Wrigley Field Trip
Last weekend in honor of Brad's Birthday (coming up May 1st) we traveled down to Chicago to see a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Friday we relaxed at my cousins' Lisa, Jason & Ian Carriere's in Bartlett (a north Chicago suburb). Brad, Atticus and I drove over to a small zoo on Friday afternoon. Atticus walked by himself everywhere. 
Then we came back and played with the boys...Ian and Atticus got along very well despite poor Ian getting a yucky flu which kept him and his parents from coming with us to the game on Saturday. Everything came together for Ian and walking this weekend. We got to be there when he took off walking across the kitchen and then spent a lot of time practicing. It was so interesting seeing what different personalities our two boys have even as tiny people. They play differently and approach situations differently. You can almost see them thinking differently. I love the variety God builds into us.
Bekah drove over Friday night for supper and to hang out and see her nephew. 
Saturday morning Lisa & I went to a nearby town to look through a neat bookstore and have lunch at the attached deli/coffee shop. We had fun leaving the boys at home and having long uninterrupted stretches of conversation. (-: When we arrived back at the house, Bekah was there ready to go and we all headed to Addison for the ball game. On our way we got caught in a horrid traffic jam caused by the seriously wrong Illinois toll system -- due to work on the toll booths, traffic was reduced to two lanes and for what seemed like about two weeks we were stuck inching along. Meanwhile Ian threw up in Lisa and Jason's car right ahead of us. They pulled over and decided to abort the mission -- headed back home to get Ian cleaned up and in bed. Bekah, Brad, Atticus and I continued on our painfully slow way. We got to Addison around the second inning of the game, took a shuttle over to Wrigley. Bekah had fun with the sunblock in Atticus' hair. (-:
About five minutes after sitting down, a bird pooped on Bekah's head -- down the back of her hair and shirt. I went with her to get her cleaned up and made it back in time to see a home run hit.
Did you know that there are REAL people inside the Wrigley Field score board?! They change all the numbers and names manually. Isn't that cool. Do you know what isn't cool? The entire game I thought I was following so closely (as closely as you can when you get there late, you leave for an inning to help your sister get bird droppings cleaned off her head, and you are trying to maintain the happiness of your 11-month old son), only to find out I was reading the "hits" not the "score" the entire time. Well, anyway, the Cubs totally won 6-0 against their rivals St.Louis. Brad was happy even though he had a guy from St.Louis on his fantasy baseball line-up for the week.
The game day was so fun. They weather in the 70's. We left end of the 8th and had fun riding the bus back to our car -- I'd never been to that part of Chicago -- it is SO CHICAGO...super thin, tall houses with like 3 feet in between them -- no lawns. It was like a cross between Sesame Street and maybe Big Fat Greek Wedding in some undefined way. It was very festive with all these people celebrating the game on their front steps, in the streets, on roof tops. 
Sunday. My handsome Bradley....We went to church at Lisa & Jason's church -- College Church in Wheaton. It is also where my friend Jeff Wencel and his fiancee, Emily, are members. So we were able to meet Emily (for the first time) briefly (she had a previous commitment she needed to leave for) after the service. And then our friend Anna Englert drove in from Dekalb and we all had a long lunch at a nearby restaurant.
Last weekend in honor of Brad's Birthday (coming up May 1st) we traveled down to Chicago to see a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Friday we relaxed at my cousins' Lisa, Jason & Ian Carriere's in Bartlett (a north Chicago suburb). Brad, Atticus and I drove over to a small zoo on Friday afternoon. Atticus walked by himself everywhere. 
Then we came back and played with the boys...Ian and Atticus got along very well despite poor Ian getting a yucky flu which kept him and his parents from coming with us to the game on Saturday. Everything came together for Ian and walking this weekend. We got to be there when he took off walking across the kitchen and then spent a lot of time practicing. It was so interesting seeing what different personalities our two boys have even as tiny people. They play differently and approach situations differently. You can almost see them thinking differently. I love the variety God builds into us.
Bekah drove over Friday night for supper and to hang out and see her nephew. 
Saturday morning Lisa & I went to a nearby town to look through a neat bookstore and have lunch at the attached deli/coffee shop. We had fun leaving the boys at home and having long uninterrupted stretches of conversation. (-: When we arrived back at the house, Bekah was there ready to go and we all headed to Addison for the ball game. On our way we got caught in a horrid traffic jam caused by the seriously wrong Illinois toll system -- due to work on the toll booths, traffic was reduced to two lanes and for what seemed like about two weeks we were stuck inching along. Meanwhile Ian threw up in Lisa and Jason's car right ahead of us. They pulled over and decided to abort the mission -- headed back home to get Ian cleaned up and in bed. Bekah, Brad, Atticus and I continued on our painfully slow way. We got to Addison around the second inning of the game, took a shuttle over to Wrigley. Bekah had fun with the sunblock in Atticus' hair. (-:
About five minutes after sitting down, a bird pooped on Bekah's head -- down the back of her hair and shirt. I went with her to get her cleaned up and made it back in time to see a home run hit.
Did you know that there are REAL people inside the Wrigley Field score board?! They change all the numbers and names manually. Isn't that cool. Do you know what isn't cool? The entire game I thought I was following so closely (as closely as you can when you get there late, you leave for an inning to help your sister get bird droppings cleaned off her head, and you are trying to maintain the happiness of your 11-month old son), only to find out I was reading the "hits" not the "score" the entire time. Well, anyway, the Cubs totally won 6-0 against their rivals St.Louis. Brad was happy even though he had a guy from St.Louis on his fantasy baseball line-up for the week.
The game day was so fun. They weather in the 70's. We left end of the 8th and had fun riding the bus back to our car -- I'd never been to that part of Chicago -- it is SO CHICAGO...super thin, tall houses with like 3 feet in between them -- no lawns. It was like a cross between Sesame Street and maybe Big Fat Greek Wedding in some undefined way. It was very festive with all these people celebrating the game on their front steps, in the streets, on roof tops. 
Sunday. My handsome Bradley....We went to church at Lisa & Jason's church -- College Church in Wheaton. It is also where my friend Jeff Wencel and his fiancee, Emily, are members. So we were able to meet Emily (for the first time) briefly (she had a previous commitment she needed to leave for) after the service. And then our friend Anna Englert drove in from Dekalb and we all had a long lunch at a nearby restaurant.
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