This week has been hectic, and while I'm bone tired, I'm grateful to have the perspective on how wonderful our trip was.
I'd just like to say that this trip wouldn't have been possible without my amazing, generous, patient, intensely helpful mother-in-law, who watched not only our girls for 3 days, but also our puppy, who is not yet house trained. Oh, and we've had workers at our house for 2 weeks putting up new siding. She put up with that as well, including the day they cut through a pipe on accident.
(Also, can we just note that the previous owners did not have the house tyvek wrapped before putting the siding up? These guys have had to replace a ton of rotted plywood. I can't tell you how good it feels to have this done.)
If Nana isn't up for sainthood, I don't know who is!
Did I mention that we had an amazing weekend? Well, we did. It was completely and entirely the best 3 days Aleks and I have spent together in a long time.
Don't let my crappy iPhone pictures distract you from fact that each day was so fabulous it was if there were butterflies fluttering and birds singing while the sun provided perfect lighting for all our adventures.
Due to delays and connections, we almost didn't make it to Chicago the night we had planned. Thankfully, my husband knows his way around a travel app and how to sweet talk the Delta employees. Magically we made it to our hotel just before midnight.
The weather was perfect and the view from our hotel reminded me how much I love city life.
After a late breakfast we walked around a bit and enjoyed being schedule free.
Then we saw some very dear friends and their new baby!
Who happens to look just like his sister.
And also happens to love me. If love looks like falling asleep in someone's arms.
We got pedicures together and it was a really great idea. Aleks always talks about how much he loves getting pedicures, but we figured out that he hasn't had one since we've been married.
We told the girls we might bring them a gift from the American Girl Store. After being unable to find anything under a thousand dollars, we left empty handed. They got shoes from the Disney store instead. Which were too small for Ruby. So, womp womp.
Anyway, we had reservations at Rick Bayless' Topolobampo, which we were really excited about.
Two years ago we went to Frontera and saw Rick Bayless, himself! This time Rick was in L.A., but it was an amazing dinner.
7 courses with wine tastings for each course. (I didn't get a picture of the first course, which was actually my favorite, a shrimp cerviche.)
I'm still full.
Seriously.
Somehow we managed to make it back to our hotel without bursting at the seams and then met up with some old friends (they're not old, we've just known them for awhile) for drinks.
And then the next morning we slept in until 9(!) and I believe the last time I did that was eleven years ago.
Then ate some more and browsed a record store before heading to the airport.
We got home after the girls were in bed, but we had a happy reunion the next morning.
I've been kind of a pain to live with this week. Stressed out and almost manic with everything that needs to be done. This guy has been the best. Patient with me and taking my sometimes misplaced urgency in stride. He's up for sainthood too.
I'll be storing up the memories of this weekend for a long time to come.
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