I'm 2 months old today

Evan turned 2 months today (12/22/09) and I can hardly believe how fast time is flying! I guess the move to Italy, and all the chaos leading up to it, kept us so busy that it seems like its almost impossible that Evan was born a full 2 months ago. He is getting so big, about 12.5 pounds if we did the conversion from Kg to Lbs right after our Italian doctors visit, and his personality is really starting to develop. He smiles a ton, loves his pet cow and his 'silky'..a little blanket with silk edging, and he falls asleep to the sound of his acquarium. We have yet to really settle into a routine (I guess at the 2 month stage things are pretty much 'on demand' as far as eating, changing and sleeping), but we are starting to understand which cries me what, which helps a lot. He tends to be up more during the day than sleeping, and typically 4:30/5ish until about 7:30/8ish is his 'witching hour'..meaning, he uses his whiney cry to tell me he's tired, however, he uses all his strength to resist the sandman! I guess he is hoping to stay awake until his daddy gets home from work, and just doesn't want to miss him coming through the door:) Just yesterday, I realized that if I put him in the stroller and sing to him while I do about 15 minutes worth of laps around the 4th floor of our hotel, where our room is, then he'll fall asleep. Not sure if it is the movement in the stroller, or the perfectly sung tunes I sing which I learned off of our '100 best baby lullabys' CD that I bought the week before we left The States. I'm sure it is my heavenly voice..yeah right:) I'm still tone deaf, evan in Italy:)ha So, at this very moment, Mr. 2 month Birthday Man is zonked out after my 20 minutes of hallway laps, and about 5 serenades of "The Ants go marching 1 x 1" and "Bluebird, Bluebird".
You might be wondering how Evan and I celebrated his 2 month birthday. Well, we met up with Janine and her daughter, Jordan, for lunch at a favorite restaurant a few blocks from the hotel called Gusto & Gusto. We were escorted to our table by about 4 waiters (funny, I have yet to have a female waitress since I've been in Naples, and I eat out for just about every meal). As I've mentioned before, the Neopolitans LOVE babies, so for about 5 minutes the waiters encircled Evan, stroking his cheek, staring at him, and doing that 'oh so Italian' gesture where they bring all their fingertips to their mouth, kiss it, and then open their fingers back up with a "Bellissimo" type of comment. In between taking other orders, they return to Evan's stroller and just stand there and stare. Even while we are eating our meals, they just can't help themselves to come over and just watch him and touch him. It is so cute! So anyways, now settled into our seats at our tableWe just love how it is typical to sit down and automatically be given glasses of champagne to kick off the meal. Janine had sat in traffic for an hour to go only about 5 km, so that champagne was just what she needed. So, we toasted our champagne ("Saluti"), and ordered up some food, a couple great salads topped w/ beans, cherry tomatos and cheese, some bruschetta, and an appetizer of eggplant parmigiana. The Neopolatans love their eggplant and it is the main veggie served as a side dish with most meat entrees. To wash down all that food, we got some red wine and more champagne, and took our time dining while baby boy slept our visit away in the stroller. So we finished our main meal, and although my belly was pretty content, I felt compelled to get some dessert to go w/ my cappuccino. I mean, it is his 2 month birthday,right?! So, I ordered a piece of Tirimisu and Jordan got a chocolate souffle..one of the gooey center ones, and we dug into those. Actually, I did most of the digging in, finally feeling like I was satisfying my sweet tooth:)
Tonight Josh, Evan and I will try out a new restaurant kitty corner to the hotel. The menu looks great, and since it's so close by, it will be a short/quick walk. Josh is on his way home now, having just left the office at 7pm, so hopefully he'll be home by 8pm...a typical long day for poor Daddy-O.
With the baby sleeping, I guess I'll go back to watching my Sky Satellite t.v show--figure skating with live music by Reo Speedwagon, Rick Springfield and the Backstreet Boys...there just aren't that many English channel options here:)