Redesigned : November 2012

We went down to Chicago for my 30th birthday. The weather was amazing for mid November, high 50's to mid 60's. We went as a family; Croix's first vacation and our first vacation as a family!
We had such a great time!

We stayed at The Saks hotel right next door to The House of Blues in downtown Chicago. The bellhop on Friday helped get us a king size room on the 12th floor and it was a nice room:-)
We went and took pictures at the Bean and of course Grant park at Buckingham Fountain even though it was off. We even saw a rainbow there. The weather was amazing. A little rain Saturday but didn't keep us down. We walked everywhere, which was a lot on old man Chaz;) We even visited Blake and Esther and met their 3 week old daughter Nami, she snoozed the while time.
We also ate at Grahamwich and Yolk, Yolk was delish! Grahamwich our fav was the cinnamon stick ice cream and truffle popcorn.
We ate at Bandera for dinner Saturday night and it was so good! Croix did a great job waiting for 45 minutes until we could be seated. Chaz got ribs mashed potatoes and even the coleslaw he liked! I got rotisserie chicken with super good Mexican rice. We also got a bowl of chicken and black bean chili that was good. it was worth the wait. and Croix did a great job:-)

We were going to go to The Shed Aquarium Sunday but there was a Bears game and we were told they charge $50 just to park because its by Solider Field and time would have been tight, of course on the way out we hit up Discount Aldo and Pasadita.
Croix was a trooper! He did such a good job and loved all the action.

The next Saturday after we got home we went out to eat for my mom and my birthday at Cheesecake Factory. You guessed it, Croix did great :) It was nice to have to have us all together and enjoy a nice dinner.