It feels like we were gone for so long, but really it was only 9 days. I don't think it helped that the days before leaving for the trip (you know, those crazy days of cleaning, packing, preparing) we were sick with the stomach flu. But we left on time Friday June 11th and headed for Chicago for my friend’s baby shower. We made the 12 hour drive (despite a tired mommy who just had the flu on Thursday) and arrived at a fancy Marriott in downtown Chicago. (Mario flew to Chicago for work). The kids really enjoyed the city and I wish we could have stayed longer.
Saturday during the shower, Mario and the kids went with Jeff and his son Joseph to Two Toots (a fun restaurant where they serve hot dogs and hamburgers on a train the runs around all the tables. Sheila and Joseph (almost 3) were really cute together.
Sunday, Mario flew to NY and I drove with the kids to St. Louis. I learned that you are contagious with a stomach bug even after you feel better since I got my friend Emily and her son Joseph sick, my mom and my sister. I’m not certain they will invite us back again. J The kids and I had fun in St. Louis with the Keppel family, and my Grandma was visiting too.
Then Thursday we headed to ND for my cousin’s wedding. The rehearsal dinner was at Fiddler’s Hearth (an Irish pub). Sheila is definitely Irish - she can’t help but dance when she hears music and was compelled to climb on the table and start dancing there too. The wedding was fun, and it was nice to reminisce about our own wedding at the Basilica almost 7 years ago.
We arrived 11pm Saturday night (after buying some fireworks for our 4th of July celebration) and spent most of Sunday relaxing and enjoying our family. We did get out to see Toy Story 3 which was really cute. I’m so excited that we will be seeing so many family members very soon!
