A bit of my week.

I love waking up to this bright smile every morning.

 These boys are my heart and joy,,,

 We went into Vienna to register for Dominic's passport - the picture is below.

Yes, I turned 30 this past week...Andrew made a little lemon cake and Michael helped me blow out the candle.

 Michael enjoys pointing out which plates/utensils/chairs belong to Papa, Mama, and Michael -
Papa, plate. Mama, plate. Etc. Sometimes he points to "baby" on the floor and then throws in the word "family" there too. It is sweet to see how well he grasps this concept.

Joint baby showers are a tradition here at ITI - this weekend we held one for 4 new (not all first-time) mamas. Andrew came to snap some photos at the end.

 All the single girls had left and we settled all the moms and babies into place for a group photo.

 One mama had already left - but that makes a total of 10 babies born into the ITI family in the past year! Beautiful. These ladies have been such a source of joy and companionship for me.

 Today (Sunday) I went to Vienna with our friend, Annemarie, for Mass, accompanied of course, by my little guy. We took the train in early and got some coffee.

 

We attended noon Mass at St. Stephan's Cathedral and heard some fabulous organ music. We were so happy to be sitting in the area where the sun was pouring in through the windows!

 

 Vienna's Trinity Column.

 

Happy that Annemarie showed me another free restroom in Vienna! Trust me, I'm memorizing these locations...

 Then we hiked over to Belvedere Palace and walked the grounds.

 Looking out to Vienna from the top of the little hill.

 Such a good little explorer.

 Annemarie wanted to take a silly "Asian" picture. :)

 

 Then we enjoyed a light Austrian beer and some Greek food and took the bus back to Trumau; Dominic slept soundly on my chest the whole way. Have been very much cherishing this stage of closeness with him.