Baby It's Cold Outside

Busy busy day.




















The weatherman said the high would be 7 today. So we decided to stay in. Sylvie wanted to spend the whole day in her jammies but not the ones she slept in. When we went to get her dressed she wanted to trade her Care Bear pajamas for her Dora pajamas. Then she insisted on wearing her Dora sweatshirt under her pajamas. We've been rearranging our living space so we were able to get a lot done. Our living room is now where the dining room used to be. The dining table is now where the couch used to be. And Sylvie's corner of toys has been moved directly across from where it was. We will soon be moving the computer desk from the old dining room to where the toys used to be. We were able to get some shelves to organize all the toys. Sylvie enjoyed helping Jeremy put the shelves together while Grace and I supervised from the couch. It seems like a really crazy time to be turning our house upside down but we both needed a change. And this gives us a chance to get rid of some unused/unneeded stuff. Which is always a selling point for me! ;-)

Being trapped inside on a cold Chicago winter day also gives Jeremy the chance to take a lot of pictures. And he loves taking pictures of the girls. Here are just a couple of what he was able to get yesterday and today.

Gracie, you tiger now!

Uncle Chris and Aunt Angie gave this tiger mask to Sylvie when she was about 7 months old and it has provided hours of entertainment. Sylvie loves to put it on and roar and has even started saying "Tiger!" Now we put it on Grace who can't yank it off so we get a whole lot more pictures and laughs.

On the baby front:
If I've talked with you at all lately I've probably shared that Grace has been very fussy in the afternoons and evenings. This has even started showing up at any time of day. A fussy baby is a new journey for us. If Sylvie fussed it was pretty easy to fix. She was either wet, tired, or hungry and quickly stopped crying. She was, and still is, a pretty easy going child. Grace, lovely that she is, is a little more difficult to please or figure out. However we had a breakthrough last night. Grace slept through the whole night! We napped together in the afternoon then I wore her in the sling between two feedings. I think this extra cuddle time really helped. She was still a little fussy in the evening but was easily calmed and then after eating a late meal around 10-10:30 she slept until 7 am! YIPPEE!!

Today is my birthday. Yesterday, to celebrate we took the girls to the Shedd Aquarium. It was a very cold and windy Chicago walk from the car to the door. I had Grace in the sling under my coat and Jeremy had Sylvie in the stroller. All of us, except Grace, had frozen noses. Once inside Sylvie had a blast. She loved seeing all the fish and proceeded to teach everyone around her the sign for fishy. We got to see two baby beluga whales and their mommies in the same tank. When we saw the dolphin show Sylvie was very excited. Her face lit up when they jumped out of the water and she would give them applause. At one entrance they had a bubble machine blowing and Sylvie chased the bubbles and belly laughed with other kids. After the aquarium we went to Giordano's for some deep dish pizza. Yum Yum Yum!