Lucy and Effram get ready for the beach (or a suburban hotel pool)
"I think she likes it."
"She's totally into it."
Auntie Mary hanging out with the cousins
Gus contemplates whether he's ready to be a role model.
Lucy doesn't think it's fair...
that infants can't have Cheetos.
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Basically, those photos and captions sum up our mini-vacation. Okay, so it wasn't even that. Okay, so basically we crashed the cousins' hotel party (we were invited to do so). Winter, stage 2 has set in, with its never-ending filthy snow and negative wind chill and general crankiness so the idea of a pool and hot tub and pizza in a hotel room sounded like heaven to us. So what if this heaven happened to be located in Skokie, IL.
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Lisa and I even made a point of trying something new: being sickeningly nice to each other, which we started at 5 pm. It lasted until we got into a fight around 7 and didn't speak to each other on the way home. We don't have a good track record for getting along on vacations, anyway (see: honeymoon).
Water mesmerizes these babies, though. We sat by the whirlpool and put our feet in while holding the babies in our laps and they were ready to fall asleep. The sound of the jets should be familiar to them from their days in utero, during which I lived in our Jacuzzi bathtub for four months. (This is not an exaggeration. I have a stack of soggy, ink-smeared Sudoku books to prove it).
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I have no flow right now. It's Tuesday in February and generally I hate Tuesdays and February. Like everyone else in this city, I have no idea why I live in this miserable place. Ice-induced traffic accident reports on the news in the background. Effram is crying his gutteral tired, fussy cry. Lucy pooped through her pajamas. I need to get out of the house but it's all white and cold out there. It's a weird, weird weird time of life, staying home with babies. On many levels I'm blessed, I know. But it's also a strange, crazy-making recipe. Lisa almost got a diaper in the face this morning. Anyway, have a nice day, everyone. Oh, and West Coast friends, I kind of hate you right now. Way to be a predictable Midwesterner, Bess.
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Don't hate! If it makes you feel better, we suck at getting out of the house and have no excuse. Except naps, diaper blow outs, teething, etc. I wanted to yell at Eric just now because e gets to go vaccume out the car while I wait for Jonah to wake up.
ReplyDeleteOf course I don't really hate you guys, Anne. It is hard to get out of the house! I would be the same way-- even though I would not even want to vacuum out the car, I would definitely yell at Lisa if she got to do it. Oh, but she took both babes to her sister's all day today while I make a quilt. I also got to go to the store alone. So I'm feeling semi-recharged and kind of miss the little guys. Teething, huh? I guess we had a false alarm on that.
ReplyDeleteI know you don't hate us. We'll see if Jonah's teeth really break. The Ped said they were coming - who knows. I am about to start work soon, I am looking forward to it but can't imagine what it will be like. I think Eric will catch a bit of the crazy when I go back. BTW - the kids are frickin precious. The family may be making a trip back to Waltham MA for work, so maybe we'll stop through Chicago on our way back West. Have no idea when that will happen, but I am working on a Summer trip!
ReplyDeletei hate sundays in february. every sunday during the winter months is hard to like.
ReplyDeletealthough no baby, it wouldn't be a stretch to say we are like-minded this season.
i might be in town at the end of the month.
Sundays are terrible, Liz! Except in the summertime. Even Morrissey knew that. So excited to see you if you come at the end of the month and make it to see us! I still have a collection of thank you cards for you guys-- did you ever get that one card from a million years ago? and also a birthday present. xoxo
ReplyDeletehotels near northwestern university is skoki and only this hotel can give this type of memories, i liked this pics
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