All in the family

Everyone came together last weekend to celebrate Dylan's fourth birthday. And even though the weather outside was rainy, this family brightened up the afternoon with a lot of love and laughter as we explored the Lincoln Park Conservatory. It's always fun for me and Mike to shoot big groups like this. We love capturing close family connections. Dylan was a top model today and rocked all of his best moves as he told us all about his big birthday party the day before. We had a great time, you guys! Thanks for being such great sports.

At The Drake

To celebrate her birthday, Jennifer's family (Peter, Daniel, Annemarie, Michael and Noelle) took her to tea at The Drake this Saturday afternoon. How glamorous! We started out taking a few formal pictures in this traditional, fancy, beautiful space, but Annemarie, Michael and Noelle found a way to shake things up a bit! We had a blast, you guys! Thanks for being good sports and hope you had a lovely tea time.

Home Sweet Home

They surprised me yesterday, the tears that welled up as we stood in our empty apartment and said good-bye. We had spent nearly 4 years there, and I remember thinking it couldn't possibly get any better than that bright, Chicago-style space. We learned to live in the city in that apartment...to love living in the city there. There were good times and some bad times there, and they all bombarded me yesterday.

And that's a big part of why I love our new home so much. It's a fresh start. A peep-hole into our future. We love the wide open space, the blank canvass, the room to grow. It felt like ours from the first time we stepped into it...where we are meant to be...and now that it's crowded with boxes containing all of our things, Mike and I couldn't possibly be more excited. To keep moving forward. To see what happens next. To enter into the next phase of our life. Together.

PS: Thank you, Mom and Dad, for our adorabe house-warming plant! Can't wait to show you around soon.

A Swinging Good Time

Little Chicagoans sure have their choice of cool parks to play in. Declan had a blast this past Sunday hanging out in one of them with his mom and auntie. And so did we. Thanks so much for a great time, you guys!