We had a fun day in Chicago, stopping by the Crate and Barrell and Land of Nod outlets, IKEA, visiting the Museum of Science and Industry, and eating lunch/dinner at Lou Malnati's for some great deep dish pizza before leaving. The Museum was fun and had a variety of interesting exhibits, including the "You! The Experience," which had about 3 dozen fetuses that had been donated, which show exactly how a fetus grows and develops while in utero. I'd see the display before, but being pregnant gave it a whole different feel, particularly the fetus that was within a day of two of my pregnancy - it was unbelievable to see how the baby just looked like a slightly smaller than average little baby!
Joe's dad had graciously offered to buy the dresser for the nursery, which we had decided to get at IKEA. On Wednesday, our first full day in Detroit, Joe, his dad and I went to the IKEA there on our way to pick up Mike, Linda and Ethan from the airport. We had scoped out what we wanted while in Chicago, which was a good thing because delays on the highway cut our shopping time down to about 20 minutes! (Of course, we still didn't get it done that fast, but it was the fastest trip to IKEA we've ever had!) We ended up with not only a dresser, but a nightstand for next to the glider, some picture frames for the nursery and a few other odds and ends. In Chicago we found this mobile that is goofy but looks like Dr. Suess with a "red fish, blue fish" theme, too.
Joe started putting the dresser together a few nights ago, but we haven't completed it yet. Now we pretty much have all of the components for the nursery, save for a diaper bin and window treatments. This room is starting to come together!We had a great time with everyone, with delicious food, wonderful hospitality, a hopefully new turkey day tradition of competing in the Detroit Turkey Trot (Joe, Lisa and Linda ran the 10K race, Dan ran the 5K, and I walked the 5K - next year, we'll get everyone else out there!), bowling fun with babies and James, and even a baby shower! Lisa and Linda threw a great party (and saved us from having to watch Star Trek with the guys) complete with freezer paper stenciling baby clothes, which may be my new favorite, super easy craft project! (Definitely easier than making diapers, but more on that in the next post :) ).
Saturday we had to pack up and drive home after some morning golfing for the guys, as we decided we'd try to drive the whole 13 hours in one day. The trip wasn't really all that bad, as we got mobile updates on the MU/kU game (hooray for the good guys pulling out the last minute win!) and picked up a few redbox movies to watch/listen to once it got dark out and really boring. We arrived home a little after midnight, and were quite happy we decided to leave Saturday, as we needed Sunday to recooperate, sleep in and rest a bit, particularly after realizing that we both had picked up a cold while in Detroit. We finished the holiday weekend with Jill and Gary, who accompanied us to a boy scout Christmas tree lot where we picked our tree and had it decorated by Sunday evening.
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