wears them, this doesnt last long since he ends up bumping into things.

Josh and i started a family bible study last night, with 2 other families from our church, jacob enjoys playing with Isaac while the parents study the word and fellowship. We love exposing him to this way of life even if he is so young.

We are looking forward to a 4 day weekend and have a trip to Venice planned, should be fun, look forward to pics of J in Venice, his 2nd time EVER!!

This pic is Jacob enjoying Pearl, its a good thing i didnt relocate her while Josh was away, she is one bad kitty but Jacob LOVES her, and she lets him knock her around.

Also we want to end by thanking all our Venterans, both living and passed. We thank you for your love and bravery!!!

CIAO!!!

Oh what a wonderful month

As we leave October i just have a few pumpkin carving photos to share, we went to our firends house for carving pumpkins , pizza and baking suger cookies.

We also went to a fall festival at our church but i didnt have my camera, Josh was the pround winner of the pie eating constest and Jacob got to, dig for a prize, pick a pumpkin and had his face painted.

As we move into November we look forward to thanksgiving, and Mom's birthday!!

we will have over the Phillips family and their new addition, as well as another girlfriend, whose husband is overthere!! what a blessing it is, if we cant be with our family back home we can be with such a wonderful military family.

we also hope to get to florence and maybe some sledding, if the rain ever turns to snow.

Jacob and Josh's adveture at the moment, bulding tents/forts. Jacob has asked grandma S. for a pop up tent for xmas but until then he uses blankets and pillows to make one. he just loves it, he even attempted to drag the blankets himself until he gave up and yelled "help help, pease"

have a blessed November, This Garner Family has a ton to be thankful for!!