Go Cubbies!

Bobby and I had a little mini-vacation to Chicago Tuesday night, and it was a lot of fun. Through his work he acquired 2 rooftop tickets for the Cubs vs. Cardinals game at Wrigley field. Bobby and I had both been to a Cubs game, but it had been years and neither of us had sat on a rooftop, always had been in the stadium. When we arrived, we were the first from our group to make it and we weren't sure if the company sponsoring the night was giving a presentation, or what the night entailed since we were to get there at 5p and the game didn't start until 8p. Luckily, there was no presentation (me sitting through a software company spiel would have been like when I had to sit through a Spanish Catholic mass...would have NO idea what was going on). The night was basically just a way for the company that does work for the hospital to schmooze over their clients, which worked just great for us. I told Bobby to keep up these great perks from his job, he just laughed! For the rooftop experience, you basically just pay one fee (we didn't have to pay this time) and you get to watch a Cubs game with an awesome view, especially on such a beautiful night, and get unlimited food and drinks. My absolute favorite part was the little freezer with an unlimited variety of novelty ice cream, like ice cream sandwiches, drumsticks, Toll House cookie ice cream sandwiches, fruit bars, etc. It was awesome!  The whole night was fantastic. The food included pizza, a Greek chicken salad, fresh fruit, chex mix, little bags of chips, a grill that you could order anything from brats to hamburgers to chicken sandwiches, and pop, wine, water, and beer. If I ever go to a Cubs game again (which I'm sure we will), we will always do the rooftop experience because you can't beat it! The funny thing about this whole excursion was that I had just seen a Groupon for these rooftop seats and mentioned it to Bobby and probably only a few days later this opportunity came up!  The rooftop we were at was 3639 Wrigley Rooftop...highly recommend!

Our view from the rooftop

We stayed in a hotel, Best Western Plus Hawthorne Terrace, which was walking distance from the stadium and the rooms were really modern and nice. I guess with Best Western I just have the impression of a run-down hotel for some reason, but it was really nice. 

This was the light up mirror in the bathroom at the hotel. I want one of these!

The huge hot tub, looking in from the fitness area

Looking out at the fitness area from the hot tub

This was our first night away from Natalie and I did great! I didn't cry once, but I think my mom was hoping I would get as emotional as she would have...haha. Of course we missed her but it was really nice for the two of us to get away, so we'll have to do these mini trips every so often.  My parents had a great time getting to babysit her and Natalie did great! Natalie slept from 11p until 7:30am for them and only woke up at 7:30am because my dad wanted to see her awake before he left for work. My mom got some great pictures of Natalie and took a video of her finding her thumb and sucking on it for a long time. Natalie has finally discovered that she can control her hand and now instead of her whole hand all the time, she has discovered her thumb.

Aunt Krista and Natalie playing

Sporting the Harley brand...I'm sure she'll have plenty more of these...haha

Before we left Chicago, we walked around a bit in Wrigleyville, which is a very interesting area to say the least!  It was nice to walk around in Lincoln Park to the lake and around the other streets near our hotel. Usually when we stay in Chicago, we are near Michigan Avenue with all the shopping, so it was nice to discover another part of the city with the little bit of time we had before we needed to leave to pick up Natalie.

In front of Lake Michigan at Lincoln Park

It was a gorgeous day!

A windmill farm on our way home from Chicago, these things go on for miles and miles!

Our trip home was very adventurous!  First off, Bobby got pulled over while I was asleep for going 65 in a 45, which surprised me since most of the time he only goes the speed limit for fuel economy!  So, we have a $121 to pay to the City of Clinton...yipee! Prior to this, we stopped in Merriville and ate at Potbellys for lunch, which is about 2-3 hours from Terre Haute. By the time we got home, I realized I left my purse hanging on the back of the chair at the restaurant, but luckily when Bobby called, they had it. They are supposed to mail it to me, but I can't go anywhere because my car keys are in my purse, as well as my license, credit and debit card. I'm hoping that it's a good sign that the restaurant still has it and hopefully no one took anything out of it. I'm hoping when I talk to the manager in the morning, they will overnight it to me because I need it!