Rome (it's a little messy, sorry about that)

The Vatican...it was a little dark.

The Trevi Fountain

A Temple in old Rome

A carving on the street corner.

Old Rome

St. Peter's Basilica

We had a fabulous time. What an amazing place. All that history...I can't believe how old eveything is and how beautiful it all still is! I will try to describe the pictures, so you kind of know what you are looking at. We walked around soooooo much, but it was worth it. I only had a few blisters on my feet, but htat was my own fault. I didn't wear the correct walking shoes the second day. I got a little sunburnt too, but not really too bad. It was a fabulous anniversary vacation. We stayed at a 5 star hotel which was beautiful, however the food was something to be desired. We ate out onthe town for the most part. How wonderful is the food in Rome? its fabulous!! We had pizza and lasagna, spagetti, gelato....the list goes on. I could die happy with the food there. My favorite was the pizza and the strawberry gelato. We have descovered that Blake takes way better pictures than me, so he had the camera after the first day. It seemed as if I kept taking crooked pictures (stop laughing, Mother). Inside the Vatican was amazing. It was dark, so the pictures didn't really turn out that great, but I posted some of them anyway. We couldn't take pictures in the tombs of the popes, but that was pretty amazing too. We didn't go and see the Sistine Chape, becasue the line for it was, like, three hours long. We figured we could see it on another trip. We found one little resturaunt that we loved and went back to a couple of times. I so remined me of Grandpa Raboin! We got the same waiter (who remembered us) and if we ever go back to Rome, we will be eating there again!

All in all, it was the best anniversary so far. 5 years have past, and we are doing great. Our littlest Henry is doing great still. We are 10 weeks along now. I love the fact that we are in double digits. This means we only have 2 more weeks to go before we are past the first trimester! Blake thinks the littlest Henry is starting to make an appearance, I just think I'm fat...I guess we'll see. It's nice to get home after the trip, though. Gratch missed us and was super happy to see us. So happy, in fact, he woke us up way to early this morning, just to play! We love him anyway. So, I'm going to stop writing now and load some pictures. I hope you enjoy the all!!

(I, for some reason, can't type in the title spot...hmm, how strange.)

It was my friend Kimberly's birthday today. She loves frogs, so I tried my hand at making a froggy cake for her. I think it turned out pretty well for my very first try. The cake itself was a red velvet cake. It make eating the cake very interesting...the inside of the frog was blood red :) Everything turned out really well. It was my first red velvet cake too. I was so glad it tasted good!

And the baby makes three

We have a little blob in the making. As you can see from the picture, there isn't a whole lot of definition yet, but this tiny little being has a heartbeat!! We got to see it yesterday. We are due February 7th, and are praying this goes totally smoothly. We aren't very far along yet, but I just couldn't keep it a secret anymore. I just wanted everyone to know how happy we are!

Rome

Blake has booked a trip to Rome for us, for our anniversary!! How exciting is that?!? He got all the confirmations in his email this afternoon. I will defenitly be posting about it and posting pictures as well. I just can't believe the oppurtunities we have while being over here. It's simply amazing. Needless to say, life is pretty good right now. Blake is on a really great schedule for the next few weeks. We get to spend a little more quality time together. He will be home for our anniversary, which is always nice, and he doesn't have to deploy anytime soon. This is just fabulous! I guess that's it for updates for us for now!

Papa's Tag!!

It's Father's day (Papa's Tag) here in Germany...I guess it's father's day everywhere. I just wanted to share with you the adorable chair Blake got for his "child". Gratch is forever sitting in our large version of this chair and getting it completly covered in white hair. So, Blake was at the store the other day and came home with one just Gratch's size! How cute is that???