Summer's end

This has been our front porch view for the last month (and will be for the next two weeks) while the "workers fix our street" ... it means lots of house-rattling vibrations and loud beeps and dust. Although our street will look nicer when it's done, I've just about had enough of the house-shaking and overall commotion!

To escape the construction zone, Mom, Finn and I have been taking the bus ...

... to the library ...
... bipedalin' down to a small park in our neighborhood that we had never visited before ...

... and taking the bus ...

... to the new downtown Children's Museum. It just re-opened last week after moving across the Capitol Square and the new building is awesome!

We also made another visit to the Splash Park before it closed for the summer.

This past weekend we traveled to an ironic intersection in the Windy City ...

... where we checked into a fancy hotel ...

... and I took control of the camera as we met up with Grammy, Grampa, Katie, Sue, and Bill.

Although the hotel was nice, the real reason we were in Chicago was to attend Finn's first Cubs game!

Taking after Mom's love of ballpark food, I made sure to pick up my trusty snack on the way to our seats ...

... where Finn had fun playing with Grammy ...

... and I had fun cheering on the victorious Cubbies! That makes it LIAW#5 and FIAW#1!

We stuck around Wrigley for a few pics after the game ...

... and then headed out on the town for some yummy pizza. On our walk back to the hotel we took a detour and I had a blast splashing and running and sliding in the "Picture Pool" in the park across the street from our hotel - so much fun that they had to kick me out when the park closed at 11 pm!

Hooray for Chicago!

Bags

The lack of any new pics over the last month has not been due to a lack of activity.

On second thought ... it has been due to a lack of a certain activity ... SLEEP! I'm back to my ways as a 6 mo old and not napping or sleeping much at night - as evidenced by the dark rings under my eyes.

Despite my tiredness, I've actually kept quite busy over the past 30 days ...

... I now pick out my own clothes amd dress myself from head to toe ...

... and I've had lots of visitors: Grammy

Aunt Cara and cousin Zoe

I took a trip up to check on the progress of GMO's and GDO's new "house in the woods" ...

... we continued on through the UP and across the big bridge ...

... to Grammy and Grampa's house where I met up again w/Zoe ...

... and cousins Alea and Ellen in the "hot pool" ...

... and we all headed down to the Open Space for a late-night showing of Nemo!

On a pit stop during our long trip home Finn took in his first baseball game w/our friend Mo ...

... and I was allowed to run the bases afterward.
We also made a pit stop in Saugatuck so I could visit Moon and the chickens (and Jane and Larry, too).
I was only home for a couple days before my Michigan cousins came for a fun visit filled with swimming, tickling, biking, and a lot of yummy eating.
Since last Saturday I've been missing my cousins and trying to stay cool in the humid heat. Today Mom, Finn, and I headed out to a new "Splash Park" on the other side of town. I at first scoped out the situation while Finn slept ...

... and then, in typical Me fashion, burst full-speed into the shooting streams of cold water.

And that, I'm afraid, is how you come to have a face like this.