This Is Why We Live In The City

Saturday was a beautiful day and indicative of why we moved back to the city. After working out, we saddled up and headed to Lincoln Park to stroll through the Chicago Green Market's first weekend. The market is an open air farmer's market.

From there we completed a few errands and headed over to Gymboree. We parked in a neighborhood, grabbed lunch at a local spot and strolled through the neighborhood on our way to Gymboree. Sitting forward in his stroller, Gilbert seemed to enjoy the breeze blowing through his hair. It was a windy day and he had a semi-squint as he adjusted and accepted the breeze.

Later that day, and a nap later, we then headed back out to our friend Eric's condo for a BBQ. Some of our other friends brought their 7 1/2 month old girl, Audrey, along so Kristen and I were interested to see how Gilbert would interact. He is extreme content as a norm, but in new situations, reserved would be the appropriate term to describe him as he takes in the unfamiliar surroundings.

Audrey is an active and happy child and she wanted to play with Gil immediately. Both sitting on a blanket she kept reaching for him. Gilbert was not interested. He had this look on his face, like "Who is this crazy person? And why is she all up in my business!" For us it was fun to compare as they were close in age. Audrey is already working on scooting and has her bottom teeth with a third coming in. However, Gilbert weighed more and as you can tell from the photos looks like a giant in comparison. But as you know from reading this blog, socializing is not his strong suit yet. At one point Gilbert leaned over to pick up a toy and Audrey reached for him and got hold of his hair and did not let go. Gilbert was not pleased! How funny!

However, as the night wore on, Gilbert relaxed, but was quite content to sit play with one of his toys and just watch everyone. The evening encroached into his normal sleeping routine and he was a trooper. He even flashed smiles to unfamiliar people when they approached him.

However, after a string of double-eye rubs we headed home. He was asleep before we pulled the car out into traffic! A quick change into his jammies and a feed and Gilbert is now tucked into his crib and sleeping soundly.

What a fun day!