November

So now that the holidays are over mommy and I finally are able to spend some quality time playing on the days she isn't working. This week we went to the playground and I went on a swing all by myself. It was fun but I got cold so mommy took me inside after a while. And talking about cold....
It's cold here in Chicago. I was so cold that Mommy said it was time to get a warm winter coat. Mommy hunted through all of the Old Orchard Mall. We tried on a brown coat and it was too small. We then tried on a green one and it was too big. We went from store to store - but no one had the perfect one. Until Grandmom went shopping in NYC and found a blue one that fit just right! Take a look - do I look good or what?! This down coat will keep me toasty for months to come.

I'm getting better at this crawling thing, so mommy's nickname for me has changed from monkey to trouble. And I know I found something I shouldn't be playing with when she trys to sound serious and calls me her favorite little trouble monkey! But last week we went someplace called the Family Room where I was able to play with anything I wanted. Here is a picture of me at The Family Room doing some of the the fun indoor kids activities that they have. We played games, rode on cars, and had circle time where I sang songs and met some other kids. It was fun and hopefully mommy and I will get to go back there soon.
Daddy has been very busy with school but somehow he still has time to grab me in a bear hug and tickle me with his prickly 5 o'clock shadow. He makes me laugh so hard that it wears me out long enough for me to go into a deep sleep each night and not wake up until 6:30/7 in the morning.

Last weekend was really fun because I had visitors again!

Grandmom and Sabba came to play with me. Sabba read me lots of Dr. Seuss books (there are officially no copies left in the Evanston Barnes & Noble) and got me some Baby Loves Mozart CD's as well. We were having such a good time that he sent everyone else away to go kitchen table shopping so he could have me all to himself. While he was chasing after me (I can crawl pretty fast these days) all morning, everyone else found a kitchen table to bring home(yes - we finally have found a kitchen table and mommy says now I can stop making the dining room all messy and sticky!). Grandmom taught me some songs from Peter Pan and I cannot wait to see the movie (daddy says it won't be a while since I am not old enough for tv yet, but don't tell him that Sabba and I watched a whole quarter of football together). Grandmom was jealous that Sabba got to spend the whole morning with me so she decided to stay a few extra days. Which, to make a long story short, led to my meeting cousin Yali from Israel. He was in Chicago performing in the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra - maybe one day he will teach me how to play the french horn!

Bath time is still a favorite part of my nighttime routine so here are a few more pictures:

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