Category: Family
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Christmas in Italy
We started out this past Christmas season with a trip to Florence to celebrate Michael’s birthday. We have been to Florence before when Lucy was only a few weeks old, but wanted to experience the city during the Christmas season. We didn’t go with much of a plan – we stayed at the Hotel Pendini…
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Life Lately – June 2022
I’ve been meaning to post several times since March, but here we are, in June. Oops! Here’s what we’ve been up to… Cancun, Mexico In March, Lucy and I flew to Cancun, Mexico to meet my family for my mom’s Spring Break. The number of times flight attendants and airline employees asked me, “Are you…
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Chicago and Omaha – Christmas 2021
Our Christmas season kicked off on November 1st thanks to my inability to wait to put up the Christmas tree. Since we had family visiting throughout November I thought it would be fun to have the apartment festive for the holidays, and it was! Lucy even got her own little tree in her room. I…
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Life Lately – August 2021
This post is half a life update and half an excuse to show off our first family photos Nancy (Michael’s mom) took of us while she was visiting. Lucy is almost two months old and the weeks are just flying by. My parents arrived at the end of June – my dad stayed for ten…
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Meet Lucy
Our sweet Lucy Leigh arrived on Wednesday, June 9th at 7:34am and we have been soaking up every minute with her since. She was born at the local Italian hospital in Vicenza and her and I stayed for four days in a shared room with two other moms and their babies. Michael was able to…