Back to Work

Tomorrow we're all back to our regularly scheduled program of work and no play... we had such a great week, some days more productive than others... but that's how vacation is supposed to be, right?

The timing was perfect, we had no other plans so we got in the car and drove into Chicago on Monday. I knew I had to keep the day as compact as possible between keeping Ed and Josie happy, so the plan was to just spend the day at Macy's on State Street. If you've never been, let me tell you... it's an all day adventure! Little did we know, Santa had already arrived and we thought while there was no line and the store wasn't too busy, let's take advantage of the opportunity!


I was so thrilled with this Santa's helper, he had an authentic beard, was sweet as could be, Josie was happy, everything was setup for the perfect photo, right? I was so convinced the photo was going to be perfect, I didn't even as the photographer which one she chose! Imagine my disappointment when I got the photo and it was so underexposed and muddy, Santa wasn't looking, and Josie was crawling away. HOW the photographer used such poor judgement, I don't know. On a whim I decided to snap a few from my camera (but figured I wouldn't really need it)... and this is what *I* got (way better than the print I paid for), using flash off my camera, kneeling on the ground. Oh well, lesson learned, always ask to proof before printing!


I did have to work ONE day last week, but that's ok b/c it was a great opportunity for Dad to stay home alone with J and have a fun day to themselves. I loved coming home at the end of the day to find this is the outfit Dad picked out for the day ;) and somehow the green bow matched! They had built a fort among the living room furniture with blankets and pillows... they had a great day!


The best day of all, Thanksgiving. Mimi and Pop's house was full of people and amazing food! Josie and Nate played all day and were actually a pretty good play duo! Josie loved Mimi's homemade stuffing and even at some Turkey too.


Ed insisted on putting up the last Christmas tree up stairs near Josie's room, it's filled with playful kid ornaments. J had fun helping arrange things, for a little while at least. We feel really lucky, with all the trees and decorations in our house, Josie looks but doesn't really touch! She's such a good girl :)