So many things happened

I have been feeling a little guilty every day the last few weeks for not blogging. Not because I have like hundreds of subscribers who check multiple times a day whether I have written yet, but because I want this blog to be a journal of our life. I can't just skip two whole weeks and not post anything. Ts-ts-ts!
Anyway. Next topic.
Probably the biggest news right now is that a few weeks ago we found out I am expecting! I don't mind saying it out loud, firstly because not many people read this blog, secondly because the cat is kind of out of the bag already anyway. I am 8 weeks and a day along and feeling all the early pregnancy symptoms all over my body! Thank God I am not the pukey type, if you know what I mean, but I do feel nauseous and bloated all day. I have aches and pains and I go from sleeping 12 hours one night to 5 the next.
I haven't gone to the doctor yet. Wanted to wait until after Scott's endoscopic surgery next Tuesday. Just wanted all that behind us and then refocus on the baby. My neighbor keeps telling me that I should go see an OB soon, hear the heartbeat, see if it is implanted in the right place etc. She put the bug in my ear because all the sudden I started freaking a little bit. To the point where I asked husband t9o pick up another pregnancy test for me the other day. I did it and the second pink line was waaay stronger than the first one weeks ago. That kinda gave me a peace of mind.
No matter what though... the whole thing is in the Lord's loving hands. Just the fact that I got pregnant is a miracle for us since we had been trying for like 5 years. He giveth and taketh away. If that is His will. And that is good enough for me!

October is here and I am in love. Just like every year.
We went out last Saturday to soak up some afternoon sunshine. We have found this beach 2 minutes from the mall where we usually get groceries. The weather was perfect and it felt wonderful walking around. Benjamin got a little fishnet from the Chinese store and he was trying to catch a fish.

Do you want my spot? Take my handicap.

And then on the way home we saw these magnificent pink clouds

Benjamin getting a haircut at Mr.Nicola, our landlord

He is not too happy with this operation. To say the least. 

Little man in the big chair

Great to see Bibles and other Christian materials on the bookshelf at the barber shop

I gotta say I am so impressed and proud of husband. He has been so motivated and diligent in learning Italian. He is meeting with Bruno, his Italian language helper several times a week 3 hours at a time and they just talk in Italian and in English too. He has made such a huge improvement since the beginning of the summer. I am really and truly proud of him!

All right. That's all the pictures I could scrape up from the last two weeks. I want to be more diligent in taking good quality photos of our life. Especially now, documenting my pregnancy. I should go to Pinterest and get ideas. 

It is Saturday morning, Benjamin poor thing is in school, yes, Scott is doing something in the office while I am sitting here on the couch in the living room, feet up on the coffee table, laptop on my lap, blogging, watching You've Got Mail with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. One of the favorites of fall movies. I dream about fall in New York. 

Gotta go make some tea. Ciao.