High tea in the high chair

Well, we had our first go at 'solid' food today. Until Millie is about 6 months old this is just for fun, and practice. And as you can see from the pictures, we all need a lot more practice.

In goes the rice cereal...






Fun!

"Not a bad start"

So you may have already heard, a little thing called the election happened yesterday and we were thrilled to be close to the action here in Chicago.
Here are some pics from last night.

The view from ThoughtWorks over Grant Park - you can see the lights of the rally site off at the far end of the park.


Millie amazed at being out past her bedtime and all the people walking down Michigan Avenue.


Then, finally, the moment we were all waiting for...


On the long walk home, up a mostly pedestrianised Michigan Avenue, Millie attracted a lot of attention from the street party crowd. One lady walking next to us, smiled as she said to Millie "Not a bad start".

What an incredible night.

Millie at the weekend II

Although she is a long way off crawling Millie still manages to get around. She managed to roll off the gymini and shuffle across to eyeball her chum. She's stepping it up a gear - Mummy and Daddy really need to keep up.

Millie at the weekend I

Since I've been back at work I have been a bit delinquent on the blogging front. Here are some pics to make up for it. The weather is gorgeous in Chicago at the moment so we were out at the weekend soaking up the sun.

All wrapped up!

Glorious sunshine at the weekend, but getting cooler. Millie was toasty on Michigan Avenue toted by Daddy in her autumn outfit.

4 months old!

Seems unbelievable that she's 4 months old already. To celebrate we put her party frock on and went out for a cupcake. Sadly Millie's rapidly growing list of talents doesn't yet include processing solid food so I did the decent thing and ate it for her.

Beautiful day out in Chicago

The weather here was fantastic today 77f (that's 25c for the rest of the world) and cloudless blue sky. We walked down to Millennium Park en famille and snapped ourselves in the reflection of the bean.



The park was all gorgeous autumnal shades as the leaves are changing.