I've been focusing on my recipe blog (it's getting a makeover very soon!!) and been neglecting this one. But we're still here in Chicago with nothing too exciting to share lately.
Oh, except that we finished breastfeeding- which was a pretty big deal. There were a lot of tears but overall she did remarkably well. I'm grateful I was able to nurse for 17 months and I miss those tender moments, but it was definitely time. And she's sleeping much better at night, for naps... it needed to happen.
Also, fall here
is was gorgeous. (What little bit of it we got.)
photos from the last two months, with a few notes...
poor thing face-planted and looked adorable with a purple-blue nose
baby boots and skinny jeans (that must be unbuttoned after breakfast)
Kristin and her friend Angela from Ann Arbor came for the weekend for a girl's getaway. They invited me to stay in their hotel with them for a night so we could shop and eat and run around downtown. (It was my first night and day away from Clara and of course I worried- but she barely even missed me.)
Lincoln (our next-door neighbor) turned 1
Clara with her best friends
my mom came to stay for a week and we loved every minute of it!
she is happiest outdoors, at the park
Lincoln Park Zoo
her first carousel ride
it amazes me how despite the bumps and noisy city she always falls asleep mid-run
