Updates...

So, lots has happened in the last week...Jack took his first step, two actually! He has been working really hard on it for awhile now so it was pretty exciting. We also took a trip back to Ohio for Jack's Godmother's 30th birthday party which was fun and got to see our family. Jack had a good time with his cousins and Gran and Pa! We also stopped by and saw Big Gran and Big Pa on our way home. Today we went to get Christmas pictures taken which was fun- it took a lot longer than expected but the pictures are so cute (see above). We are really excited to stay home for Thanksgiving, this is a rare event for any holiday so we are so happy to host Gran and Pa and Big Gran and Pa here for the holiday.

Gran and Pa came to see me...

and celebrate their anniversary! While they were here over the weekend, we had lots of fun. We went out to dinner and we had a great time at the Shedd Aquarium. Then we went shopping and got some really cute Christmas outfits for Jack which you will see soon...

We went to the Nature Center near our house and since the weather was so nice, we had a picnic outside. Jack enjoyed himself a lot in the toddler room, where they had a stage for puppet shows. Jack put on a show himself (sans puppets) and had a great time. We also got to see the bees being fed their sugar water. Apparently there is a huge deer population here but we didn't walk the trails enough to see anything- hopefully next time!