Day 54, 3-29-10

Nana and I took Chuck to a little park today.

Day 53, 3-28-10

Jake cheered Chuck on as he showed off his stacking abilities.

Day 52, 3-27-10

My sister and her family arrived to spend a long weekend with us.

Spring has officially sprung

Day 51, 3-26-10

Day 50, 3-25-10

Day 49, 3-24-10

This is how I deal with the pain of losing our baby....I snuggle the toddler.

Day 48, 3-23-10

Today was Lauren's first lacrosse game of the season. She made varsity as a sophomore and played almost the whole game!

Grandpa came to the game. Chuck even managed to say, "Grandpa!"

Day 47, 3-22-10

Day 46, 3-21-10

When did my son start hamming it up for the camera??

"Mom, seriously, feed me lunch earlier!"

Day 45, 3-20-10

Today Lauren turned 16. So both of my kids are 16 now...one in years, one in months.

Day 44, 3-19-10

Someone was a little tired during lunch today.

Day 43, 3-18-10

Chuck has figured out how to stack blocks! Four days ago he couldn't stack any, and now he is stacking 5 and occasionally even SIX! He claps for himself after each one.

Chuck enjoying some March Madness:

This is what Chuck really looks like these days. Always has a ball in his mouth gnawing away.

Day 42, 3-17-10

Does this look comfortable to you?

Day 41, 3-16-10

Chuck's new favorite playground:

We have a very tolerant cat:

Day 40, 3-15-10

Marc had his eye surgery today. Ouch.

Day 39, 3-14-10

This is the view out of our hotel room window.

Day 38, 3-13-10

We got to see the river dyed green. Our hotel is in the background.

It was none too warm as we checked out the river and the St. Patrick's Day parade.

For dinner we ate at Ed Debevic's.

Day 37, 3-12-10

We went to the Field Museum today. This was obviously not taken by me! Marc took this of Chuck taking my sunglasses off the top of my head and trying to put them on his head!

Day 36, 3-11-10

At the gas station where we stopped on the way to Chicago, there was no changing table to change Chuck on. So I improvised. The top of the trashcan was not QUITE big enough.

Day 35, 3-10-10

Daddy met us at the park this afternoon. It was finally a beautiful day!

Day 34, 3-9-10

He has learned to climb on the furniture. He has NOT learned to be scared of falling.

Day 33, 3-8-10

Today is my husband's birthday. So in honor of that, here are a couple pictures of him and Chuck:

Day 32, 3-7-10

This is as close as Chuck will get to the little 4 inch step off our porch without holding my hand.

Day 31, 3-6-10

Chuck's new favorite toy:

And just a picture that I like:

Day 30, 3-5-10

Chuck's second haircut. He is still not a fan. There is nothing wrong with the color here...he really was that red.

Day 29, 3-4-10

Day 28, 3-3-10

Look what we saw at the zoo today!

Day 27, 3-2-10

Now that Chuck has learned to climb onto the chairs and sofa, it looks like I will be fighting yet another male in my world for control of THE chair.

Day 26, 3-1-10

A couple shots of an endless game of Peekaboo.