A quick trip to Chicago

Last Thursday evening I jumped on a plane to head to Chicago. I didn't want to drive alone since we had potentially a lot of snow in the forecast. I wanted to go and spend time with my sister before she had the baby-or hoping she'd maybe have him while I was there. They are doing MAJOR work in the kitchen so we did a lot of cleaning keeping her extra busy!



Friday Morning we went to a little Diner for breakfast. It was called the Depot. Looking at it from the outside an outsider may not feel as though it would be a good place to stop.






Friday we went to the mall to walk and she ended up on the phone with work for 30++minutes. A good time for my mom and I to spend some time at Victoria's Secret.



Saturday we spent most of the day inside and then went "out west" later that evening so they could buy a hood for their cook top and a new garbage disposal. Then out for Thai food. A really cute little restaurant that had 5 tables. Saturday night she was having contractions that were regular and strong so they sent her to the hospital. We all stayed up, I got my suitcase packed and we freshened up. My mom and I headed out behind them at about 2:15 (Sunday Morning) and went to the hospital. It was about a 30 minute drive with not much activity except the groups of people standing outside various bars.



As you can see we must have been a little bit tired and silly as we were greeted by Ronald McDonald in the hospital waiting room.


They got her settled in the room, monitored the baby and had her do walking--NO CHANGE! So at 5:30am they sent us home. We got back to her house after 6am and then I slept for a few hours before I went to O'hare to catch my flight home.
She was scheduled to go in for induction Sunday night. More to come...