Family Vacation 2011

We went on a family vacation to Chicago. Ryan had a week of vacation saved up so he planned this fun trip to Chicago so that we could get out of town while all of our friends were moving away. We had a great week and packed in as much as we could. The first day we walked around Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile and then ate deep dish pizza. The next day we went to the Shed Aquarium, the Field Museum and the Art Museum. I was surprised how much Jack liked the fish at the aquarium. I thought he might be too young to enjoy it but he had a lot of fun looking at all of the fish. We were excited to show Jack the T-Rex at the Field Museum. The next day we went to the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower). It was so scary to take the first step out onto the sky deck. It made me very nervous to have Jack sit on the sky deck all by himself. I think he started to get a little nervous after a while as well. After the tower we hit Taste of Chicago and tried many of the different foods Chicago has to offer. Later that day we went to the Museum of Science and Industry. We had so much fun playing with all of the different experiments and gadgets. Jack was so good the whole time. We dragged him all over for three days. He spent a lot of time in his stroller. When he got tired he would fall asleep in the stroller. It was so cute to see him each night at the hotel when we would get him out of the stroller and let him roll around on the bed. He would get so excited and start laughing and then stretch out his legs and arms and squeal. We are so lucky to have such a good little boy. We stayed outside the city for the next two nights and just relaxed and took it easy. On Sunday we got to welcome back some of our friends from med school who moved to Chicago for residency. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Skyline from Navy Pier

Legos * Star Wars =  Nerd^2

He doesn't like that I am holding him back from the deep dish.

First taste of  Pizza

Jack was a champ even though he spent many hours in the stroller.

Very unsatisfying beluga show at the aquarium.

Only one crab in this photo. Jack was happy despite late nights and no naps.

Chicago's Field Museum

J-Rex seeing his first T-Rex

Taking a short break from all of the walking.

Jack got his own bed in the hotel. He was not disappointed.

So happy to be able to stretch out and roll around.

Chicago from the Willis (Sears) Tower

Diana is only smiling on the outside; inside she is crying.

Jack and I enjoy the view from above.

A little unsure about how he feels about being 110 floors up.

His arms were out like this the whole time. Hopefully, he does not develop acrophobia.

Lots of yummy food!

The Idaho in me wanted to show Jack all of the farm stuff at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Guess it wasn't very interesting to him.

Dada introducing Jack to the fun of trains.

City of Chicago and miniature trains.

Ryan showing Jack how to make the balls float.

Jack thought it was so cool that he could touch the electric lights.

Making sure we have the most important cargo with us before we head home.