Pete and Repeat Take on the Windy City

We went to visit my best friend, her hubs, and Toots, up in the Windy City for EZ’s birthday weekend. And we had soooo much fun.

We had a little trouble getting out of the dirty south, due to some crazy fog… which was followed up by some crazy hot temperatures (70’s all weekend). It was a little nuts, sitting in the airport for four hours waiting to take off. And JZ was not at all fired up about the idea of trying to nap with the regular hustle and bustle of an airport going on around him. But we handled it all surprisingly well. We thought we would be in Chicago with plenty of time to get to Toot’s house before Jack would be ready for lunch (well, we knew we could push it back with a bottle and some Cheerios) but we weren’t expecting quite the delay… so I ended up having to bite off small pieces of a banana and feed it to him. Whatever works, right?

Friday night we headed over to Jay and Jason’s for the holiday party – minus two little boys, who stayed at home with the babysitter. Lots of yummy food and drinks! That was a lot of fun and we even got to meet the last remaining Shrub fan left in the country. We gave him a brand new bumper sticker for his collection.

After the party the hubs were both tuckered out, so Andrea and I went out with her friend Jay and some of his friends – which was crazy fun. We stumbled in very very late and suffered the next day, but it was well worth it!

Saturday we slept in and then headed downtown for a late lunch and some shopping on Michigan Ave. Man, I forgot how much I love Chicago. The weather was perfect… not too cold and the lights were so pretty. And soo many people. Crazy people. Thank goodness the guys weren’t up for shopping and decided to take the kiddies back so we could wander aimlessly through H&M without having to part the red sea of people with the strollers. That and I was ready to melt down worrying about how Jack would handle the crowds etc. as we approached his blessed bedtime.

Of course we ended the night perfectly with some Chicago style pizza! Yummy! So much fun! Can’t wait to go back for our next visit.