Thursday, March 29, 2012

Changes...

Here's Griffin and John a few months ago - how time flies!

Cousin Fun

We were lucky enough to spend some time last week with many of our wonderful Conaty family members from St. Louis, Kansas City, and Knoxville, including our little cousin Griffin! Griff is about 4 months younger than John, and we are so thrilled that these guys have a lifetime of built-in friendship ahead of them!



Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Fun in the Sun

Loving the deck. We're going to get a lot of use out of it this summer!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Sunday in the Park with John

Today marked an important day:  John's first trip to the neighborhood playground!  We are lucky to have no less than three gorgeous playgrounds in our neighborhood, but the best one is at Fellger Park.  We have been wanting to bring John there ever since we moved into the neighborhood.  In fact, we took a walk here when I was very pregnant and talked about how excited we were to come here with John. 

So today was the day!  Turns out John was a little tired and hot and not his usual smiley self, but we had a good time nonetheless.  His favorite thing was watching all of the other kids - he was mesmerized by the little girls on the swings next to us which explains the lack of pictures with him looking at us!  He liked the swings and liked rolling around the playground in his stroller.  He likes his hat but does not like sunscreen, for those keeping track.  All in all, it was a wonderful, sunny, hot, fabulous Chicago weekend and we are looking forward to many more this summer!


Checking out the little girls on the swings






Chilling with Daddy on the benches


"What are you looking at?"


Big swings with Mommy


Weekend at Bernie's



Tuckered out from all the playtime and sun



Cheering for SLU against Michigan State.  Sad.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Who doesn't love a live Irish band?

We found the most amazing, kid-friendly bar ever to celebrate St. Patrick's Day - Chief O'Neill's! Such fun - about 1000 kids and families, Irish buffet, Guinness - perfect!

Happy St. Patty's Day to all! May we bury you in a coffin made of a 100-year old tree that we plant tomorrow!





Friday, March 16, 2012

The High Holy Day Eve

John had a little pre-St. Patty's photo shoot today, courtesy of Kim. He seems to be enjoying it!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

New foods

This week has brought on teething biscuits and baby yogurt. Not surprisingly, John is a huge fan of both.

Fun in Indy!

I don't think John missed us much...

Congratulations Lori and Stefan!

Last weekend Peter and I took a quick "adults only" trip to Fort Lauderdale for the wedding of our dear friend Stefan to Lori, his lovely fiancée. We left John in good hands in Indianapolis so we could enjoy a few days together doing non-baby stuff. We had beautiful weather, stayed at a gorgeous resort, and had a wonderful time. Congratulations Lori and Stefan!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Hanging out with Mommy

I got home from a short work retreat in Indianapolis today, and was so happy to see Peter and John. John and I had a lot of QT this afternoon, which was awesome.