Happy 9 months

Chicago & Boston 2013

With Jack's 5th flight, we safely made it to Boston (Brandon lost his luggage going into Chicago, me into Boston...but both were safely delivered the next day!) 

Chicago, or Chi-town, is amazing! You have a smaller NYC-esque city next to this gorgeous crystal blue ginormous lake, Lake Michigan. There are miles of lake front parks, complete with sandy beaches next to the tallest skyscrapers in America! I didn't want to leave. Although I heard the weather in the winter can leave much to be desired! In one city, the temp can span over 100 degrees during the year! Crazy. And it's not named the Windy City for nothing, added to the winter temps, brrrrrrrrrr :)

So we had a great 4 nights in the city. Explored downtown a lot: saw the silver bean, went up the Sears' (now Willis') Tower to look at the view from 104 stories high, took a 90 minute architecture boat tour of the skyscrapers along the Chicago River, saw the waterfront, ate at some great restaurants (including buying some deep dish pizza), celebrated Adam & Krista's wedding and Tom & Christine's 1st anniversary. 

I just spent my first full day at my Grandparents' cottage on the Boston Harbor water! Jack has taken 2 full naps, as I type this he has been sound asleep on my chest for almost 2 hours. With 4 full days in Chicago and a fun day chasing crabs in Boston, he is worn out!! But, he is a great traveler. He knows that good boys get to travel and have fun!! And he never cried once on the planes...just had many admirers ogle over him :) 

Can't wait to show him Natasket Beach tomorrow.