You two make beautiful babies....

When we visited Danielle in California she and Scott went to the bagel store with Lily. Apparently, the guy working there thought they were married and told them, looking at Lily, "You two make beautiful babies." Weird. Gross. And if they were married, it would be true! But, somehow Lily is still cute. Danielle came to visit us for the weekend and we loved having her here. Lily was so excited and was saying "Dani!" days before Danielle got here. This post is long with lots of pictures and explanations so sit down and get ready to see one "beautiful baby!"

The first morning Danielle was here we took her to our second home on Saturdays: THE BONGO ROOM....







It's our favorite brunch place, thanks to Coby and Kristal, and if you've visited or will visit....you WILL experience brunch at the Bongo Room. The night before, Lily had figured out that when she says "shush" she can pick her nose too. She was laughing hysterically the night before so she decided to do it again...




To walk off the yummy breakfast, we went shopping around Wicker Park/Bucktown. We found a children's store. Lily of course loved running around. Scott turned his back on her for a short second and when he turned back she had her shoes off and was trying on these...




I can't wait to get some!

That night we ate some yummy food at AVEC and then dessert at HOT CHOCOLATE. It was all delicious and Lily handled it all very nicely.








Danielle bought Lily a Che shirt so we dressed her in it and took our little revolutionary to the zoo. It was extremely crowded but we were able to get a glimpse at the gorilla's (our favorite) and the lions before Lily was in desperate need of a nap.






The next day we went to the Bongo Room again (because we wanted to and because it was open!) and then off to the fountain and bean. She was ORNERY the whole walk down but she eased up when she got in her swimsuit and played in the fountain. Lily LOVED the fountain. Scott said it was the most fun she's had there. She loves to stick her hands in your mouth and didn't mind getting splashed in the water at all. And of course she had to visit and climb all over her favorite sculpture.


















I know, that was a TON of pictures but there were more and I tried to choose the cutest!!! Thanks for visiting us Danielle! We love you.

I'll let you all know when I get the video of her "touille" dance posted. I also have some cute pics of her and Ollie eating at her little table Scott bought her from Ikea. I'll let you all know, but for now, enjoy!!!

Mud Shampoo and Trader Joe's

When we got to the beach someone had built a mote for us! Lily and Ollie plopped in and that's when the complimentary shampooing took place. Ollie's new thing is to put whatever is spreadable on his hands and then in his hair. What's more spreadable and fun to put in your hair than mud?





Lily also had her first experience pushing a shopping cart! A couple weeks ago we spent the Saturday outside watching the air show,



shopping at Trader Joe's





and playing at the park.




Lily LOVED the shopping cart, it was so funny to watch her push the cart down the aisle and throw items in. At one point she got going so fast she couldn't keep up with herself so she fell and the cart kept going. After that she let the Trader Joe's employee in the aisle know that she had "scraped" her knee by saying "knee" and pointing to it over and over again. He was pretty impressed.

"PAPI"

We don't know why, exactly, but when we ask Lily to say "grandpa" she says "papi." It's really cute and I'm sure her grandpas love it. Her Grandpa Mark came to visit the first weekend of August due to a business trip. We had a lot of fun! I'm sure the highlight for Mark was when Lily first saw him. She ran up to him with her arms open, ready for a hug. It was pretty adorable. She loves to give hugs and, lucky me, I get to be the recipient of most of them.



She enjoys playing in the fountain at Millenium Park. We took Mark down there and she loved showing him around. Taking Lily down to the fountain and the bean is one of Scott's favorite things about Chicago.






The other thing Lily loves is to go to the sculptures at the park. She loves to climb on them, sit on them, and watch other kids do the same.





Another thing Lily loves about Grandpa is that she can tell him where to go...and he'll take her there. Or, now that she's walking, she'll take him there and he'll gladly follow!!






Thanks Papi!!!

LILY'S "COOKIES"

Lily started calling every treat a "cookie". I was making cupcakes and put her up on the stool next to me to help me frost them. She ended up dipping whatever she could into the frosting, transferring it to another container and then licking it. She loves to help me in the kitchen. The other night while I was making dinner she was ornery because I wasn't playing with her. So, I put her on the stool and let her get some flour and muffin batter into her own cooking bowls. I wasn't really paying attention and heard her say "mmmm". I looked over and she was licking the flour and muffin batter...I tried the batter, it wasn't "mmmmm". She also helped me make her a PB & J the other day by dipping a small piece of bread into the peanut butter and eating it off the bread, she honestly had to have had more than a full tablespoon of peanut butter on the end of that bread.

She loves cookies so much that whenever I ask her what she wants to eat she says, "cookie!" So the other day Scott gave me the idea to call pancakes, cookies....it worked, to say the least, and she eats "cookies" at least twice a day. I slip canned pumpkin in to make them a little healthier. She loves them!!! She is starting to act like such a little girl...