Ryan, my older brother, called us a couple of weeks ago with this great idea to meet up at our aunt's house in Chicago. Since I only had 5 weeks left until my due date we planned the trip for the following weekend, Memorial Day. We made the six hour drive to Chicago last Sunday. The trip was so fun and though I was nervous to travel so late in the pregnancy everything went great. Thanks to Ryan's ambitious personality we got to see a lot in such a short amount of time.
Memorial day we spent at the race track. I know what you are all thinking, we go to tracks a lot at home, why would we go while we are on vacation? The only answer I can give you is that my husband is obsessed with the industry and was able to talk everyone into going to Arlington Park Race Course. Really, the weather was great and everyone had a great time.
The gang. Cousins Steve and Cara, Uncle Rich, Aunt Ann, Roo, Ryan, Lucy and us
Tuesday we let Mac take a morning nap and then went downtown in the late afternoon. We did a little shopping and that night we went to the Cubs game. It was freezing. Luckily Aunt Ann made us take gloves, hats and a jacket for Drew. We wouldn't have lasted ten minutes at the game if it wasn't for her. We had to buy Mac pants and I signed up for a credit card and got a free blanket in hopes of warming Mac up. We bundled him up and he slept most of the game. I think him and Lucy were two of five babies in the whole stadium. Stupid tourists.
Wednesday we woke up and caught the 9:10 train to downtown. First stop... Memorial park. Mac loved the giant metallic "Bean."
The best part of the trip was that Roo and I won a drawing that allowed us to buy 6th row tickets to Wicked for only $25! To make things even better the boys took the babies so we could enjoy it. We owe them big time. While we were relaxing in the theater Drew and Ry walked all around the city and took a water taxi out to Navy Pier. As you can see Mac got his afternoon nap in Drew's arms.
After, we met up with Ryan's mission companion Brandon who took us to a yummy restaurant where we had the best Chicago pizza.
Mac pulling Drew's hair.
Sweet babes with their matching binkies.Lucy and Mac did so great the whole trip besides the train ride home that night. Lucy cried (not bad) and Mac ran around screaming from excitement and frustration (bad). We got some nasty glares and overheard funny comments from the other passengers. Drew and I both agreed that the hour train ride home was the low of the trip:)
