Finally "home" after a long summer vacation...

Hello strangers! I know, i know. It's been a long time since our last post. It's been one crazy and busy summer for us. We finally made it back to Sicily last Wednesday after a very long summer vacation in the States (2 and 1/2 months to be exact :) Actually, it was only 2 and 1/2 weeks for Brian but Bella and i were gone for the entire time. I was in two weddings in August (one was my good friend Jaclyn's wedding and the other one was my sister's in which i was the matron of honor, so i had a lot more responsibility with this one). We also went down to Jacksonville for a few days the beginning of August to visit our great friends and meet their new babies, Jago and Maddy. They are absolutely adorable, by the way. When we got back from Jacksonville, Brian and i got a chance to hang out with my sister, new brother-in-law Brian, my brother and his girlfriend Linette at Kings Dominion. That was a lot of fun - we felt like we were kids all over again! And we also had my sister's bachelorette party, in which apparently i had way too much fun. In between all of this, we tried to do as much as we could with Bella in the DC area. We took her to the National Zoo one day and to walk around the Washington Monument and that whole area on another day. Needless to say, August was super busy and went by way too fast for us. I will post pictures from all the different events at a later time. Here are some pics of Bella in the nursery room at Lajes Air Field in the Azores on our way back to Sicily last Wednesday. And a couple of her and Coby, who she adores and keeps giving besos to. He has been so great with her too, letting her curl up with him and serving as her pillow. He is the greatest dog ever! And we missed him so much while we were gone. It's so nice to finally be at home with our entire family :)