La madrina

After Tosca's godfather's visit some weeks ago, also her 'madrina' came to Italy to meet her godchild. Tosca, who had just struggled through a somewhat difficult couple of weeks (lots of crying and many nearly-sleepless nights) was a perfect hostess and greeted Wendy and Olaf with lots of beautiful baby-smiles. Also Auro, even though he was a bit confused about our guests' names, was on his best behavior and not only showed them around the house, but also demonstrated every toy he had in his room ;-)

On Saturday, we went for a hike in Cinque Terre, five villages on the Ligurian coast that are so beautiful that even UNESCO made them into a World Heritage Site. Having to carry a 2 year old and a baby along, we only hiked from Corniglia to Vernazza, but it was more than worth it!

Starting point: Corniglia

Leaving Corniglia behind us

Arriving at Vernazza

On demand

The other day, I was told that there were so few photos of Tosca on the blog and that when Auro was born I was posting so many. Don't worry: I am taking photos of Tosca as well! Taking care of 2 kids, however, keeps me quite busy and I just don't seem to find the time to post any of them. Anyway, on general demand, here are some photos taken in the last 2 weeks...

Tosca, nearly one month old, drunk on milk (26 March)

Lunch at home with our guests from Japan (Tosca was asleep) (29 March)

Another relaxing moment on the sofa after one (of the many) feedings (1 April)

On Sunday we drove up to the Praglia Planes (15 minutes from the house), where Auro tired himself...

... and Tosca drank milk and napped under a tree! (2 April)

Yesterday, Auro smelled all the flowers in the garden...

until his nose was yellow! (5 April)

This was taken this morning before going to the supermarket

A proud big brother with his baby sister (even if she wakes him up several times during the night with her persistent crying) ... by the way, if anyone knows how to turn this photo... let me know, because I have no idea how to do it ;-)