1st Mother’s Day and 8 months old!

We had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend with grandparents, aunts and uncles on hand to help celebrate! We even planted a new tree in our front yard to commemorate the special occasion – thanks Grandma! A team of 20 friends and family (and Duffy!) participated in the Y-Me walk for breast cancer. Team FAFA photos can be seen in the photo gallery and here:

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Maeve has been busy trying new fruits (peaches, plums), veggies (green beans, corn), and even chicken. She also appears to love cheese as much as mommy does. She has been exhibiting lots of new purposeful and very loud babbling, including something that sounds like “baba” which Chris says means “daddy” in Chinese.

Daddy was traveling this week and the girls held down the fort. Maeve and Zlatka spent lots of time in the park having picnics and meeting new people. Today Maeve and mommy had a fun time at breakfast and Wiggleworms with our friends, and enjoyed our first trip to the Lincoln Park Zoo – the meerkats were Maeve’s favorite!  Tomorrow, she celebrates being 8 months old. We have swimming class in the morning and Auntie Anne is coming to babysit while mommy and daddy get dressed up for a night on the town to benefit Erikson Institute.

There are many folders with new pictures in the photo gallery… Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Minnesota trip

The Altmans had a fun trip to Minneapolis last weekend to visit Tammy and celebrate her marriage to Tim… They showed off their new home and we really enjoyed spending time with the newlyweds and their families. Maeve was a perfect traveler, although she did sleep right through her 1st first class experience! Please visit the photo gallery for some new pictures…

Tammy, Alexandra and Maeve