Fun Day Trip to Chicago!

Today we took a fun little day trip to Chicago. We got to have lunch with Panichi, Andrea, and Emily, then Em came with us to take Gwen to the aquarium. At first, Gwen was a little scared if she got too close to the glass and was saying "No No No No" but after some warming up, she really liked it. She needed to burn some energy after being in her carseat and high chair most of the morning, so we let her go! She ran from window to window and had fun. Thankfully, Adam came and kept up with her most of the time! She exclaimed all day "fishies" "splash" "bubbles" and when she found a play boat, it was the highlight of her day. We had to pull her from it!

We had a fun day! I love watching Gwen have fun and I love seeing my cousin and friends. I was happy Adam got to come too; he had been traveling all week and works on our house a lot when he's not at his real job. We are all tired now, Gwen's fast asleep in bed, Adam's out of it on the couch and I'm about ready to go to bed myself!

Hard To Dress This Month

I'm officially 30 weeks pregnant and had a doctor appointment today. The baby is growing and growing, which means I'm growing, which means I experience all that comes along with having a big baby inside of you: about 10 bathroom breaks per night, lots of kicking and movement (which I like), and the joyful pains pregnancy causes your body. The past 1-2 months, my wardrobe has diminished from a closet of stuff that fits to maternity jeans, leggings, a few shirts/sweaters that are loose or maternity, and coats that I can't zip up. I save my "good outfits" for work or special occasions though; I spend the majority of my time in pajama pants, whichever one of Adam's comfortable shirts I like that week, or my robe :)

Dressing Gwen this month has been hard too, not because she's growing too fast, but because the weather extremes!!! We have left the house this month to sunny 60 degree weather, thunderstorms, ice/snow, freezing temps, etc. It makes it hard to know which coat, if any, she needs.

Rare Sunny Day at the Park in January

Rain Coat Type Day

In other news, the Boekers moved to Texas. We spent a whole day with them right before they left. Gwen loves them all, but I know she will really miss playing with big cousin "See See" aka Sylvie, who is one of her absolute favorite people in the world. We will miss having them so close, but I am excited to have a new place to visit!

Happy 2012!

I can't believe it's already 2012. We spent New Year's Eve with Duvy and her family at our house. It was the perfect NYE for us having Gwen and me being pregnant. They brought Paisley, we made some appetizers, watched Rockin New Years Eve, played our Table Topics game, and had a little slumber party. Paisley and Gwen are finally starting to kind of interact a little, which is fun to watch.

Hope everyone's 2012 is off to a good start!!!