Little guy in the making....!

We are getting really excited to catch a small glimpse of the growing little guy at every ultrasound.
 He weighs in at 500gr (1 pound) and measures 11 inches. :-)

 

Here a recent picture!

Baby-belly!!!

 Finally some pictures of the baby-belly! I am at 22 weeks now and all is well as we know. The baby is kicking up a storm and I can feel him many times during the day. What an incredible journey for us all!

What's happening inside the belly at 22 weeks?
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Sat. Afternoon!

Today we had booked a test drive with the new Volvo XC60 at a dealership not far from our house.
It was a crisp, clear day after a week of heat and dry weather! Beautiful!
On the way to the dealership we stopped at this field and I had to pick a few of these beautiful Gladiolas. You purchase based on the honor system. There is a sign with the price per stem (70cents per stem in this case-sunflowers cost 80 cents!) and a tamper-proof container where you place the money. Even the knives to cut the stems were provided!  I loved it!

Living room coming together...

Finally, we hung the first curtains in our living room!

Housewarming and Birthday-time to celebrate!!!

It's been five weeks since our move and after many frantic hours of organizing and decorating we were able to manage to have our housewarming party and my birthday party wrapped all in one on Saturday night. Flora, Carlo's mother, had been cooking for days and only thanks to her tireless effort in the kitchen we all had a wonderful meal to enjoy and the evening was a true success! Thank you!!!!!

Here the ambitious menu....

Smoked Salmon and Olive Pate on Toast

Green Asparagus Lasagne

Cannelloni

Pasta Disgraziata (with sundried tomatoes and herbs)

Beef Filet with Portwine Reduction Sauce

Side Dishes:

Roasted Peppers

Zucchini au Gratin

Grilled Eggplants

Caponata (Sicilian side with fried eggplants, tomatoes, olive & capers)

Thunafish with onion, vinegar and mint

Dessert:

Chocolate Truffle Cake

Panna Cotta with Strawberry Sauce

Strawberry cake

Ines' Birthday...

A few snapshots of my birthday dinner with a small circle of family and friends. Pasta, vino and good company, what else can one wish for???

 Flora's present to us: A beautiful handpainted fruit platter from Messina in the typical Sicillian style.

Easter in Sicily

We just returned from easter week in Sicily!

 Etna on horseback!

 My horse for the day: Eletra.

 We were very lucky with the weather and Mt. Etna at 2000 Meters seemed glorious!

 Easter Monday at Faro!

 Carlo and his friend Renato

 Marina and little Sofia!

Flora and Sofia -  and last but not least Carlo and I with Sofia! :-)

 Sofia is sooo cute!

Last night having an Aperitivo with Antonio Visco.