Here and There!

Quick post before we are off on our weekend getaway!

A couple weekends ago we went to a friend's family's vineyard and it was spectacular.  We woke up so early that we had to wake up Jakob and we jumped on a train with a group of friends and arrived a few hours later to begin our hike.  We went to the Vallis (French) region and it was beautiful.  We hiked through the different vineyards and at the end had a great wine tasting with raclette feast.  Jakob didn't get to sleep much but he had such a great time.  At one point he was being passed around the table as peope's plates were being served raclette one by one- the table having at least 30 people.  He loved all the attention.  We kept him up way too late (almost 11) but up until his head hit his matress he was laughing and all smiles.  I don't know how we got so lucky but we love him.  Anyway, Paul and I bought a few bottles of wine and we're going to bring home one of them for Christmas for people to try!

Last weekend, for Halloween we didn't do much.  Unfortunately my dear camera broke the day after we got back from the vineyard (so thankful it waited to break) so I couldn't take pictures on Halloween.  I really felt naked without a camera and even went to the Nikon service center here to fix it and they even told me it wasnt worth it.  The shutter needs replacing.  So I found a great deal on a new one- I tried to downsize but couldnt bring myself to- and it came a couple days ago!  I could not be more excited to learn all about it.  I love it already.  But I put Jakob in his costume- or skeleton pjs- on Monday and took him to show it off to Paul's group and then when my camera came on Tuesday I put him in it again and we took fun Fall pics!

Tomorrow we are off to Bernex, France in the Alps!  We're going with Paul's german card night buddies and Jakob is going to love playing with our neighbor's kids.  He loves babies.  Im really excited to go on a short vaca.  Here's to hoping it snows and doesn't rain!  Jakob would love to eat the snow!  My parents sent a great package with some new pants, socks, and shoes (including my old shoes!) for Jakob (plus some much needed candy corn) and I can't wait for him to wear it all.  Little Timberlands could not be any cuter!

Anyway, that's about all for now!  Days are getting colder and wetter but Im looking forward to the snow, probably just in time for Jakob to start walking.  Should be a very fun/interesting time or him.  :)