Friday, November 27, 2015

When in Rome...

This is my first blog post in over 3 months after consecutively writing a blog post every month for the past year. Needless to say, life has been busy! In short, since my last blog post, we came back to Saudi Arabia, started back to work, vacationed in Egypt and then in Italy, and now we are ever so excited for Molly Joan's first Christmas. We will be in San Diego this year for Christmas <3

I am going to keep the text short for this blog post, but check out some of our pictures that show what we have been stoked about over the past few months!

MJ's first school photo - thanks Aunt Ellie for the cute outfit!

8-month photo

9-month photo - thanks Sue Woods for the cute outfit!

Started eating solid foods and mostly likes it :)

Our first Italian dinner when we got to Italy

8-month photo with Mama

8-month photo with Daddy

Learning to walk in my walker - I'm finally crawling but not walking yet ;)

My first Halloween!

Trick-or-Treating in the back of our tricycle!

On our block

The Red Sea in Egypt at sunrise because we don't EVER get to sleep in!

Mama trying to keep MJ entertained during our Vatican Museums tour ;)

Playing in the Red Sea, Egypt

Camel rides on the beach!

Egyptian landscape

Playing in my stroller in Egypt

Getting ready for dinner in Egypt

Kiddie pool water slide in Egypt

Colosseum in Rome, Italy with Daddy

Colosseum in Rome, Italy with Mama

Saint Peter's Square inside Vatican City

Right outside Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Inside Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Florence, Italy - I LOVE this quote, it reads:
every step I have taken in my life has led me here, now

Florence, Italy

Florence, Italy

Florence, Italy

Florence, Italy

The Little Piglet in Florence, Italy - rubbing the nose guarantees a return trip!

Outside our villa in Tuscany

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

At the Pisa Cafe with the tower in the background

Decorating for Christmas

I put EVERYTHING in my mouth

Jumping for joy in Siena, Italy

Chianti, Italy

Tour bus in Rome with Mama

Tour bus in Rome with Daddy

We have had some AMAZING (and amazingly busy!) times during these past few months. But we miss all of our family and friends dearly, and we love you guys so much. For those of you that we will see over the holidays, we CANNOT wait! And for those of you who we won't see this holiday season, you will most definitely be with us in our thoughts. So much love for all of you <3

Stay stoked.