Our First Night Away

Showing off their new hats

6/23/13

It’s been a little less than a week since our first trip home, so naturally Grandma and Grandpa Esker were missing their grandchildren.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen them so excited about something.  Grandma even made some new hats fro Brenden and Jackson.  Mom and Dad decided to take advantage of their trip with a little trip of our own.  We decided to celebrate our 5-year anniversary a week early, since we will be busy with the twins’ baptism next week.  We planned a romantic night in the city free of dirty diapers and filled with sleep! (Doesn’t take much to excite us these days) 

Bling Bling

Enjoying our room

Taxi

Grandma and Grandpa arrived around 4:15 and we left shortly after.  I wasn’t sure if we were going to find our way out to the car with all the tears in our eyes but we managed.  Grandpa Esker dropped us off at the Metra station and we were off.  We got out at Union Station and went for a short walk.  These babies must have brought out the sappy side of Dad too, because I wrote some poetry for Mom and surprised her with some new earrings.  Our hotel was only about a half mile from the train station so we walked.  We stayed at the W Hotel.  It was very modern and had a cool look about it.  We took the water taxi to dinner at Lawry’s Prime Rib.  The place was pretty swanky, but we did our best to fit in.  I had the prime rib and Mom had the catch of the day.  Mom was especially excited about dessert.  She had something they call a chocolate bag, a bag made out of chocolate stuffed with sugary goodness and berries.  After we had stuffed ourselves to the point that we could hardly walk, we decided to waddle out of restaurant and take it to the streets.  The timing worked out perfectly for us to watch the fireworks at Navy Pier and then we took a taxi back to the hotel for a night of uninterrupted sleep. 

The Chocolate Bag

Now thats a meal

6/24/12

 

The next morning, we woke up slow and spent the majority of it at the hotel.  To finish our trip, we hit a diner on the way to the train station called Lou Mitchell’s.  The food was really good.  Toni had bacon waffles.  We hopped the train early that afternoon and anxiously waited to be reunited with a little two little nuggets.  When we returned home, we spent some time with the babies and exchanged stories with Grandma and Grandpa.  That evening, we took the boys to church for the first time.  It was really cool to be able to take part in mass as a family.  We got quite a few looks on our way to and from communion.  After church we said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa and headed home for an early night of sleep.

Grandpa falling asleep on the job

Our first trip to church