1st Birthday and more!

Reily enjoyed visits from both sets of grandparents for his birthday, on separate weekends, so we could spread out the fun! 

We were able to celebrate at the Lincoln Park Zoo with my parents and a friend (and local celebrity) Rick Hall.  We had fun looking at the animals and Reily even communicated with the monkeys!  Reily also had his first and only taste of sugar, loving every second of it.

G-ma and Poohbah came to celebrate Reily’s birthday and let Dan and I go out to celebrate our 6 year anniversary.  Of all the wonderful gifts Reily got for his birthday, it was a close tie between the Rody (inflatable mule) and his new snow boots.  He insisted on wearing them inside our apartment and out on the town….that is why he is not wearing pants

 

Our friend,Rick, is a local radio personality for Lite 105.  During a recent endorsement for an Insurance company, he mentioned us as people he knows he can rely on.  What a great compliment and a real hoot to hear our names on the radio   So as a small thank you, everyone we know should be listening to him everyday!

It has recently gotten cold!  Ok, by Chicago standards, it is cooler weather, but by California standards, it’s freaking cold!  So we have had Reily bundled up with mittens while he played on the slide and swings today.  He loved running around the park in his new Transformers light up shoes.  He’s become so grown up and continues to impress us with his logical problem solving ability.  It’s almost as if you can hear him saying “now if I want to get up there, I can pull this box lid over to get me up on the larger toy and then climb to the top of the mountain, I mean, ottoman.”  And he does, time and time again, up then down, then up, then down…

Reily enjoys his favorite books and cartoons on repeat.  And recently G-ma gave him a book that says “Trick-or-Treat! Ha ha ha ha….”, which Reily presses again and again and again.  When is Halloween over?  G-ma says she has a turkey one for Thanksgiving, but I think it might get lost in the mail

Yes, Reily continues to grow up faster than we are comfortable with, but I think that is every parent’s delima.  We just continue to spend lots of time together as a family, enjoying the city.  And as the weather starts to get cooler, we just get excited for the Holiday fun around the corner!