photos galore

...i had a miserable migraine yesterday so i couldn’t post more than a few photos, but this past week happened to be a big photo week for cadence…so i’ll just intersperse this post with some of my favorites…

….we’ve got a good head start on packing…actually, ted’s the one doing most of the packing…me, i’m still going through boxes that i never unpacked when we moved into our current place…cadence is enjoying this packing thing cuz she LOVES boxes…i mean, what kid doesn’t?

...we’ve got so much stuff to go through, throw out, give away, etc…we want to take as little as possible, even though we’ll have a lot more space at the new place…we plan on being there for at least 7 years, so we’ll probably need that space, as much as i try to delude myself into thinking we won’t accumulate a lot of stuff…

...in addition to the halloween party on saturday, cadence and i went to our local playgroup, the fun-damentals playroom, which meets at a lutheran church on wilson and campbell…we got there really early cuz i thought they met at 10am when they actually meet at 11am, so we went to the playlot across the street from the church…

...the light was really lovely, so we did a little photoshoot…

...cadence loved crawling around on the soft foam-like rubber fake asphalt they use on playgrounds these days (so kids don’t split body parts open, i assume)…

...you know, i’m no expert on these matters, but it is my opinion that cadence has more energy than the average 13 month old…yes, i know babies have a LOT of energy in general, but she is just non-stop…the only thing that’ll calm her down sometimes is a book…thank goodness she LOVES books, so she never turns down a chance to sit in my lap and turn the pages to her favorite boardbooks…

...on sunday morning, we walked to a local methodist church that the director of the playgroup had told me about…it’s only 2 blocks from where we live, so it was really convenient…it’s a small congregation, which had a really nice cozy feel to it…the worship band consisted of a classical pianist, a fiddle, a mandolin/guitar player, a drummer, and 2 back up singers…it was pretty folksy and quite charming…seeing them standing up front made me think of photos of woody guthrie playing with his friends…

...i wish we had found this church earlier…now that we’re moving, i don’t think we’ll be able to make it every week, but it’ll be a good excuse to visit our old neighborhood in lincoln square and to see uncle dave, who lives just a block from us now…

...i know that going to a small mainline denomination church is a real departure from what i’ve been used to, but i really think that’s what i need right now…ironically, both my parents come from a long line of methodists, so for me (not so much for ted), this is like getting back to my roots in the weslyan tradition…

...after church, we headed into lincoln square and met up with cadence's little beau zach and his parents denise and paul...it was such a lovely day to be outdoors, and giddings plaza in lincoln square is the perfect place to hang out and watch all the cute babies and dogs from the neighborhood...

...i think cadence is really taking to zach...

...although sometimes she might scare him a bit...

...she couldn't stop patting his lovely hair!

anywho, it was great seeing denise and paul and zach again...we'll have to see them as much as we can before we move out of the neighborhood!