A Weekend With Jillian

My best friend Kristin and her husband Joe had a baby girl, Jillian, 3 weeks before Finn arrived. It's great getting together with them because while we adults have fun chatting and catching up, the kids have a great time playing together. This weekend when the Mudras came to Chicago for a visit was no exception. Here's Jillian and Finn enjoying the view from the observatory on the top of the Hancock building. They seriously LOVED looking out the windows at the city below them.

Is there anything cuter than toddlers in warm footie pjs?

After the grown-ups had a late night out at the Second City comedy club, the toddlers sensed their chance to run the place while the adults looked on tiredly from their respective couches.

Our Little Superman!

Last weekend Joe and I went to Carter's to get some fall and winter clothes for Finn. While we were there we saw these "Sidekick" pajamas and knew our little man would look adorable in them. Looks like we were right!

He's a Smartie!

I know I'm biased, but I can't get over how smart our little Mr. Finn is. He knows so many words now. He can say up, down, two, cat, momma, dadda, Rosa, shoe, socks, dog, bowl, cup, spoon, shirt, pop, duck, light, and ball just to name a few. He can also say some two word phrases like "bye-bye dada," "shoes on," "my cat," and "clean up." And we've been teaching him his animal sounds and body parts. Here's a quick clip of him showing off a mere fraction of what he's mastered. Enjoy!

Finn's Rocking Chair

When Grandma and Grandpa Kline came to visit, they brought out Joe's old rocker for Finn. He loves to climb in it and rock back and forth.

Labor Day with Grandma and Grandpa Kline

Over Labor Day weekend, Grandma and Grandpa Kline came to check out our new house and, most importantly, to see their little Mr. Finn. Saturday was great! We went to Gymboree in the morning and Finn had SO much fun. He cracked up during the songs and gasped with excitement when Mr. Joe, our instructor, brought out the bubbles. Then we came home and watched some football. Finn got to show off his new Notre Dame jersey. We're still working on his "Go Irish" and "touchdown!" That night we went to dinner with Finn's godfather, Jon. We always have a good time when he comes over because he has great stories. Sunday we went to the Shedd Aquarium. Though Finn loved watching the small fish swim by him, he freaked out when the dolphins jumped out of the water! So even though we had all waited an hour to see the dolphin show, we quickly exited after five minutes with Finn yelling "bye bye" the whole way. Grandma said goodbye to Finn by letting him slide down her legs. Needless to say, he can't WAIT for their next visit.

Our New Home!

Last Friday we moved into our new townhouse. It has so much more room for Finn to play and we are very happy with our new home. If you are in Chicago let us know; we'd love to have you over.

Finny's 15 Months' Old!

Finny turned 15 months old last week and that night we took some pictures of him in his pj's playing with our camera case. Yesterday, we went to Dr. Rosenberg's for his 15 month checkup. Finn was 29.5 inches long (10th percentile) and weighed 19 lbs and 2 ozs (bottom of the chart). The doctor wasn't too concerned about his size though after learning that Joe was about the same size as a toddler, if not smaller. Dr. Rosenberg finally conceded that Finn is just never going to be a very big guy. So we breathed a sigh of relief. But only for a second, because then it was time for Finn to get 3 vaccines. The nurse asked me to hold Finn's arms and put his legs between my legs. Well I held his arms tight, but after the first stick Finn kicked the needle out of his leg before she was able to push the syringe down and then kicked the tray with the other two needles onto the floor. Since the needles were now contaminated, the nurse had to go replace them all and WASN'T happy about it! When she got back, we held Finn a bit tighter and she was able to give him his three shots. But he still was fighting her and screaming when she tried to put the bandaids on, so I told her just to step back so he could calm down and I would put them on. Well she stepped back and told Finn she was sorry she hurt him. He looked right at her and screamed "BYE BYE." She quickly scurried out of the room and he calmed right down. On our way out of the office we walked by the nurse and Finn started to cry again. She said "that baby is little but he sure is FEISTY." That perfectly describes our little guy.