I met Erica!

So, for most of you, this won't be a big deal, but this past weekend I got to meet Erica Vetrini (from The Apprentice and from In the Loop; with IVillage) at a fashion show at Union Station. In the Loop was a show I watched every day, or TiVoed if I took Jude to our Tuesday movie day, during my maternity leave. It was a fun daytime talk show that filmed in Chicago but aired throughout the country. I almost got to take Jude to be in the studio audience but the show got cancelled. Anyway, she was really nice and down to earth. She loved Jude, of course. The fashion expo/show was pretty cool, but as Ryan put it- if a bomb went off, half of the beautiful people in Chicago would have died (we did not include ourselves in that statement- well... Jude). Jude was a trouper, as always. He looked adorable in a yellow zip up sweater, and got everyone thinking Ryan and Bucky were his cute gay parents.

We are counting down the days until we travel to Minnesota to see Aislinn, and to meet Malia and Shelley (and my parents) at the airport. We were able to get the webcam working and talked to them/saw them in their hotel room all the way across the world. Malia looked like she wasn't sure who was talking to her, but even Ryan and I can't believe that we can do that. It just seems so "futuristic." It was great to see her playing with her toys, drinking her apple juice, and smiling away. We did it with Aislinn and Garrett, too. We could even hear Aislinn with her adorable hickups.