What a beautiful evening Geoff, Lauren, and I just enjoyed together! The school year is starting to wind down so being in the classroom has been quite a bit easier these past few weeks. I can't wait until the week of June 15th when Lauren and I are able to spend all day together again. Many summer activities have begun in our area and we enjoyed two of them this evening.
After I picked Lauren up from Mariah's today we went to the Chicago Botanic Garden to listen and dance to a children's band; Jim Gill. Lauren was so excited to see all of the other children and loved dancing with me. The band was fantastic, and even though the temperature was in the high 50s, the sun was shining and the views across the lake were spectacular. We will be going back in a few weeks when they host this event again.
Around 6pm we packed up and left the Garden to meet Geoff at the train station. As we were walking over to the station, we met our friend Katie coming down the street. Katie, her dog, Miley, Lauren and I walked over to the train to meet Geoff and Katie's husband Dhruba. All five of us and Miley walked over to the 1st Annual Highwood Evening Farmer's Market. Geoff and I have been saying for a while now that Highwood needs more family activities like this so we were so excited to attend. Turns out this wasn't a farmer's market with fruits and veggies, but a market with many of the local businesses present. There was homemade pasta, baked goods, honey, gelato, wine, Greek desserts, fresh flowers, food from the Irish Pub, and taquitos from the local Mexican restaurant. Even though the atmosphere was inviting and the jazz tunes from a three-man high school band were jamming, the temperature sent us home to eat our taquitos inside. We will absolutely go back to the market next Wednesday!
As we were enjoying our dinner on the couch, Lauren sat between us in her Bumbo seat and just babbled away while tipping her head from side to side. It seems as if she is starting to discover the world from different angles! :) Then Geoff and I gave Lauren a bath where she spent a lot of time playing with her squeeze toy dogs and washcloth. Geoff fed her wild blueberries and pear baby food, read her a book, and sent her off to sweet dreams. What an all-around fantastic evening!
Just a quick update on how quickly Lauren is developing. Last week we noticed she cut her first tooth. Just 5 days later I discovered another tiny tooth. She now has her two middle bottom teeth and is doing very well with them. She loves her teething biscuits, as shown in the photo at the top of this post. Lauren can sit up completely on her own now and loves this new ability to grab at the toys that interest her. Playing peek-a-boo and clapping her hands are two of Lauren's new favorite games. She has also mastered holding her own pacifier and putting it in and out of her mouth on her own. Many mornings I wake up to Lauren hitting her pacifier on the sides of her crib. Do we see another drummer in our future? :) She tried two new baby foods; green beans and wild blueberry and pear and loves them both. Mariah has also started feeding Lauren Cheerios and cheese during the day. Lauren has been very vocal for quite a while, but she now says, "dadada" and "DaaaDeee," all of the time and mamamama (which just melts my heart) once in a while. All of these developments, as well as the warmer weather and many scheduled events, make me so excited to spend this summer at home!
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