Chicago (part 2)

Here is the rest of our trip to Chicago - its taken a while to get them posted and get the pics from Johnathan's camera too. Sorry!

Man, I love this town. I started coming when I finished grad school, for work and to play with my dear friend from grad school, Dicy who works for Wrigleys (see the Wrigley Tower!). Many fond memories of girlfriend trips have been had in this city and I still love it and am so glad that Dicy still lives here! It was so fun to share it with the boys.

The boys headed to Wrigley Field and Taylor & I played with Dicy, Eleanor & Trey. It was so fun to spend time with them and be an urban mom for the day. We went to a great park that is tucked away in the city and relaxed and caught up. Eleanor was a great friend to little Taylor The icon of our Midwest

We then had dinner at the House of Blues - Taylor looks a little tipsy - this is before the music startedThis great blues musician was performing during dinner and Taylor was fascinated and loved it (and the sweet potato fries!).

The next day John, Johnathan and Jordan went for a Segway tour and Taylor & I had a power walk through Millenium Park, went to Garrett's popcorn (its the best especially when you eat the caramel and cheese together!) and did some shopping on Michigan Ave. We also had to make a stop to my favorite paper store, The Paper Source.

The segway tour was 2.5 hours and they had a blast exploring the lake front and museum district. The weather was perfect - sunny but in the 80s. Pleasant enough not to remember sunscreen...ouch!

We met up for lunch on Michigan Avenue and then grabbed a cab to O'Hare to come home! Great trip - loved it!

Hanging out on Michigan Avenue!

A Little More Culture

We had another "field trip" downtown, this time to the Museum of Science to see the exhibit of the Terracotta Warriors from Xian, China - next best thing to actually going to China this summer!

The next generation of warriors!

Taylor meeting Shi Huangdi - The First Emperor Our fair maidens

Dinner in Chinatown at Tan Tan's and then its not complete without Shakes with tapioca pearls from Star Snow Ice!

Taylor's new best friend....!

A Milestone for Eban

Eban's stitches took a lot longer to heal, in fact, they came out so it was a big sore for a long while. On the one month anniversary of his surgery, the cone finally came off! Freedom!

9 Months!

Taylor is now 9 1/2 months and is growing so fast! She had her check up 2 weeks ago and weighs 18 1/2 pounds (45%) and is 28 inches long (65%). She has 2 big teeth coming in up top making it 4 in total. She eats like a champ - anything you give her she'll try. She laughs and jabbers ma ma, da da, ba ba. She still adores her dog and loves her big brothers. She has yet to give up her army crawl, here is an example of it. SHe's been doing it for about 3-4 weeks now!

A Little Culture

We had a fun field trip enjoying Houston culture and fabulous desserts at Ruggles Cafe in Rice VillageThe Menil Collection - a great collection of contemporary art that is always free and located in the Montrose area.

I love this picture - the boys had lined up for fun so I quickly grabbed my camera. The security woman was watching so I asked if I could take a picture and she said if I did it quickly!

The lawn at the Menil CollectionOutside of the Rothko Chapel

A little tap dance at the Museum of Fine Arts

Happy 5th of July

Sunday before church

And here is a recap of the rest of the 4th:
Ready for our swim!
Mason is modeling his recent gift from the Middle East...Chilling with Jordan

Can I have any more attention?!?!Little Princess
You should have heard the squeal Taylor made when she saw Jordan when he came back from being at EFY in San Antonio for a week!
Celebrating our freedom!

Happy 4th of July!!

We headed over to the neighborhood parade in the morning. Even though we missed most of it, it was fun to see the kids with their bikes decorated. We tried to get into the spirit of it too!
Here is little Taylor's 4th of July outfit - and check out her cute bloomers from KelleyAnne at Pineapple Hill Designs - isn't she so creative?! We love them!!!!

Great Giggles!

Taylor surely does love Johnathan's tickling!