We had an awesome time in Italy visiting our very dearest friends, Andy and Sarah, and their new baby, Eva.

Photos (with captions!) have been up for awhile now, but here are a few video clips of special moments that just couldn’t be captured in still images.

First is in the backseat with little Evie, driving from the Venice airport back to Andy and Sarah’s home in Aviano. It was love at first sight.

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Later in the week, during the four-hour drive to Florence, Rob and Andy were charged with trying to keep Eva awake, so she wouldn’t be up all night. You’ll be rewarded if you watch all the way through to the end, where, around 2:32, Rob starts rehearsing quietly to himself, lest he should disappoint Evie or his television audience with a flawed performance.

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In Florence, Sarah and I decided we wanted to get our palms read by a fortune-teller in the street. Andy can spot a tourist trap when he sees one and insisted that he could read our palms just fine. Not sure where he learned to have such utter confidence in his own BS, but it clearly is what makes him such a good litigator.

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Oh, how I miss our friends. It’s almost easier not to see them or talk to them at all, because it makes the time go by more quickly. Just thinking about them makes my heart hurt. Happily, Sarah and Eva are coming to stay with us for a few days in November, and they will all be living somewhere in the States within a year!