VACATION...

I LOVE being on vacation...it's great not having a schedule and just doing whatever we want whenever we want!!! Vacation started for us yesterday afternoon. We left Toledo and headed over to the lake so we could spend the night and then get up this morning and head to Chicago. It was nice being at the lake last night, Jeff got to spend lots of time playing in the sand...his favorite thing, we ordered some pizza, and just relaxed. It was a nice treat to be up there on a Wednesday night instead of only for the weekend.

This morning we were up at a decent time but took our time getting out of the house. I forgot to bring food for breakfast, smart huh, so Nick took Jeff to McDonald's and got somethings for us to eat. We packed ourselves up and headed over to Chicago. It was a great car ride, no problems at all. We arrived in Chicago and headed right to Shedd's Aquarium. It was okay, but honestly we weren't that impressed with it, and we were kind of disappointed that we spent the money on it. It was gorgeous here, bright sunshine, so instead of waiting until tomorrow to go to the zoo, we headed there today. We had such a great time. The Lincoln Park Zoo is amazing and FREE to get into to. We were there for 3 hours...walked everywhere. Amazing how different zoos can be. This zoo was pretty much all outdoors and the exhibits were amazing. I'm so glad that we spent some time there today.

When we got in the car, Jeff was out in a few minutes I think. It was perfect because we didn't know where the hotel was so we drove around for awhile looking for it. I felt bad when we got out of the car. Jeff was so tired and in a horrible mood. He was crying and wanting to go home, asking for Grandme...it was not fun and I didn't know if we were going to be able to stay or not. Luckily I got some food in his belly and we were all good! We headed out to ESPN to have dinner, it was okay...I think I would of rather had something else, just because we are in a unique city, but Nick had a good time, so that's what is important. We came back to the hotel and went swimming. I was so happy that Jeff wasn't afraid of the water. He got right in, splashing & kicking...it was lots of fun.

Right now I'm trying to keep up with everything and uploading videos and pictures, Nick is watching a movie, and Jeff is sleeping peacefully in the next room. I'm tired and ready for bed, but looking forward to what tomorrow is going to bring!!!

Enjoying the lake!

He had sand all over him...but still was giggling!

The zoo had a John Deere tractor...Jeff was so excited to get to sit in it.

Driving the big tractor!

Jeff petting a rooster...

Daddy & Jeff sitting for their picture. I needed a new picture for my office!