Happy Halloween!

We will be going to Madison, WI for Halloween weekend, so we decided to carve a pumpkin with Norah last weekend.

Here are Norah and Daddy trying to draw up some ideas for the pumpkin faces.

Here is Daddy hard at work...

Mommy got bored and was being silly...

Norah got bored too!

Here is the final product!!!

You can see the pumpkin better in this one.

This was Norah after she got a little booklet of stickers she ripped up every possible piece of the booklet and put it all over her face.

We will post pictures of her costume after the weekend!

What Not To Wear!!!

I officially applied to be on the TLC show 'What Not To Wear' and I'm so excited!!

I have never felt like a stylish person. I have always thought I was doing ok as far as my style, but secretly felt like it was not going so well. I have definitely had people along the way try to help out or bold face confront me.

My friend Angela in high school definitely tried to help out and I probably "shopped" with her the most. She plucked my eyebrows for me for the first time and she would put highlights in my hair every once in awhile. She would also tell me new make up tips she read about in magazines too. I would half listen and then later try to remember what she said and then repeat it everyday until...well today I guess! ;)

In college my roommates worked with me too. It was more natural in college because we all lived in a small space and could borrow clothes.

After college my friend Allie straight up confronted me about my wardrobe and we went shopping. I was pretty sure she was not going to be my friend though after we shopped. I usually get a headache as soon as I get to a mall or any kind of overwhelming store that has a million things to look through. I also get in a bad mood and want to leave as soon as possible.

My husband tries to encourage me to buy outside of my comfort zone and add a little color. That I have tried to do, but usually do not do so great.

In the application you have to put down 5 personal contacts. Here are the lucky chosen:

1. Josh - my husband
2. Amanda - my sister
3. Angela - my close friend from high school
4. Allie - my close friend/the one who confronted me! ;)
5. Marisa - my sister-in-law (She is going to freak out when she reads this!!! I did have one of my college roommates down, but switched to Marisa at the last minute because she is completely freaked out by the show and it is her worst nightmare to be contacted by them, so I thought it would be fun to put her on the list. Also, her husband wants to nominate her for the show too!)

Here are some questions from the application that I thought Josh's responses were so funny!

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How would you describe the nominee's style?

Boring. She wears clothes from the mid 90s to work everyday, because she thinks that the 90s are still in fashion. As soon as she gets home, she changes into pajamas. She refuses to show off her figure, because she is embarrasses by her extra baby weight. When she buys her clothes, she buys things that match the clothes she bought in the 90s. I tell her that she can show off her figure without showing her baby weight, but she thinks I'm crazy.

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Describe the nominee's worst fashion blunders.

umbros.

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Has the nominee always been a bad dresser? If not, what changed?

Yes, her friend Allie confronted her on her fashion and they went shopping. This was probably 5-6 years ago. Her coworkers tell her that they'll go shopping with her for new clothes as well.

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Why are you choosing to change the nominee’s style now?

Because it’s not 1993 anymore. She doesn’t agree that she can wear flattering clothes because of her shape. Instead, all she wears is bulky sweatshirts and pajamas.

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If you could give the nominee’s style a unique name, what would it be?

Casual Shleep.

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I answered this last question on my own!!

How would you describe the nominee’s make-up?

Plain…I always get asked if I wear makeup even though I apply the exact same makeup every single day!

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So there are some of the highlights! I'll definitely keep you posted if I hear anything from the show!

Norah's toddler bed and toddle outfit!

So we went to see my parents a few weekends ago and were randomly talking about how we needed to figure out what to do for a toddler bed for Norah soon and my dad said, "We have three toddler beds in the attic if you want one." Duh! I did not even think about the fact that my parents would have three toddler beds! So we jumped at the opportunity to have Norah use my toddler bed and my dad made it! Even better! We fit it in our car and brought it back to Chicago.

It turned out to be perfect timing because the next week Norah got her leg wedged in the crib slates and started screaming one night. We were not able to get her leg out without breaking the slates unfortunately. Josh had to punch out one of the slates to free her leg. It was a little scary but Norah was fine so that's all the mattered. I ended up finding out that our crib was recalled. Unfortunately the date was a month off but Josh contacted the crib company and they are actually going to investigate the situation.

So we decided that we were going to just transition Norah to her toddler bed.

We just set it up today so tonight will be the first trial! Here are some pictures of it.

I saw this outfit in Target the other day and it instantly reminded me of outfits my sister and I wore all the time when we were little and I could not pass it up for Norah. It's funny because everytime she wears it people say the same thing!

I thought the photo shoot was funny so I just included all of the pictures. (by the way our camera is still not working so I took all of these pictures with our laptop!)

Enjoy!

dropping rocks

So today I had to run to the post office to mail something. What I needed to mail was small, but I needed to bring my phone, the address, a pen and my debit card. Then I got to thinking...we have some rocks that we need to get rid of. No big deal, right? Well in the city it's a little more complicated then that, well probably not but I seem to find easy tasks more difficult I guess! In my mind the rocks needed to be "distributed to and fro," so as to not look as if they were "dumped."

Well, I got an old "CCO messenger" back out that I have and loaded my few small items and then the rocks that I needed to get rid of. There were three larger rocks and then about 20 smaller rocks. I put on my "peddle pushers" and headed to the bike room.

I got on my bike and headed down the street. I turned down a side street knowing of an alley that was coming up, reached into my bag and grabbed one of the large rocks. As I approached the alley I checked to make sure there was no one standing, sleeping or digging through the dumpsters. The coast was clear and I chucked the rock down the alley. Unfortunately it hit the corner of the building and rolled onto the sidewalk. I kept going! I was nervous!

So my adrenaline was pumping at this point so I rode for awhile before I attempted another drop since the first drop was not so successful. As I was headed down another side street I thought I would try a handful of the smaller rocks to see how I did with those. I reached in my bag grabbed as many as I could hold and then placed my hand on my handle bar as if I was holding on a one by one every few feet I dropped a small rock. It was a smashing success! I felt like the guy in Shawshank Redemption when he shook the rocks out of his pants pockets in the courtyard and no one knew!

So with my new found success I grabbed another handful of small rocks placed my hand on the handle bar and was about to begin dropping again when I realized a car was coming up next to me and I was approaching a stop sign. No problem...I reached with my opposite hand for the hand brake and DANG IT that's the brake that doesn't work and my other hand is full of rocks so I can't grab the brake!!!! I quickly head full speed for the curb, luckily I had enough momentum that I cleared the curb and then continued to fly out of control across the corner of the adjoining streets through the grass and just let myself come to a halting stop with the use of my foot!!! Whew!!! And I was still holding all of the rocks!!! I'm awesome!

I caught my breathe, thanked the good Lord that I made it through the drama and then grabbed one of the big rocks with my other hand and just dropped it since I was standing still and there was no one around. I then continued on my bike ride and dropped the rest of my rocks successfully and made sure the hand was free for the brake that worked!

I just thought it was a funny adventure and I thought it would be fun to share!

Doe a deer...

One Year!

We have lived in Chicago for one year now (June 7th)! It's crazy how fast it went. So much happened in that year too. Here are some of the highlights!

-Josh completed a year of grad school and learned Hebrew!
-I went back to work full time and as a mom.
-Norah was in three daycares...it was not easy, but we love her daycare that she is in now.
-I passed my social work board exam!
-I got my dream job as a hospice social worker and love it!
-We survived the worst Chicago winter! (Chicagoans are the ones claiming it was bad...maybe not the worst though)
-I have survived the biggest potholes ever, 2nd to those in Haiti that I witnessed.
-I have seen more men peeing in public then in my whole lifetime...never thought that would make the list but it is true...and I am still shocked every time it happens.
-I got my eyebrows waxed for the first time ever. (My friend Angela shaped my eyebrows for me about 12 years ago and I have been "maintaining" them ever since...it was time!)
-A black man became president...oh and he's my neighbor!


I can still remember when I was in the moving truck with Babs and Josh, Carrie, Wendy and Jay were in two cars behind us. We came over a big bridge and saw downtown Chicago and I thought I was going to pass out and I think I said or at least I thought, "What are we getting ourselves into?"

My directions were terrible to get to our apartment and we ended up in a bad part of town....We finally pulled up to the front of our new home and I can remember getting out of the truck and was so nervous and scared and thought to myself that our friends must think we are crazy and then Jay said, "This is awesome! This is so awesome! You are going to love it here!" I remember being so relieved. I don't know why I was so nervous.

As the guys were unloading the truck Carrie, Wendy and I were trying to get things a little settled in the apartment and in my mind I thought our bathroom was too small and the white walls were depressing and Carrie and Wendy just kicked into gear and set up the kitchen and kept reminding me that it will feel more like a home when we get pictures up and are more settled...

It seems like yesterday.

My parents brought Norah the next day. She was only 6 months old and just learning to sit up. She learned quickly because she only had a tile floor to land on if one of us did not catch her. Now I am chasing her around and she tries to bite our toes and thinks it is so funny!

We really love it here! Josh is taking his last final monday and then he will be a full time stay at home dad for the summer! Norah will be taking a break from day care until September. While Norah naps (hopefully) over the summer Josh will be gearing up for the fall learning German and applying for Ph.D. programs. Now I am so sad thinking we may need to move again in a year. I hope not, but we will do what we need to do when the time comes.

I know this post is all over the place, but I really wanted to blog on the one year anniversary for some reason. Our camera battery crapped out on us so I have not been taking pictures...I will look for some old ones to post.

This is one of my favorite pictures. This was Father's Day last year.

Now Norah has pigtails!

We really love her so much and cannot imagine life without her here. She is moving into the "twos" for sure even though technically we still have 6 months to go! She definitely has a spice for life like no other and I love watching her grow and learn.

Hope you enjoyed my year in review!

The Biggest Loser

It has been so long since I have posted. So much has happened and I wanted to post, but was too tired to take the time. I will post about alot and break it up so it is not one continuous sentence which I have been known to do in the past.

Work

I started orientation in January and began on my own working full-time at an inpatient unit on the south side of Chicago. Our hospice program (and pretty much any hospice program) sees hospice patients in their homes or nursing home that the patient lives in. The hospice that I work for has two inpatient units, one north and one south of the city. Basically our hospice program rents a wing of a hospital, remodeled it. The unit that I work at is very busy. I do not mind it at all. The day goes very quickly and my co-workers are crazy and lots of fun!

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Norah

Norah is my favorite! She is so funny! Just tonight we were walking home and we were crossing the street at a four way intersection and the car that was coming to the stop sign was kinda screeching to a stop as we were crossing in front of the care and Norah leaned forward and yelled NO! at the car! The lady heard her and started laughing so hard!

Norah is definitely learning to be mischievous. I can tell the way she looks sometimes that she knows exactly what she is doing. Norah has a little buddy Karla at daycare and they are a perfect match for each other! Karla actually loves, loves, loves Norah's cheeks and she runs up to Norah and pinches them! Norah then cries and Karla has to go to time out but I love it! It is the sweetest thing! Karla's mom and I are actually going to take the girls swimming together. It should be a lot of fun!

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Mother's Day

I had the best Mother's Day. Well Norah woke up at 6:45am which was crazy so Josh got up with her and let me sleep in. After we were all showered we went to Barack Obama's favorite breakfast place here in Hyde Park, which is a greasy spoon type place but oh so good! After that we headed downtown and Josh took me shopping! Now you need to know that I do not like to shop. I usually get a headache, feel bad about myself and get cranky! None of those things happened! Yeah! It was really fun! I really needed some work clothes, so it was really helpful.

After shopping we jumped in the car and headed to O'Hare airport. Our brother-in-law and sister-in-law were flying into Chicago after a two week trip to Europe. We went to surprise them to welcome them home. It worked out in some sense because they missed their shuttle to Madison and we got there a little late so we caught up to them and had about an hour visit!

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My cousin

In February I found out that my cousin Fred died in the plane crash in Amsterdam. He had a wife and two daughters. It was pretty awful. It was hard being away from home, but Norah and I did get to fly home for the memorial service in PA.

Fred was a fun loving guy who could talk to anyone and make you feel comfortable. He has wonderful parents and my heart breaks for them. They were all so tired at the memorial service as they had a funeral and memorial service in TX where he had lived.

The whole situation just shook me to the core. I think of my cousin's wife, daughters, parents and sister and brother-in-law often. I do wish I could do something more to support them.

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Josh

So Josh loves his classes and it is great! We could not want it to be any other way. He often tells me about his class material and I have a really hard time following him.

A funny thing happened the other day. He had to present a paper for class and asked if he could practice his presentation with me. I said sure thinking I'm a supportive wife no big deal, right?

Well we sat on the couch facing each other and the back of the couch was to one side. He began his presentation and instantly I felt very very tired. I slowly tried to lean into the couch thinking it would just look like I was trying to get a little more comfortable and soon my eyes were batting like they had never batted before, but the whole time I thought, I am playing this so cool, he has no idea I am tired. All of the sudden he said, "Could you at least sit up and pretend like you are paying attention?" I was busted! It was so funny to me though. I am getting really good sleep with him in this program. It's better than Exxcedrin PM!

After this incident awhile later he asked me to show him his flash cards so he could see if he was getting his vocab correct. I again became very tired and he was picking up on and was saying incorrect answers to see if I was paying attention...BUSTED AGAIN!

We laugh about it!

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The Biggest Loser

My favorite tv show that I watch regularly is The Biggest Loser. I have watched the last three seasons. I got hooked when I was 6 months pregnant and Josh had a meeting every tuesday night so I would watch the show. The show is like my sports team that I can't miss and have to see every show.

The 7th season finale is on now as I type. It took 2 1/2 seasons of me watching the show to finally start exercising! I always made the excuse that I do not have time. I did not want it to take away from my time with my family since I am working full time now and Norah is in daycare. So, I get up every morning at 6:15am and do "The Biggest Loser Yoga Workout" video!! Josh got it for me and I love it! Yoga has actually proven to be very helpful for me with my stressful job. I have noticed a big difference in just the way I feel. The video is workout yoga and that it is! I know I could be doing a more intense cardio video, but the yoga benefits are more important to me right now with my job. I did however go down a pant size so that's exciting for me!

So the show is inspiring to me and I love how the contestants lives are changed!

I will try to add pictures soon, but it was good to finally update this thing!

I dreamed a dream...

This is the kinda crap I love!!! I'll try to upload the actual video later! I am at work crying because I loved this so much!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Picking Norah up!

So the routine we have is that Josh will typically take Norah to daycare on his way to school in the morning and I pick her up. I really enjoy picking Norah up at the end of my work day because her reaction to seeing me is so fun!

She gets so excited and runs as fast as she can sometimes whipping objects across the room that she might be holding as she runs! One day she threw a plastic hamburger across the room and underneath a shelf like she was trying to skip a rock across a pond!

Anyways, it cracks me up everyday and it makes me feel like the most important person in the world. Betty, Norah's daycare provider, loves it too!

So this morning before I left for work I grabbed the camera and told Josh to let Betty know that I was going to try to get Norah on tape when I picked her up. I figured Betty would think I was crazy, but was willing to sacrifice that to get the moment captured! It turned out Betty was completely ready for it and turned the lights on as soon as I got there so we could get the best quality filming accomplished. Norah however was on the ball and started running before I could get a great shot. Nonetheless here she is in all her glory!

FYI: It takes awhile for the door to open so don't loose interest, the whole video is only 41 seconds! Enjoy!

Loads of pictures!

I posted lots of pictures for ya all! We have had a busy few weeks. This weekend was nice and relaxed though so that was great. Friday night we had some friends over and played games. Saturday morning we had some friends over and ate pink pancakes! Saturday night we had a nice home cooked meal and then went to buy our tv converter box, but we ended up buying a new tv instead!

Once we got to the store and realized that we were not too far off from buying a new tv it did not make sense to buy the converter box. We were planning to get a new tv with our tax return so we just went ahead and got it knowing our return will be here this week! We got a great deal because there was a sale and the tv we wanted was the floor model so we got an even bigger deal!

Today we took a walk after church and each got a doughnut at Dunkin Doughnuts! It was a nice treat. After we got home Josh built a fort and he and Norah played in it awhile. I rearranged Norah's bedroom while they were playing! I love to move furniture around! (Check out Josh's blog for more in depth coverage of the fort! Click here.)

That was pretty much it! Josh is making peanut butter cookies now and I am watching Extreme Makeover!

On to the pictures...

Norah loves to dump out her books from her nice organized book basket and sit in it and then read her books. I think she looks so cute it the basket.

And another similar shot from a different day.

I do not know if all cities are the same, but in Chicago all of the museums are required to have 52 free days to receive a certain amount of funding. We took advantage of one of these free days at The Museum of Science and Industry. I did not really take pictures while we were there though, but afterwards we went to a little restaurant for lunch and Norah slept through the whole thing. I think she looks so funny all bundled up and sleeping.

We went to some friends house to watch the Super Bowl! Norah was more interested in the dog cage though. She was not happy to have to come out of it and leave at the end of the night.

Last weekend we went to Canton, Ohio for Adam and Carrie's baby shower. They are expecting their first little one at the end of March. We could not be more excited for them!
Here is the present pile.

Carrie's sister Amanda and her mom did all of the decorating. Amanda was the designer of it all. It was amazing! The theme was Pea in a Pod and it was the most consistent themed shower I have ever seen.

One of the food items were these little pea pods which were so cute!

Here is Carrie opening little hand made booties from her grandma!

I made this little hat for baby Babcock!
We test drove it on one of the twins that was in attendance!

Later that night we went to a friends and Norah ended up in a penguin costume!
Not sure how that happened but she looked cute!

This is Norah trying her best to be "gentle" with the twins!

Norah's hair has been a bit crazy lately. She has curls in the back which we love, but after a nap they quickly turn into corn rows or it teases way out and sticks up everywhere.

Here is Babs pushing Norah in the baby jogger on our walk.

This is Norah and I friday morning before I wet to work and she went to daycare. Her nanny is wonderful! I love talking with her everyday when I pick up Norah. She is so cute because she sent invitations to all of the kids to invite them to a Valentines Day party on friday at daycare and she would be providing the lunch! The invitations were so cute and they said to wear pink or red. Well Norah happened to have Valentines pj's that she could get one more wear out of them. They have a big pink heart on the butt, which I forgot to get a picture of, but we also had a little hat with hearts on it too!

The feet of the pj's are my favorite part!

So they had cheese pizza, milk and doughnuts for the V-day party!
It was a huge success for the kids. I was sad I could not attend!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures!

On my own

Have you ever heard that song from Les Miserables? Oh I love it, but that's not what I'm referring to.

So, I started on my own at work two fridays ago. It's been good, but as with any new job, there is adjustment. I have a whole new set of co-workers to get to know and learn their personalities and they will be learning mine. That's actually been good. I think I can fit it pretty quickly with people. Once my initial shyness wears off.

I think the biggest thing is that the pace is so fast! Nothing that I have ever been used to before. It is good in a lot of ways because the day goes by so quickly. I only get a 30 minute lunch break, but have found myself working through most of them. Some days it's 1:30pm before I even realize that I have not had my lunch yet.

Even though I have had hospice experience in the past every hospice is different. I am familiar with the setting, but there is definitely alot to learn.

I meet once a week with a woman who is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker). This is to work towards becoming an LCSW myself. I am only an LSW (Licensed Social Worker) now. Basically you need to have so many hours of supervision with an LCSW, 3000 hours of hands on clinical experience and then you have to take the board exam again, but it is a little more focused on different areas then the LSW exam....so, that will take about two years to do all of that. Not looking forward to exam again, but no need to stress about it now.

I asked Josh the other day if he thinks my overall attitude in life has changed since I started this job and as I was finishing the question and looking up at him he was already shaking his head yes very affirmatively! (Is that a word?) It was really funny! I laughed out loud. I felt like I noticed a difference in myself so it was nice to know that I was not making things up. ;)

I think this sudden warm up in Chicago has been wonderful too! Today I drove home, parked my car and walked to pick up Norah from daycare...that is not something I would typically do! I made sure to send Josh a text message to let him know of this life changing event in my life!

So, there's an update on things. Sorry no pictures of Norah...just feeling lazy about uploading.

She has been a little more snugly with us when we are with other people and more easily upset, especially in the evenings...I think she is getting her back teeth in and that is causing discomfort and she is also smack dab in the middle of the separation anxiety stage (12-18 months). Can't say I mind when she screams with joy when she sees me and wraps around my legs and will not let anyone else hold her. Expect Josh. It's fun!

Josh is doing really well in his classes. It's nice to see him enjoying it alot. I think I would cry every day if I had to take his classes! He thrives in this setting and is so excited about it. Although last night we were talking to a friend who is petitioning for PhD spots at U of C and other places and the process seems a little scary. This time next year Josh will be doing it. We will know in a year from now where we will be for the next chunk of time (possibly 6-8 years)...we are hoping for here...I think. :) I could go to a warmer place though, but we will see!

PS, I am so thankful for spell check...although I am sure my posts would be more entertaining if I just left my original draft!

New Year's and lots more!

I have to say this was my favorite New Year's Eve celebration in quite some time. The reason being is because I got a job offer!!!! I am officially a hospice social worker!!!! Yeah!!!

It's been fun because literally it has been about 10 years ago that I first heard of hospice as a freshman in college. The day I heard about it, I'm pretty sure I went home and told my college roommates that I would work for a hospice someday.

I loved the organization and everything they were about. I wanted to be a part of it and so I became a hospice volunteer. I loved this perspective on life that I had as a college student taking a few hours out of my week to go and sit with hospice patients while their caretakers went to get groceries or to get their hair done.

I had one patient that I really enjoyed spending time with. He was a sweet sweet little man and his wife was even sweeter! I loved being in their little apartment. Not too much happened. We just sat quietly in the living room together. Sometimes we would talk and sometimes we wouldn't. We didn't watch tv or listen to the radio. We just sat together and listened to the oxygen machine drone. It was such a change from my crazy life on campus with my roommates! ;)

After I graduated and worked for three years in Pittsburgh I finally applied to grad school which took some proding from some good friends and family. I did not think I would be accepted or if I got accepted I did not think I could do it part time and still work. I had every excuse.

I actually thrived in grad school. I got the best grades I had ever had. My advisor was awesome! He helped me finish the program sooner than I thought and he was such an encouragement through my whole time there with working part-time, getting engaged during mid-terms, moving an hour away and then getting pregnant!!! I can't believe I had good grades through all of that!

I loved my field placements with the two hospice programs that I worked with in PA. I learned so much from the people that I observed and worked with everyday.

This truly is a dream come true for me. I told a friend today on the phone that I am finally doing what I was created to do!

So, thanks for listening to all of my reminishing. On to the details. I work for Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care. They have an inpatient unit at a hospital on the south side of Chicago, which is where we live. The hospital is called Holy Cross Hospital. We have a whole wing of a floor that is for our hospice patients only that need some extra help with symptoms that may be out of control, respite for their caretakers and other things that might come up. It is busy enough to need a full time social worker and that is what they are getting! I can't wait to begin on the unit!

My orientation started on thursday (the 8th). I will be in orientation/training until Jan. 30th and then I am on my own on the unit! I am so thankful for the in depth training this organization provides. I feel very confident that I have the support of the organization and can do a good job with how well they are preparing me.

It's so funny because usually orientation is boring, but I love it!!! I love talking about the different components of the team and learning Seasons angle on things!

Well, I'm sure that you have heard enough about the job! On to more important things like pictures of Norah.

We drove to Madison, WI on New Year's Eve weekend, which is where Josh's oldest brother and sister-in-law live, Tim and Marisa and their dog Bailey.

Norah loves Bailey. I think Norah started to get on Bailey's nerves by the end because she got so much attention. Bailey just took it in stride and exited the room if Norah was running around crazy!

We went to a resturant for lunch one of the days. Marisa offered to be on Norah duty. Norah was being very sweet and I thought this was a cute picture!

Uncle Tim decided that since he missed Norah's actual birthday he was going to make her a cake and hand decorate it!

Here are the two of them with the final product!

In case you are wondering what is on the cake, it is the Quake symbol, which is a video game that Tim liked from when he was younger. It was great!

Norah enjoyed that cake!

One of the nights we were there some Madison friends came over and Marisa put the beer in the cooler and loaded it up with some extra snow that they found in Madison!

We came home sunday night because Josh started classes again on monday. Here are he and Norah getting back into the grind of studying!

I spent monday and tuesday with Norah visiting my former co-workers! None of them had met Norah before so it was really fun to take her to meet them. Unfortunately I did not get any pictures with anyone.

Norah did fall completely asleep on the bus on tuesday when we went downtown to Rush University. I thought she looked so peaceful so I snapped a picture!

In our time together at home Norah threw our remote for the computer inside the depths of one of her toys. I tried for about 10 minutes to get this thing out and then ended up taking the toy apart to get the remote out!

Norah has also started drinking from a straw! I think it's so cute! She loves it and it's a great way to get her to drink more water! The cup is from my grandparents. We used to use them when we went on vacation with them in their trailer when we went camping!

She's so big!!!