Enjoying Bathtime

Zoë really has enjoyed being in the water, particularly during her bath times. She used to really hate her baths, but we think she started enjoying the tub ever since we started her in the swimming pool. She really loves splashing in the water. Afterwards she has liberty to retreat to her natural state by spending some naked time on the towel.

The Peach meets (and eats) her own

We had some delicious peaches from the farmer's market last week and because Zoë Peach was so interested in the fruit when we were eating, we let her try some. She really enjoyed sucking on the juice. Peach meets peach! This was also her first time eating table food.





And we usually end the dinner with a nice dose of iron sulfate.

Hanging at the beach before heading to Korea Town.

It was another Golden Weekend for me this weekend, one of three in the whole summer. Unfortunately, Lisa was on-call this weekend which shows you how well our schedules are matched up. Nonetheless, I wanted to savor every free moment away from the hospital. Zoë and I had some plans saturday starting with an afternoon run to the local farmer's market. As you may recall from a previous post, my brother-in-law's girlfriend, Lindsey, is assistant manager of a local farmer's market, so it was a real nice opportunity to see both Bryan and Lindsey. I also bought some nice organic peaches and plums as well as a nice cheese that tastes great when grilled.



Zoë and I then headed to the beach which is really close to our home. She wasn't a huge fan of the waves (I dipped her feet in the cold water) nor was she a fan of the hot sand. I think we were nearing her nap time so we ran back home after the beach. I got a lot of sand on my legs which I tracked everywhere in the house.



After a baby nap for Zoë we met up with my friends Marian and Ray, both residents in my program, for the Chicago Korean festival at Chicago's Korea Town. We had beef kalbi fresh off the grill, chicken skewers and ended the evening with a Korean dessert called pat bing soo which is ice cream, fruits, sweet bean and mochi on top of shaved ice. Delicious!



Zoë went to bed late so we slept in till 8am, shortly before mom got home from her call shift.

Stroll at the Zoo

We are fortunate to be living just steps from a free as well as the oldest zoo in the country, the Lincoln Park Zoo. It was my first day off in 2 weeks, I was tired, and I was looking forward to spending some quality family time. The family decided it was a good time to visit our animal neighbors. Zoë is now able to appreciate the things going on around her (she was always very focused but now she expresses if she's really content with what she sees). We've noticed she especially likes animals. For example, she has taken a liking to our cats, though Aslan does not like having his hair pulled. We normally pass the zoo in our running route so it was a natural stop this saturday. We also saw some street performers in the zoo including a juggling act. Afterwards, it was chill time at home while Zoë played it up again for the camera before heading out for sushi.