The Grandbaby Cometh!

We've not seen Deven since May. My goodness but a lot changes in 5 months! Especially when the change in question is related to a going-on-two-year-old. Language acquisition is just about my favorite part of babyhood. It is simply astonishing to see how quickly the vocabulary grows. But watch what you say -- Mr. Deven is a parrot of the first degree!!

They arrived last Friday afternoon, Torrey and Chris following shortly thereafter. It's been a fun week, what with enjoying the Halloween festivities including a trip to Sonny Acres. And I don't think that Jill will have missed seeing any of her friends by the time she leaves Friday afternoon. She's gotten in a trip to her old stomping grounds at Northwestern, visited downtown Chicago, her old loft, Navy Pier, the outlet mall, Chuckie Cheese, church, the World Market, Yorktown, and has been out for breakfast, lunch and dinner most days....

And of course, there was trick 'n treating last night. Deven went out twice, but I do think he had more fun trying to help me hand out candy. We only had 354 visitors last night -- down from our all time high of 382 last year. (Yes, we keep track -- sad, I know.) It was so fun having a little dinosaur here this year....