9 months old!

Sophie is 9 months old today! She has 1 tooth, and she crawled for the first time TODAY. She's babbling a lot (ba-ba and da-da, with the occasional ma-ma). She's the sweetest baby--so mellow and happy. 

Chicago girls' weekend

I just spent a wonderful girls' weekend in Chicago with my Mom, Aunt Joye (Mom's sister), Aunt Nancy (Mom's sister-in-law) and Emily, my brother Bob's wife. We had such an incredible time together, and we're all in love with this gorgeous city!

We loved the river tour we took with the Chicago Architecture Foundation. The docent was fun, and the views from the river were great. And the architecture was fascinating. 

view to the north from the top of the Hancock building

At the top of the Hancock building, they have the Tilt. It was just a little more intense than I thought it would be. But fun. I'm glad I did it. :)

a late-night bus ride 

my 4 wonderful travel companions - I love them all!

We got a bit carried away with our photo shoot at the bean (Cloud Gate). It was fun taking photos with these fabulous ladies.

We made it to the top of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower)--the tallest of the tall. The views were beautiful!

On our last morning we rode the ferris wheel at Navy Pier, which was fun and provided great views of the skyline.