Boston Grodzins

When we were in Boston we ended up seeing relatives from the Grodzins side of the family as well. A happy time was had by all! We went swimming with Dean, Nora and Lily at the Charles Hotel and had a wonderful time. The girls looked like sisters with their ringlets and sparkling blue eyes! Chloe was absolutely fascinated by her beautiful, charming, sweet and silly older cousin. We also got to see Misha and Kelly and stay up late Wednesday night. That was a special treat for sure!

Thanksgiving in Boston

This year we went to Boston to celebrate Thanksgiving with Mark's side of the family. It was a grand Woodall-Neville-Oates reunion and the Thanksgiving feast was perfectly scrumptious! Chloe had a wonderful time reconnecting with everyone and showing off all her new skills. For the first half of our visit we stayed at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge and on Thanksgiving morning we moved in with Aunt Anne and had a big slumber party with everyone! It was so much fun! We miss everyone now that we're back in Chicago, but we're looking forward to seeing everyone at the end of the month!

November

I'm sorry there haven't been more posts and photos of our lovely Panda since mid-November! How awful! Here are some Panda pics to tickle your heartstrings:

"More"

Brand new skill alert! Panda can sign "more!"

I am Adorable!!!!!!

It's been awhile....

I can't believe I haven't updated since Halloween! I guess I don't have much time for blogging now that I have a mobile baby to run around after. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment. Panda is in the midst of a rare long nap, so here goes!

Here we are having lunch with Bachan (Chloe's great-grandma Lucy)....

....heading out for breakfast with Dad....

.....playing with other kids toys at the New Mom's Group reunion......

...and getting beautiful bubbles stuck in her hair at Wiggleworms! Adorable!

Creepy Crawler

As of Halloween this year, Panda is crawling. She took a couple steps forward in a belly off the floor crawl position on the 31st, a few more on Nov 1st and now today she has taken off. She can crawl across the room, and pretty quickly. She doesn't even seem to get tired from it! She's amazing! Wow!

Happy Halloween!

Panda Dragon and Simon Chicken celebrated Halloween together at Kenmore this year. We had a fun time gawking at kids (and some parents) trick-or-treating, eating rum cake and osso bucco, and having an educational red wine tasting...they all tasted delicious to me!

Halloween New Mom's Group Reunion

I have missed these women and babies so much! It was great to see Caroline, Devorah, Katie and their progeny -Miles, Harold and Milo, respectively- at Caroline's house on Saturday. The kiddos looked so cute in their costumes and the boys fawned over Chloe, eating her wings and pulling her hair! Boys will be boys, Pan...

See all the pictures from the reunion here.

Alpha the Betta

Meet the newest member of our family...Alpha!  He's a Betta fish from Old Town Aquarium who is mostly irridesent blue and lives in a little glass cube in our kitchen.  His apartment, lovingly furnished by Mark contains a piece of organic driftwood, natural gravel and a live plant.  We love you, Alpha.