Shopping

Another pair of shoes outgrown meant a trip to the shops for us this afternoon. Millie was pleased with her new shoes and much to our amusement insisted on carrying the bag home.

Walking

Here we are two months after Millie took her first step and she's finally walking in preference to crawling. It's quite something to behold. Her style is all her own, and it gets her from A to B, but it does make us smile. This is her strutting her stuff on the beach last week.

Michiana Shores

Last weekend we headed off to Michiana Shores to stay overnight with the Oldhams. Rhys is nearly 6 months older than Millie and he impressed her with his chatter. Even creating a new nickname for her; Mimi.

They shared a ride to the beach in a burley.


Rhys pointed out sights along the way - under Matt's watchful eye.


Don't think Matt was looking when Rhys stole this cuddle with his Mimi!

4th of July

Independence Day and Millie celebrated the american half of her cultural heritage with the traditional meal of burger and fries followed by blueberry pie.


Some of the pie even made it into her mouth!

Go Cubs, Go!

On Friday we took Millie to watch her first Cubs game. We filled up with pizza first at Spacca Napoli Pizza in Ravenswood. Millie wore her cubs bib and was all smiles during lunch.





She watched the game avidly


And was given this hat by the people behind us


She'll grow in to it one day! Cubs won 2-1.

In Good Taste

On Thursday we headed out to the Taste of Chicago. It's a huge event in Grant Park with lots of food from different restaurants to sample. Our little gourmet tried sweet potato hashbrowns, sesame beef, chicken quesadilla and fried ravioli which she was kind enough to share with Matt.


Matt and Millie in front of Buckingham Fountain.

Facing forward and Starved Rock

Having reached the grand old age of 1, Millie can now officially face forward in her car seat. Very grown up girl!


We headed out to Starved Rock state park on Monday. We climbed a ton of stairs to get to the top of the rock to look over the Illinois river. Don't be fooled by Millie's poker face it was quite an impressive view!

Scorchio

Last sunday was hot and sunny. Millie enjoyed her first trip to the beach, making sandcastles and finding things. Turns out there are lots of choking hazards on the beach so finding them before Millie did kept Matt and I pretty busy.


Pefect day.

Picnic in the Park

Last weekend we started our week long staycation. For the uninitiated it's a vacation where you stay put, thereby avoiding pesky packing sessions and airport stress. We kicked off by taking the beach towels down to the park and had a picnic.

Open wide!



Delicious!