Chicago

These photos were taken on our trip to Chicago (piggybacking the Michigan trips). These are out a little out of order, sorry.


Here's Hannah at Gino's East Pizza! A place where it is OK (and slightly encouraged) to write on the walls :) A perfect place for kids! Someone already wrote Hannah Banana on the wall near the entrance, so we just stood her under it and took a photo instead of trying to find our own blank spot to write her name. She can't write yet anyway! hee hee


She LOVES the pizza, by the way! She takes after her mommy and daddy. No pizza compares to Chicago deep dish. YUMMY!





Picking out some bling bling at Tiffany on Michigan Avenue. . .she's so spoiled! She likes shiny things and has VERY expensive taste! Her husband will not know what he's getting himself into. . . I feel sorry for him--whoever he is!

NOT happy that we interrupted her exploration of Michigan Avenue and shopping to stop and take a photo.



She has other plans: "OK, fine, I'll just take Mommy's purse and go shopping by MYSELF then! Sheesh! "

Lovely face, I know. But that's me wrestling her for my purse! She's STRONG! ha ha

Learning how to throw pennies into the fountain to make a wish. . .can you read her mind? I can!

Penny #1: "I wish they would buy me some more pizza, a few more rides on the carousel, and a necklace from Tiffany!"

Penny #2: "I wish I could climb into the fountain and go for a swim!"

Penny #3: "I wish grandpa had more pennies. . ."

What do you mean you are out of change!?!? Hummmpf

Bopbop lets her pick out an American Girl doll, and the one she picked looks like her! I don't know who was more excited about her going to that store to get a doll. . .Hannah or Bopbop! In fact she fell asleep in her stroller on the walk over there, and we had to wake her up to select a doll. She must've thought she was dreaming at first! A store full of dollies! A little girl's dream come true :)

Letting her dolly go for a ride in the stroller--she put the doll in there herself! (with a little help from mommy since the box is almost as big as she is!)


Hannah also had a blast at the Lincoln Park Zoo running all around and looking at all the animals.

Fighting another family photo again. . .she just didn't want to be bothered to stop for photos! She had places to go! What places you ask? Apparently ANY place or general direction opposite of whatever direction we wanted to go. . .Oh well!

That's better :)

Hannah LOVED the carousel at the zoo! It was her first time riding one. . .and she rode it three times :) She enjoyed waving each time we passed daddy and granny/bopbop who were watching from the sidelimes. It was adorable.

Cool chick

"Hmmmm. . .Are these bars here to keep ME from getting in? or to keep the animals from getting OUT? I tried pulling them apart to let me in, but it didn't work. Note to self. . .listen to mom next time she tells me to eat broccoli or whatever stinky veggie she serves at dinner that is supposed to make me stronger. . ."

Trying to figure out how to get closer to the animals. . ."if only these bars were made of cheesies, I could eat my way through!"

And of course, no trip to the zoo (or anywhere Bopbop happens to be, apparently) is complete without some ICE CREAM!

Mama and baby cuddling. It was so cute :)

I still have more Michigan photos to post! I have a ton of stuff in draft. . .

So stay tuned this week for much more!