One minor setback

Adam and I went to the Consulate's office FINALLY last week to apply fror our visas. At first we were confused by the fact that I wouldn't be able to get mine or Giada's until he had lived there and gotten his PdiS, then that cleared up. But then something else...his paperwork didn't specify that he was going for a 4-year program, which again would mean that he could not get us family visas. SOOO the schooled has just mailed out the amended paperwork, and we should be good to go! However, that means that we've had to postpone our flight and we will not be arriving until July 11. It's very frustrating having had our hearts set on leaving so soon, but at the same time it is a relief to have a couple more weeks to tighten a few loose ends.

Good news? Adam's citizenship appointment went very well! The only hangup with that is that like many Italian-Americans, their names were "Americanized" when they arrived so much of the paperwork has two names like "Peter" or "Pietro" and "Cosima" or "May". We corrected all of his g-grandfather's inconsistancies, but figured that it wouldn't matter for his g-grandmothers' (since she was his blood line to Italy). But they do want it to be amended. No big deal, it's been done. SO all we do now is wait!

Giada is a handful...literally! She is now rolling over both ways and has managed to use this new talent to roll to whatever she isn't supposed to have. She was in the den yesterday lying on her blanket, and even though I can see her from the kitchen, a strange quiet came over the room and I ran in to find her grabbing up fists of carpet fibers and shoving them into her mouth! Though I would have expected her to cry b/c they tasted bad or whatever, she seemed content to have them in her mouth. When I snatched the latest fistful from her hand she looked stunned, and then once I began removing them from her mouth she cried and fussed. Parents are so PRACTICAL!


I am so eager to get to Italy, it's overwhelming. I hope that I am not working it up to the point I am surprised not the find it the way I have been imagining. But I know the one thing I am looking forward to will not fail me: that Adam will be home with us until school begins. I miss him so much, and even though I see him as much as I did before Giada was born, being HOME without him makes me miss him more. I am also eager to travel a little bit. We can 't afford to do much and I am hoping we can find some cheap lodging that's decent enough for baby too. I am desperate to at least go to the Amalfi Coast and to see Venice. I can put my other travels on hold (Paris, Germany, Finland, etc.) but I've GOT to see more of Italy!