Early June 2009

Hi Everyone!

Joey is officially 3 weeks old today! Here are pictures from the last few weeks. We spent most of the time in Springfield (actually, we live in a small town outside of the capitol called Chatham). We had a great visit with Danny's parents and grandpa, and then Bree, Sean, and Grant came out for a nice, relaxing weekend. We got back to Chicago last week and Bree came down this past weekend (Sean was on a golf trip with Pops...Danny in the meantime had Daddy duties to attend to). Actually, Danny won MAJOR brownie points by surprising us and watching all three kids (and two dogs) on Saturday and sent Bree and I out for the day. We went to the Second City show, Rod Blagojevich Superstar, and out to a fun tapas restaurant downtown - it was a much needed (and appreciated) break. Then on Sunday, Bree and I took the kids to the Lincoln Park Zoo - it felt great to get out on such a beautiful day, and Joey slept most of the time! I am not taking for granted this short phase when he just sleeps like an angel - I'm sure it won't last long!

Joey is definitely filling out more but he's still a little guy. I imagine he's around 7 1/2 lbs now - we'll see when he has his check-up next week. We'll keep posting when we can. Happy early Father's Day to all you daddy's and daddy's-to-be!