Vacation!!!!

So I've been a terrible blog updater, but I have a good excuse that will probably be better explained in future posts once all the projects are done and picture-worthy. We have been busy this summer making our house "baby-ready" and finally doing some other improvement jobs that we've been meaning to do for a long time. We also managed to squeeze in a Midwestern Tour Vacation to Chicago, Iowa, and Kansas City last month. Here are a few highlights:

Dustin and I about to take a boat tour of the Chicago River for my birthday...he continued to randomly say "I'm on a boat" the rest of the night. The tour was actually very cool and the guide was probably the smartest guy in Chicago. I swear he knew everything about every single building we passed! The only down side was that the tour was at night...which in Chicago in June is still pretty cold!



My favorite place in Chicago, where we got to see the Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins. I like to think they knew I was there and that's the reason they won, because they were not doing a lot of winning at the time! And yes, I have the best husband in the world...even though he is a die hard Cardinals fan, he still sported a Cubs shirt for me!

My family got together and threw us a small couples baby shower/BBQ while we were in Iowa. I loved it because I got to see all of my family and a couple of my good friends from high school were able to come too:

Just a couple of many too-cute outfits! I know babies get a ridiculous amount of clothes but I didn't realize just how much they get until we were packing it all in the car!




Me and my old Indianola friends...we go waaaaaaay back! Katie (on the far left) had her baby girl Haley about 5 days after this!





Our final stop on the Midwestern Tour was in Kansas City, where we went to 2 St. Louis Cardinals games (to make up for the 1 Cubs game that I dragged Dustin to). We definitely got our money's worth at these games- the Cardinals won both and his favorite player, Albert Pujols, hit a home run for him.

We had a great time on vacation and it could not have come at a more perfect time! Coming back, we were faced with the more harsh reality of work, baby-room painting, work, and bathroom remodeling. More pics to come...