Weekend with friends and the Hawks game

This past weekend, Becca, our friend from Purdue, came to visit with her boyfriend Julien. We had a great time in the snow with Charlie showing him all the christmas lights on Michigan avenue and at Chriskindlemarket in Daley Plaza. He got a big kick out of the tree at Marshall Field's!


Family photo op in front of the tree in Daley Plaza




 

Fiberoptic tree in the Walnut Room at Marshall Field's (..Macys)

 

Charlie's reaction to that tree. He couldn't take his eyes off it!



Charlie even wrote a letter to Santa - can you read it? ;)



On Sunday afternoon, we went to the Field Museum. I don't think Charlie learned anything.
We'll try again in a few years. ;)

On Sunday night, Charlie got a real treat- and so did Eddie and I! Our friend Mike Large invited us to join him at the Blackhawks game. The seats were absolutely amazing and we had a great time! Charlie loved it. I think he's going to be a big hockey fan. The noise didn't seem to bother him at all- in fact, he fell asleep in the third period.



The full spectrum

As many of you know (since you were there), Charlie slept through most of Thanksgiving. It was really great to see everyone in Mishawaka! I can't wait until Christmas! The day after Thanksgiving, we drove down to Purdue with the other Hamilton siblings for the PU vs IU game. Charlie loved tailgating, but we didn't go to the game. Maybe if he would have gone, they could have won in overtime... oh well.

Sleeping on Grandma Linda after Thanksgiving

Boiler Baby through and through!

Perfect bib from Auntie Becca!

We've been practicing holding our head up and sitting up, and Charlie is getting stronger and stronger. He is hitting some kind of growth spurt right now, and he seems to be hungry every 2 hours and gets really random cranky spurts. Pretty soon we will be putting the 0-3 sizes into storage along with all the NB stuff. He still makes me laugh all day long with his smiles and quirky expressions. I just wish he would grow some more hair to fill in the goofy widows peak thing he has going on.