Jodi & Andrea present....DOUBLE!

Now that the cat's out of the bag in all areas of my life (family, friends, work...), I can even bring the news to my blog: WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!! =)

The little one has been lovingly nicknamed "Double" (long story but, no, we're not having twins) and hasn't caused his/her Mom too too much pain! Minor, really, and now that I'm officially in my second trimester I'm feeling pretty damn good actually. (Well, if you don't count my mega headache right now, but that's from my company Xmas party last night, not baby-related!)

The picture above is Double's second ultrasound -- he/she (yes, we want to find out the gender but it's still too early to tell) was in great form. Literal hand-clapping and general wiggling was involved...this one's not going to be much of a sleeper, I can tell already!

Andrea and I are thrilled and -- oddly enough -- feeling pretty ready (not like "bring it on NOW" ready, but well on our way!) and are so excited to be able to share this really cool, exciting, fun, momentous, incredible, mysterious, weird, life-changing period of our lives with you all!

Stay tuned for further updates!!

Rain. Again. How Novel.

Ya know, I am generally that romantic type of person who loves the rain - loves cozying up with dim lights and listening to the pitter-patter of the raindrops. But ya know what? 3 weeks straight? A little much!

Perugia, and half the world if the global weather reports are any indication, is *this* close to preparing its ark and organizing its animals in gender pairs. Enough already!!

The "ray of sunshine" in all of this is that we leave soon for JAMAICA. Yep, that's right, vacation away, in the sunshine and heat. My body will probably go into shock after all this rain. At least I'm hydrated for it!

Happy Holiday Season! Hope your umbrellas are festive and your rainboots hole-less. That's pretty much as good as I can get right now.

Turkeying

As I sit here awaiting my guests, I thought I'd share a Happy Thanksgiving wish with you all. I have so much to be thankful for this year - just to name a few: Andrea, friends and family, health, a roof over my head and food on the table and, well - I'm thankful I'm not a turkey!

Take a moment, wherever you are and whatever tradition you're fulfilling this year, to count your blessings today! Whoever you are reading this, I'm thankful for you =)

Da Maria

I haven't posted a picture of us in a while - this one's from last weekend, we headed to the local torta al testo dive, "Da Maria" for some sausage and spinach torta. Mmmm.

Yes we can.

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer."

Election Day

Well, lucky me voted via absentee ballot weeks ago. On the positive side, I avoided all the crazy lines. On the negative side, I guess I'll never really be sure if it (a) got there, (b) was counted or (c) wasn't used by my mailman to block off a leak in his bathroom.

My hopes are high today. These past few days have indeed brought me back some long-lost faith in my country: we are coming out in record numbers, more decisive than ever before. Proof that we do in fact believe in something, a doubt that's been haunting me for quite some time now. We have succeeded in something, whatever happens now. Ok...now maybe that's going a little too far: GOBAMA!!!

Happy Hallows Eve!

I know, I know - I've been horrible at keeping up with my blogs. To be honest, I haven't had much to say! Things are pretty good: working hard (and seeing results), living life and praying that November 4th will bring some semblance of (positive) Change to my country.

I will return soon with more words of wit, pictures and commentary, (I promise, Dad!). Till then, have a very spooky Halloween and a fantabulous weekend!