A Girl's World

Monday, July 21, 2014

Audrey Lately~Summer Lovin' Edition

Visiting KK

Back in June, we took a road trip to visit Aunt Karen or "KK" as Audrey likes to call her. She took us to the really cool children's museum on the Baylor campus in Waco.

What in the world is that on the floor behind Nana and Audrey?

We also visited the Fort Worth Zoo. Audrey kissed the crocodile and about gave me a heart attack.

Nothing says summer like a visit to the sno-cone stand.

When in the country, you rock the sweaty baby to sleep on the swing on the front porch.

Monday, June 23, 2014

Date Weekend in Chicago

Neal was in Chicago for a conference for this past week so I flew out on Friday to have some mommy/daddy time. All great trips start with a selfie.

When I arrived at the airport bright and early on Friday, I ran into this guy. We don't see Justin often since they live on the other side of town but fancy running into him at the airport. They were headed to Cozumel which made me slightly jealous.

The buildings in Chicago are breathtaking. Makes the Houston skyline look like little buildings on a Monopoly board.

One of the highlights of our trip was the architecture boat tour along the Chicago River which runs straight through downtown. It was so interesting learning about the history of all the buildings.

Obligatory trip to the "Bean" sculpture. This might be the happiest place in Chicago. It was awesome to see the joy in everyone who was taking pictures and making silly faces. That little girl in the bottom of the picture cracks me up.

A "must do" on our list was to have deep dish Chicago pizza. This monstrosity did not disappoint. It took about an hour to cook but was well worth it. Basically the whole inside of the pizza is filled with cheese.

We also tooted around town on these bikes that we rented. It was all fun and games until we were stuck about 3 miles from downtown with a thunderstorm rolling in. We made it about half way back and then threw in the towel and caught a cab.

These "talking heads" were really cool too.

We'll definitely be back to visit Chicago. Next time with Audrey since there's actually a lot for kids to do too. As much fun as we had, we missed Audrey like crazy. It was priceless when we got back and she said "mommy!" when she saw us.