We had a guest speaker at our church this weekend. He needed a ride back to Chicago on Sunday, and Daniel has 2 weeks of vacation to use. So I thought we should take this opportunity to take a mini-vacation. So I thought we could stay in Chicago for a few days and hang out.
And let me tell you, this was not a good idea.
- First, Nathan decided to start getting his second tooth the morning we were leaving. So he screamed alot of the 3 hour drive to Chicago. At one point we had to just stop becuase he was inconsolable. Let me tell you the guest in our car loves us :).
- Next, we had a brain fart when we booked the hotel. Daniel booked a great hotel downtown Chicago. We forgot when we did this, that we had a baby. We arrived at the hotel that had no parking, unloaded our ridiculous amount of luggage onto the sidewalk (see the sentence above about us having a baby = lots and lots of stuff.)
- Then there was no one to help us with our luggage, and we couldn't keep the car on the street, we just looked at each other as our blood pressure rose.
- Where should we go to dinner? Oh, let's go to Navy Pier, it's not a far walk. Again, I forgot we had a baby. The map only said it was a mile. I didn't factor in the high winds off of the lake and that it was now 45 degrees out. Half-way there Daniels flip-flop wearing feet went numb and ears started burning. At this point he suggested to me that we just go home.
- We got to Navy Pier, only a 45 minute wait at the restaurant. Nathan was a champ though, he was out of his cranky mood by now and he is a great waiter. He really likes people watching.
Here he is playing with daddy.
-Some strangers thought he was so cute, they took his picture.
- At dinner Nathan found drink coasters and a straw that kept him busy most of the time.
- Then I realized that I didn't have my nursing cover with me, so I had to use my zebra print coat to cover up while nursing in the restaurant. The Grandmother at the table across from us was not amused. But Nathan was quite, and we were full so we just sat and talked.
Day 1- the end.
And let me tell you, this was not a good idea.
- First, Nathan decided to start getting his second tooth the morning we were leaving. So he screamed alot of the 3 hour drive to Chicago. At one point we had to just stop becuase he was inconsolable. Let me tell you the guest in our car loves us :).
- Next, we had a brain fart when we booked the hotel. Daniel booked a great hotel downtown Chicago. We forgot when we did this, that we had a baby. We arrived at the hotel that had no parking, unloaded our ridiculous amount of luggage onto the sidewalk (see the sentence above about us having a baby = lots and lots of stuff.)
- Then there was no one to help us with our luggage, and we couldn't keep the car on the street, we just looked at each other as our blood pressure rose.
- Where should we go to dinner? Oh, let's go to Navy Pier, it's not a far walk. Again, I forgot we had a baby. The map only said it was a mile. I didn't factor in the high winds off of the lake and that it was now 45 degrees out. Half-way there Daniels flip-flop wearing feet went numb and ears started burning. At this point he suggested to me that we just go home.
- We got to Navy Pier, only a 45 minute wait at the restaurant. Nathan was a champ though, he was out of his cranky mood by now and he is a great waiter. He really likes people watching.
Here he is playing with daddy.
-Some strangers thought he was so cute, they took his picture.
- At dinner Nathan found drink coasters and a straw that kept him busy most of the time.
- Then I realized that I didn't have my nursing cover with me, so I had to use my zebra print coat to cover up while nursing in the restaurant. The Grandmother at the table across from us was not amused. But Nathan was quite, and we were full so we just sat and talked.
Day 1- the end.
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