Italy next stop: Amalfi Coast

The Amalfi Coast was something we had only heard of in legends... and all of the Italians on summer holiday had apparently also heard those same legends.  We took a technically-demanding bus ride in the summer heat to arrive at Positano- an awesome cliffy beach town. Then we learned that we were on the top of the cliff. After about one million stairs down to sea level, we enjoyed the surf, the sand, and the company. When we began to head back we were scrambling for any alternative to tackling the stairs during the summer heat. Pregnant.

...Well, there were no alternatives.  Ashley did awesome and made it to the top avoiding both heat stroke and premature labor. 

We also learned how much we loved Caprese... in any of its forms.  Salad, panini, you name it.  We're ca-razy about caprese.

Public transportation brings out the best in our children

We finally made it onto the ferry headed toward Capri.  Stay tuned.

Italy-first stop: Pompeii

Aug 16th 2012

Our most recent trip was what you might call a "babymoon."  You know, one last awesome trip before a baby is born. Because traveling with 3 kids will probably be tricky, but traveling with 2 is so easy. 

Anyway, first stop: Pompeii. We had a wonderful, hot, sticky, time wandering around this well-preserved and huge ancient city.  When we came across the famous bodies in the garden Sadie freaked out. She became preoccupied with the history of Pompeii and spent most of the time worrying about how she would have escaped the destruction. The ruins (and bodies) raised all sorts of questions with her about kids, families, little girls, etc that had to flee for their lives.  We probably had a good answer for about 5% of her questions.

Some type of ancient fast-food establishment (Sadie's favorite). And the dreaded bodies of the poor souls (Sadie's least favorite).

Mount Vesuvius in the background

We think this was original paint.  London kept us informed with her audioguide.

These are ruins from some columns or arches or something.  The girls quickly recognized them as ancient pianos.

Baby numero 3

So what were the Olsen's up to in 2012? A good chunk of it was spent cooking baby number 3. We can't wait to meet HER in about 5 and half weeks. It can't come soon enough!

I did a great job of documenting the belly growth...jk.  No previous months because I looked like death! Too busy lying in bed barfing my guts out. Not kidding! So here is what I got...

6 months 

7 months  

8 months... Haven't taken one. I'll get on that.