Poops Ahoy!

We've been in Spain for 6 weeks now. It's amazing how time flies. Jay has now spent about half of his life in Spain! Over the weekend we had the chance to explore Sevilla a little more. What a beautiful city! There are countless streets and alleys to wind through, each with wonderful surprises like yummy tapa bars and magnificent cathedrals. We had some great chorizo and jamon sandwiches along with some tasty grilled garlic mushrooms. Mike had Jay in the baby Bjorn and everyone was shocked to see his little head poking out of Mike's jacket (see attached picture). For some reason Spaniards don't seem to use back or front carries. We can't see why not - they are very useful on those tiny streets! Needless to say, Jay was the center of attention again. How can one baby be so cute?
Our first shipment of goods arrived today... hooray! We are a little surprised to see what we decided to ship over to tide us over before the rest of our things arrive. Opening the boxes was quite comical actually! The first things made sense: baby Jay's swing, toys, extra clothes, crib sheets (we definitely had baby on our mind), books, hangers, and even some Christmas ornaments but then we found some unpainted Halloween decorations, little glass statues and my favorite - a flour sifter. Yes, we have no can opener, cookie sheets, spatula or colander but we have a flour sifter that hasn't been seen since, oh I don't know, we got married. Where did it even come from? No one knows. We do want everyone to know though, if you ever PCS overseas please ask us what to bring because we definitely know now.
Overall, life is good here. We do miss being home for Christmas and wish we could spend the holidays with family and friends in the states. The city of Utrera that we live in is very pretty right now though with Christmas lights and busy streets full of holiday shoppers. On Friday night we walked around town and even had Chinese food for dinner! We've definitely learned though that you don't drive in the city. Those streets were not made for cars. It took us an hour to find a building located about a mile from our house due to one way streets and crazy Spanish drivers! I guess we're still learning a few things. We are grateful to have met some wonderful friends here whom we will celebrate the holidays with. We even will get to see the tabernacle Choir sing on Spanish TV on Christmas eve - and don't you worry, we'll be up late watching the BYU game on Thursday night/Friday morning here. Go Cougs! Thanks for checking up on the blog and be sure to leave a message so we can hear how all of you are doing too!
PICTURES (top to bottom) 1.Jay is his "poops ahoy" shirt (Thanks Jesse and Mikalea) 2. Baby Jay and Mike cruzin' the streets of Sevilla 3. View from our balcony of the old olive oil factory 4. Anna and Jay in front of the Christmas tree