We talked to my folks last night when we got home, and they asked Aiden when he was coming back to visit and he replied with what could've been his first sorta sentence (other than "bye bye gigi"), by very clearly saying, "I'll be right back!"
We started the trip by tagging along with J on his conference to Chicago where we had a great time visiting some of my best friends. I'm going to steal tidbits from my friend's email since she did such an awesome job explaining our chicago fun:
"we had a great weekend with the brennans! we ate our way through the neighborhoods of chicago. thursday night we went to ed debevic's, the cheesy diner that lauren and i used to frequent on our model UN trips with HB. aiden loved bee-bopping to the music and playing with the paper hats. robyn, lauren and i piled into the photo booth for souvenir photos, just like high school:) friday we went out for deep dish pizza and had dessert at robyn's--a sundae bar! jon was nice enough to share his elmo ball and muppet movie with aiden.
saturday we checked out the farmers market and the butterfly exhibit at the nature museum, then shopped around and lunched on armitage where lauren spotted super cute sock monkeys and a matching night light for baby shank's nursery! last week i also bought super cute monkey-themed crib bedding so the nursery is slowly taking shape. we went to my hood for margie's milkshakes (amazing as usual!) then swung by my place for a quick tour of the new shiny bathroom. that night we had dinner at a hibachi place
sunday we brunched at the bongo room and sadly said goodbye--the weekend flew! luckily lauren will be jet-setting into town again for my shower that ms. robyn is throwing me in june:)"
Then here is more from an email I wrote - look at me saving time and boring the socks off the friends that have already received these emails ;) but the blog roll keeps it for-eva ;)
"Friday was a work day for everyone but Baby AB and I so we were sooo excited that the weather was so nice. We cruised to the Institute of Art which is awesome. Aiden charmed all the security guards as he cruised around looking for as many horses as he could find. Then we found out that they have this awesome touch gallery where there are kiddie exhibits. Then I decided that it was so nice we should take a long walk to the Navy Pier to go the Children's Museum. Unfortunately, even though he'd already had a morning nap, Aiden was so relaxed that he fell asleep on the way there, so we didn't end up visiting the Children's Museum. Instead, I cruised around inside this awesome speciality grocery that Robyn really likes Fox and Obel... they were handing out jelly beans ;) So you can't beat sweet treats and a sunny day.
Since AB was up pretty early and stayed up pretty late (the time change and the excitement (aka. ice cream) really wacked him out), we were out and about pretty early most mornings. We had a great visit to the awesome aquarium before the farmer's market too. It was a really full trip and the city really spoiled us a bit by waiting to snow until after we left. Aiden spoiled us by being so, so good on BOTH flights - even when I was by myself with him on the full flight to Ohio."
J left us to come home to teach and then head to another conference in Vancouver, so we had a nice full week in Ohio with my family. Everybody spoiled Aiden with new toys galore and he was in heaven with a new toy or book in his hand all the time. We got out as much as we could (I was happy that the snow didn't stick around more than about 24 hours). Here are some tidbits:
We hit the mall for the bunny train (3 rides total with mom, lizzy, and gran) and the playzone.
We flew kites 4 times (and even got two new awesome airplane kites).
We checked out the library kids rhyme time program (which rocked).
We visited and loved the local Ohio Gymboree on our international membership.
We got to visit Robyn (A was so excited to see her again!) and her adorable little nephew.
We nibbled some of Auntie Liz's new cookie of the month.
We ate pancakes - willoughby's best and cinnamon chip from Bob's! - and of course, rejuvenated the Breakfast Club with Uncle Billy.
We decorated eggs and Aiden loved marker-ing and sticker-ing them.
We played on the playground with Cassie dog and fan club cousins.
We drove through Eggshelland to see the thousands of enameled eggs laid out on the lawn to form zoo animals.
I shopped around for some fun things to wear at all the fun upcoming showers/work events.
I caught up with an old friend from my space camp days that I hadn't seen in about 13 years.
I got to go to pottery class with my sister and make a wavy bowl with grapes and vines around the inside edge.
I also got to try on bridesmaids dresses for September and they were all adorable.
Photos are coming soon...
I missed my baby boy terribly today when I was back at work! It's so, so nice to spend such a big chunk of QT with my little guy and my family. We miss you and we wish we could "be right back!" Thanks for everything!
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