new years in roma
we spent the last day of one year and the first day of the next year in a city that has been glorious for many years. lingering jet lag meant that gabriel and i had been up together many times throughout the nights we spent in rome. to help me get more sleep, ian cuddled up with the baby in the wee hours and then took the boys out on some adventures in the morning hours. i was a little jealous that he got to see roma in the pretty dusk before allllll the other tourists came out. but i was much more glad to get in a bit more zzzzzs! we spent the later morning of new years eve in the colosseum! ian was pretty pumped about this (he loves experiencing famous significant landmarks). mo thought it was all pretty cool, too. here's a view from inside the colosseum to the arch of constantine. i loved how we could see some of rome's colourful building facades peeking through the colosseum's arches. we spent some time trading off with the boys at the rom...