A Weekend in Chi-Town

This past weekend Ed had to go to Chicago for work and Nico and I tagged along. Chicago is such an amazing city and we were so happy to be able to share Daddy's hometown with the little man.

Traveling by plane with an infant is a whole new world for this Mommy! While there are lots and rules and regulations to follow, Nico traveled very well. He ate as the plane took off and desended, slept half of the two and half hour flight and played the rest of the time. There was no crying or cranky boys on this flight!




Once we landed in Chicago we checked in to our fabulous hotel, the Swissotel found in the middle of downtown Chicago. We were pleasantly surprised that our extra large room was up high on the 25th floor and had an awesome view!

View of Navy Pier with the giant Ferris Wheel is and the of the Chicago river.

View of Lake Michigan with LOTS of saliboats.

A peek of Millenium Park

A clear shot of Buckingham Fountain.

Nico chillin on the giant hotel bed!

And Nico trying to get some work done before going out on the town!

While in the windy city Nico was able to meet some of Daddy's family. Here he is with Rocco, Chris and cousins Alicia and Michelina, both of whom were very excited to meet the cutest baby in the world!






We just couldn't leave town without making a stop at Wrigley Field! Nico had his first baseball game experience! With Daddy being a die hard Cubs fan and Mommy having grown up loving the Houston Astros, it was just perfect that the two teams were playing each other while we were in town. With some help from Aunt Shae, we managed to fenagle an original, one of a kind uniform or Nico. It was half Cubs and half Stros!






While Daddy had to work Saturday morning, Nico and Mommy had a blast walking miles and miles around downtown taking in all the sites and soaking up the hustle and bustle of the city! Later that same day we walked this time with Daddy up and down MIchigan Aveneue, had a great native Chi-town lunch and then hopped on a water taxi to Navy pier and Nico rode his first ferris wheel! This gigantic ferris wheel at Navy Pier boardwalk gives you an excellent view of the skyline of Chicago and Lake Michigan.




We will miss Chicago, but hopefully it won't be long until we are back in the windy city!