The Zoo

This week we found the zoo.  We got a membership so we will be going a lot.  It is a good thing too because we didn't get to see very much of it.  It started raining on us.

It is a good thing to stick your head in an animals mouth right?

Adam sure loves giraffes.  We saw them and the penguins...but that is about it because of the rain.  We can't wait to go again and see more.

We did find the carousel and Adam was so excited to ride it.  He sure does love rides.  We have many more fun days ahead!

One Busy Boy

This little boy sure keeps his mom busy.  I made some pizza last week and he found the bowl that the dough came in.  I think this boy thinks pizza dough is the same as cookie dough or something.

He licked that bowl clean.

And loved every minute of it.

We also have been taking a lot of family bike rides.  This is a hill by our house.  Dad decided that Adam should try to go down the hill.  He was a little hesitant at first, and mom was a little scared but he got the hang of it and started loving going down that hill and was balancing very well.

My camera takes cool action shots and puts them all in one picture 

He is one little dare devil.

Birthday Bash

I had a very fun birthday this year.  Adam had preschool in the morning so Scott and I got to go on a little breakfast date.  When we picked Adam up from preschool we got a snack and then headed to the train station.

We had a wait a little bit and he had fun pushing the stroller around.

We also found the fountain and made some wishes

Then Adam and Daddy watched for the train to come, you can even see it in the picture above.

Watching out the window

Little boys and trains...he couldn't be happier

Me and my boy

Outside Union Station.  The street you see is Adam's Street!  Daddy will walk down the street on his way to work and we pass it everyday out here as we drive around.  Adam loves passing his street.

We walked down to the Navy Pier.  On the way we passed the Chicago Tribune Building...(I think that is right).  Anyway on the side of the building they have pieces of other buildings from around the world sticking out.  This one is from the Mormom Temple in Salt Lake City....it made me feel a little closer to home.

We got to the Navy Peir and had to go on the Ferris Wheel.  Adam has wanted to go since our first weekend here when we had talked about it, but he was too tired to go with the group.  We made a deal with him.... It was his second week of preschool and he had an accident right at the end of his first 2 days.  So we made a deal with him.... If he could go 5 days without an accident we would take the train and ride the Ferris Wheel.  We worked hard with him and he made it!  We are so excited that he is doing well.  We were even coming home the other day when he told us and needed to go and we got stuck in traffic.... And he managed to hold it until we got home!

So anyway.  We went up in the Ferris Wheel! And had a beautiful view of the city.

My happy family

Watching the water

Just chillin

Cheese!  What a beautiful lake!

We finished the night by eating at Bubba Gump Shrimp.  I'm not a seafood person, but I was I in the mood for something different.  I had some shrimp and a yummy salad.  After dinner we took a taxi back to the train station and the train home.  It was a fun day!

That weekend I decided that I wanted a special treat.  I decided that it would try to make an apple pie Carmel Apple.  They turned out well and it was my birthday cake!

Living Life

Our little boy is crazy.  The first weekend of October was General Conference.  We got to listen to the Prophet of God.  There are about 4 hours of talks a day and Adam was amazing and let us watch and listen to most of conference.  At the end of one set of talks we here Adam yelling for help and this is what we find... He is one crazy kid.

Adam had an open house at his school and he got to show us around his classroom.  He showed us that they also have an indoor playground so they can still run and be crazy in the winter.  They had lots of things to do in the room and that included these excerise machines.

We are teaching them early to workout.

He is a cute little boy.

First Day Of Preschool

Our little boy was so excited to finally start preschool.  He calls it his work.  His first day was October 1, 2013.  We had to wait until our stuff arrived to get his birth certificate to get him registered.  He was so excited to get started and he loves it.

Mom was a little excited too!  I took lots of pictures.

Me and my sweet boy!

We walked in and he just jumped in and started playing right away.  He did well even if all the other kids started a month earlier.  While he was playing I went to the front desk to give them some more information and I came back to look in on him and he didn't even care if I was there.  I just left and I felt like I was missing something...that there was more I should be doing.  I got over it quickly....now I am loving my 5 hours a week of free time and Adam loves going to work!

Temple

It took us awhile to get our things in order here in Chicago.  Our moving van with all of our stuff took about 2 weeks to arrive so we were in our apartment with an air mattress for awhile.  We also had a little change with the job.... They had a hiring freeze after we signed the contract and we didn't get the job....but we now have another one that is an even better fit that he will start next week.  We are excited for him to start!  Anyway without stuff or a job we were looking for things to fill our time so that we wouldn't go crazy.  We drove around a lot checking out the area.  On a Monday we decided to drive up to the temple.  It was about a 45 minute drive but we brought some snacks and had fun.

It was fun walking the grounds with almost no one around.

Father and son fun.

At the sign by the front entrance.

This little boy ran around and then decided that he was tired and needed a rest.