Yesterday Cadence started smiling! I’m talking legitimate I-am-so-happy, non-flatulence-related smiles. I tried my best to capture them on camera. I got half of one…the problem is, I didn’t want to miss a smile while hiding behind the lens of a camera so I held the camera next to my face which resulted in some creatively cropped photos. Luckily, I was able to capture some smiley shots today too.

Whatever you do…don’t go to Chicago on St. Patrick’s Day unless you are really into the holiday. There were millions of people everywhere, it was more crowded for the 17th than it was for the Chicago Marathon! Since we are neither Catholic nor Irish (nor beer-drinkers) we could care less about the holiday and its accompanying festivities except it was very cool to see the canal dyed green!