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Apr 24, 2009

weekend fun (and Fogo de Chao take#2)

ben's parents were here for the weekend! what a reunion :)

we spent some time walking on the lake shore, the moms went shopping at the baby store, dads took the El downtown and toured the Garmin and Apple stores, and we even had time to go to the Field museum on Sunday.

but with all these adventures, i think the highlight of the weekend was dinner at Fogo de Chao. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. all the perfectly-prepared meat you can possibly eat, and an amazing salad bar.
i wish i had room for more food :)

Gary got his new camera, so i'll trust the Koesterim to upload some pics to the family blog!

still pregnant

i called a couple of friends today to ask an innocent question, and realized that i really SHOULD start any conversation/phone call with the words "i'm still pregnant". at this stage, everybody expects my next phone call to be about the good news.

39 weeks, the Sharonim are here!

(all pics here)

we picked the Sharonim at the airport yesterday, and i'm proud to say that there wasn't much crying involved :) my parents seem to have survived the flight pretty well, and my mom even seemed optimistic about being able to find her way back to Israel on her own (in a month or so...).
we spent the evening talking and opening presents (mountains of cute baby clothes! i feel bad for the kids in Israel, it seems like there are no clothes left in the stores anymore after my mom)

we made all sorts of plans, all of which with the disclaimer, e.g., "tomorrow we can go to the art institute -- if we don't go to the hospital"... see how it goes! we do have reservations for Fogo de Chao for saturday night, with the Koesters. i hope the baby cooperates (but if she decides that she's done, that's ok too!!!)

we just came back from the Ethiopian Diamond, where we had a really good dinner. i can't see their website because i don't use internet explorer, so can't point at the exact items on the menu, but all that we ordered was excellent: we had sauteed lamb, shrimp in lemon sauce, chicken (in some yellow sauce... don't remember what it was called), and vegetarian sides - spinach, string beans, potatoes, and spicy lentils. mmmm. no room for dessert (but - we have fresh Dalia's brownies at home!!!! woohoo!)
my poor jetlagged mom almost fell asleep while eating. hope she remembers the restaurant in the morning and doesn't think it was all a dream...

crafting

the girls (and peter!) had a fabulous morning last saturday. the weather was great outside, but we opted for an indoors late brunch (waffles, strawberries, omelet and other goodies) and a couple of hours of crafting. this may be one of the last times where there are more moms than kids!!

Peter tried on Ben's glasses (yes ben, that's why you have tiny finger prints all over them :P), and helped Nicole with her crafting. i think he also decided in favor of Bamba. Kari made a lot of progress on her crafting too (but wouldn't let me take pictures).

i wonder

what gray scrooge will be like when his new boss joins the family. he must know that he's gonna be demoted pretty soon. he's trying to get as much cuddle time as possible these days... at least when he's wearing in his caddly-scrooge personality.

spring!

i love spring. i love eating our lunch on the bench outside. i love the flower-beds and trees that come back to life. daffodils, and those tiny blue flowers on 57th st. the tulips are almost blooming. the flowers on lakeshore drive look happier every day. little buds on the trees. yayy!
and it's going to be even nicer in a week or two!