Happy 7th Anniversary to us!

Today is our 7th anniversary! Jay celebrated by working in Wuxi, China for the day and enjoying a Korean dinner in the evening. I celebrated by taking Theo to Kindermusik in the morning and going for a jog by Lake Michigan. North Beach was beautiful and deserted this afternoon. Theo enjoyed his time in the stroller and promptly fell asleep on the way home. Tonight we are going out to dinner with a friend.

Click below for the latest photos. There are a lot of them, but I wanted to post extra for Jay to see while he was away.

Highlights of this month include:
- a trip to Chicago with Gary, Deb, & Gary's parents on 10/10/10.
- watching Alex learn to ride a bike without training wheels.
- Elliott's birthday party at My Gym in Aurora, IL.
- a 4-day visit to Naperville, IL to stay with Alina, Steve, Elliott, Rosemary, and Gretchen.
- Theo turning 9 months old!

Theo's likes:
- standing at his Leap Frog table.
- crawling.
- clapping.
- waving.
- reading his peek-a-boo books.
- making silly noises.
- eating.
- talking on the phone to Daddy.

Dislikes:
- being hungry.
- having paper that he was eating taken away.
- his daddy being in China.

Fall fun!

We've been having a fun fall so far! Theo has been acquiring lots of new skills lately, such as clapping, waving hello/goodbye, and crawling! I especially love the clapping since I feel like a rockstar during my renditions of "Itsy, Bitsy Spider" and "Where is Thumbkin?", as well as when I change a diaper, feed him food, or simply come into the room! Theo loves to wave at Jay whenever he sees him, but he has also waved at friends who come over to the house. His crawling is... unique to Theo at this point (see video). He definitely gets where he needs to go, but it seems like he could make things easier on himself! Pictures include:
- Sept 25th in Illinois - we went from home to Evanston to drop Jay at school, to Schaumburg to see the Rodgers family, to Hinsdale to visit Alina and her new baby girl, back to Evanston, and back home again!
- Videos of Theo clapping and crawling.
- Visits to Milwaukee County Zoo and a pumpkin farm.
- Playdates with various friends.


We have lots more fun planned this month, but are still deciding what to do when Jay goes to China. Ten days without him at home sounds like a long time! Fortunately I have lots of options, but I just can't decide yet!

8 months old!

Theo is now 8 months old! His favorite activities are eating, rolling around on the floor, listening to me sing, and generally being silly. Below are two albums. The first one is a few pictures from the past week. The second album is my own little photo shoot that I did of Theo in the backyard yesterday. Skip that one if you don't want to see 17 pictures of Theo in the same outfit with different looks on his face! (Although he is pretty cute... and Jay and I are in couple of the photos too!)

The Latest - August & September

Wow - so it's been over a month since I updated the blog. We had a busy remainder of the summer... and fall is turning out to be busy as well! Theo will be 8 months old next Wednesday! He is scooting around on his belly a lot, becoming much more vocal, eating many different fruits and veggies, and generally enjoying life. We are never short on fun at our house!

Click on the family photo to see some pictures from the end of August...

We've been taking lots of videos lately. Some of them may be longer than you care to watch, but we think they're cute! Click HERE to see them.

Click on the picture of Theo to see a few September pictures...

Cute photos from this week

This week Theo and I went out to dinner with my parents to celebrate their 43rd anniversary. Theo was all dressed up, so I had to take a few photos. I've also included a video of what happened when Theo tried peas.

July & August

It's been a busy few weeks since Theo turned 6 months old. He's been eating lots more foods, including oatmeal, carrots, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, prunes, and pears! We went on vacation to the Chain O Lakes area near Waupaca, WI. And Theo has been making more friends. Click on the happy pontoon driver for Chain O Lakes pics. Click on the happy eater for other random pics.

Theo is 6 months old!

Wow - 6 months old already! Theo is still lots of fun. He has learned to sit on his own, play with his rattles and other toys, find creative ways to sleep, and tried a veggie for the first time!