The cradle of love!

The cradle of love!
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I am now back in Bologna, and I accomplished a lot of things in Rome.
First of all I enjoyed the last days of sun on the beach by taking long walks, smelling salty air and walking in the cold, clear waters of a September sea... That was so relaxing and refreshing!
Than my mom and I finished our cradle projects and came out a success... at least for our expectations which were kind of low. We also sewed the little comforter. Oh I wish I could just take a nap into this cradle... inside is soft and warm!
Other than this... I had a beautiful walk in old Roma city center. I came hope exhausted but I enjoyed probably the last walk ALONE in the places I love the most. I walked through the Vatican City, over Ponte Sant'Angelo, throught Borgo Pio until Campo de' Fiori... and then from there to Piazza di Spagna passing through Piazza Navona and Piazza del Pantheon, Via del Corso and Via Frattina...
It was a beautiful day and I loved it!

It takes two.

New Birki
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Yesterday was our Second Wedding Anniversary and I can't believe time pass by so quick. But I like it until now.
It seems that's yesterday that I was kinda nervous for the wedding and now I am kinda nervous for my baby girl to be born!
Next year we'll be in 3.
We didn't do much since Andrea is still fighting his fever but we went to church in the morning and to Sana in the afternoon to see if something interesting was on... We went there at 5 (and it closes at 7) and thanks God we didn't pay (we had free tickets) because most of the operator were dismantling the expositors. We were kind of mad because we didn't get there to see them going away.
By the way I bought a new pair of Birkenstock with a special fair discount, and I am happy with this!

Other news: I am officially the new nurse of my group of friend. My friend came out of the hospital and needed injection and I gave her 2 yesterday and she said I've got angel hands. mmmm I doubt I did the injection in the right buttock where she may have some tingling feeling :-)

Bees around a flower

Bees around a flower
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One of the fetus of the previous post is gone. Gone. Just gone.
The family is in pain and the hope for this new life is gone with him/her. No words.

My friend has a cervical hernia and will hopefully feel better soon... well, as soon as they will decide what to do with it... but it will take time.

Still I will pray for my other friend's baby, and keep the hope burning.

Meanwhile I can just look at this bib and the bees around the flower...

Lucky.

I have always had the feeling of being lucky and after I met Andrea this feeling grew into certitude.
But there are days when I really feel that lucky plays such an important role in my life that I almost feel guilty for so much in my way.
Yesterday I spent the whole morning at the hospital to support my friend who has been hospitalized because she has a tingling feeling in her right leg who is now raising up to her right arm. Nobody knows what's up with her and today they're going to have a cervical MR and tomorrow they're going to sting her in her back to take a sample of her cerebrospinal fluid. Then she'll have to stay in a bed for another day and they will start some sort of cure.
After that I went with another friend of mine at lunch and went around to buy another friend's b-day present.
This friend is pregnant at her 22nd week, exactly 4 weeks less than me. And now she and her husband just found out that a rare form of hernia diaphragmatic that is growing inside her baby. That means that her baby will have a major surgery right after she will be born and that the chances of living are not high.
She's living the hell out of her happy life... and I feel I am powerless.
I also found out that another collegue of mine who is pregnant too (we are 5 to be pregnant at the moment) has a problem with her fetus too.
I can't believe that 2 out of 5 pregs have major problem with their babies... isn't it a very high percentage?
So now... there's pretty nothing I can do to help those people to feel better. I can only pray my God to help them. Maybe you too may pray your God or your belief or simply send some positive thoughts to those persons.
Thank you.

Mountain, sea, city and back to the sea...

Mom and I
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Here I am again.
I am just going up and down through Italy, and I am actually enjoying it!
I went to Colle for my cousin's wedding. Had to work most of the time because in this little village, weddings are really HUGE. The night before the wedding there's a big party, a serenade where the whole village goes... usually it is under the bride-to-be house and the family offers to drink and eat to everybody. So basically I had to prepare a lot (really a lot) of panini with all sort of homemade salami, roasted pigs and prosciutto (all things I can't eat because of the possible toxoplasmosis)... later I helped the bride to prepare the luggage, than to put the flowers in the right places and such things. I was exhausted.
The next day the wedding! Oh what a HUGE thing. The church was crowded and the restaurant was incredibly big. The food was simple and super good.
Everything went alright. But I was really tired.
My mom, brother and I decided to have a small walk the next day and so we did... I made my usual encounter with local poisoning vipers but after all we had a good time breathing pure and fresh air. Except that I was so slow walking, that I don't know how my mom and bro were able to deal with it. I would have lost my patience!

Instead of coming back to Bologna I decided to go to Rome with them. There, my other cousins lended me a beautiful wicker cradle. I didn't like the decoration so my mom and I decided to buy the padding and the fabric and decided to dive into this tailoring project. It tooks us 2 days to finish it but we still have to do the "soft top".
I think it will look just great since it will be a lot closer to my tastes!

Andrea came to visit in Rome for the week end and took me back to Bologna.
I think that next monday I'll go back to Rome to finish the cradle project and some knitting thing my mom and I are doing.... I am actually trying to knit a little hat, while my mom is doing the blanket, and other things.

The house is still a mess since we need to buy a new furniture for the bedroom where to put all the baby things.. and even if I am not buying anything now... I don't know how it's possible that we already have 2 boxes full of little clothes and stuff for the baby girl. My mom started washing all the little clothes my brother and I used to wear and there are some that are still BEAUTIFUL.
I am still not aware of what kind of gift I'll receive for Christmas :-)
I know I am very lucky...