My first picnic trip!

It was the Memorial Day that we had a nice BBQ trip at the Moraine Hills State Park which is about 45 miles north of downtown Chicago.

Behind the scene

An interview with Mom

I&M Canal National Heritage Corridor Trip

Some Notes about this National Heritage Corridor:
1. "To dig a canal, at least four things are necessary - a pick, a shovel, a wheelbarrow, and an Irishman" (popular saying, 19th century).
2. Wages were a dollar a day.
3. The canal construction started on July 4, 1836.
4. In 1838, death took 1,000 of the 1,500 canal workers (by impure water, malaria, accidents, etc).
5. Finally, the canal was done in 1848, nearly 100 miles long connecting between Mississippi river and Michigan Lake.
6, A year after the canal was completed, the population of Chicago increased by 6 times. Soon, Chicago became the largest city in the Midwest and the largest city in between New York and New Orleans.


Inside the historical Wells Corner School at the Pioneer Settlement of I&M Canal.


Hmm... Let me see where we are going next.





Out of battery


I am back!

My first fever

In the middle of the night, I had my first fever. My face was red and hot and I was vomiting a bit. Dad and mom really had a scare. They called the hospital and got ready to send me to the emergency room. While we were waiting the doctor to call back, mom was trying to find info from the Baby 411 book, and calling my grandma in Taiwan for advice. After taking infant Tylenol, a couple sips of water, I started to cool down. Eventually, we saved a trip to the hospital.

Later today, I had felt a bit tired, but I gained my energy back by dinner time. I think I caught a cold. The weather changes rapidly lately. It was 90F one day, and dropped to 65F the next day.

Happy Birthday to Dad!

Many thanks for this nice floral dress from Auntie Suzanne. We went to a Brazilian BBQ Fogo de Chao for dinner to celebrate Dad's birthday. Thanks to Uncle Ian for treating us this nice dinner.

A good afternoon nap

Jump, Jump and more Jump

My hat

Jolene in action

Hello!

Jolene on the mat

I can sit very well

Playing at the neighborhood playground

Jolene on the go

Meal time, HAPPY!!!

See... who is this cool lady?

Here I am 7 months old!

Uncle visits me from Switzerland!

He brought me very delicious Swiss chocolates!!!



We had dinner at the Morton Steakhouse.