Wrigley and the Family visits

We have had a busy couple of weeks. My parents came in to visit for the 4th of July. We met them in Lake Geneva on Friday and had a great time. It is a really cute place. Ryan said he even forgot he was in Wisconsin (no offense, to those people in Wisconsin - we have just learned to not care for it so much when we have to drive through it all the way to visit in MN). Jude even stayed up late enough that night when we got home to see the fireworks over the lake. He did fall asleep in the middle of them, but he seemed to like the first half. Saturday we went downtown shopping, of course, and then even had time to lay out at the beach. (We spent 1 1/2 hours- Ryan spent 4 1/2- guess who got a little burnt?) Then Sunday we had our tour of Wrigley. It was really cool, and Jude was perfect during the whole 2 hours! It was a perfect weekend.

Then this weekend, Shelley and Malia got last minute good ticket prices to come and visit us. It was really nice to see them. On Saturday, we all went to the Kohl's Children's Museum. It had rooms for the kids to play in with a different theme- water room, art room, a fake Dominick's grocery store, a fake potbelly, a baby nursery, cars, etc. They even had infant areas for little babies, too. I can't wait until Jude gets bigger so he will enjoy it more. Although I think he liked pushing the button and watching the balls shoot out of the cannon. Sunday we went shopping downtown and got to take Malia to the American Girl (and Shelley to Tiffanys). We played at the park in Evanston, and even got to watch BB10 once the kids went to sleep.

Next weekend we are visiting Grandma and Grandpa in Ohio for a friend of the family's wedding. Hopefully it will be good weather, and we can lay out (although, someone who won't be named probably should wait until the peeling stops at least). After that, we will only have about a month before we head to California!

Oh- and one good Jude update: The other night we were just sitting down for dinner, Ryan left to wash his hands, and Jude was in his highchair. He sneezed, and I turned my head quickly toward him and said "bless you." And I guess that was the funniest thing he had heard in a while, because he started to laugh harder than I have ever seen. His face was turning red, and he could barely catch his breath. Ryan walked back in wondering what happened.... I had to explain not much, other than Jude thought his mom was very silly. He kept going for so long that we even got the video camera out to capture it.