On July 16, Jordan and I will celebrate 8 years of marriage! Our wedding was amazingly fun… we’re so lucky so many friends and family were able to celebrate with us. But, we feel even luckier now, 8 years in with 2 adorable, healthy kiddos.
Grandma and Grandpa wanted to visit, so we took advantage and planned a long day/evening date. I told Natalie about their visit, and since she’s still developing a sense of timing, she’s woken up asking where they are. After nap on Friday, I heard her tell her nanny that she needed to get ready for when Daddy, Mama, Grandma and Grandpa were coming. Then, when I told her later on Friday that they weren’t going to be able to come until Saturday because of an emergency at Grandpa’s work, she said “That makes me sad.” This morning, she woke up expecting to see them too. By the time they got here at 9am (which meant a 5:45 departure for them… amazing, as Natalie is the only one that can get my mom up that early!), Natalie was cheering! “Woo hoo… Grandma and Grandpa!” I’m so thankful we’re only 3.5 hours away from them.
We had a great outing to one of Natalie’s favorite parks this morning. The 3 boys were chilling on a park bench in the shade……
Hey… yeah, I’m supposed to be sleeping now, but we just got to the park. What do you expect, Mom?
Jordan and I went on an almost 20-mile bike ride down the Lake Shore path… reminiscent of our 5-year anniversary, when we did the same ride but started in Evanston! We also stopped by Taste of Chicago.
We came home for awhile and then left the 4 amigos, watching Dora after a very busy day…
This is obviously my “Hurry-up-and-leave-so-I-can-watch-Dora” smile.
We went to Girl in the Goat, a trendy restaurant where you have to book a reservation 3 months in advance. It was a super fun night out!
Thanks for a wonderful anniversary!