Family Visit- Part 1

I can't believe that our visit with my family is already over! We had such an amazing time. I really enjoyed showing them around our new city... and I think they enjoyed their visit as well ;) 

This is about to be picture overload, so I'm sorry in advance!

Day 1- My family arrived at Midway and took a train to the stop closest to our apartment {I'm the terrible child that didn't pick them up... traffic on the interstate here is not for me and Z had to work... I did drive to pick them up at the train stop though, ha!} We got to sightseeing right away... no time to waste ;) We had lunch at Giordanos... Chicago style pizza, yummy!

I was so happy to see my parents!!

as well as my brother and his sweet girlfriend!

After lunch, we walked down Michigan Avenue and then hopped on a water taxi...

to Navy Pier!

family pic {minus Z}

We caught a free {thankyouverymuch} trolley back to Michigan Avenue and headed back to the apartment to rest a while. I forgot to mention that their day started at 4 am... so needless to say they were in need of a nap by now!

After Z finished up work and everyone got a power nap, we headed back out to the lounge at the Hancock Building. The view was *beautiful*... especially once the sun started setting.  Unfortunately, I didn't really capture it with my camera. But we did get a few pics...

So much fun! After drinks, we grabbed dinner at Portillos. Sorry, no pics... but the food was delicious! And that was enough for one day... after the 4 am wake up call, the sight seeing, and Z's full day of work, we called it an early night!

Day 2- We tried to get an early start... but that didn't really happen, ha! We finally were all ready and headed out by about 10. We stopped at our favorite little breakfast joint, Yolk- We had to wait quite a while for a table for six, but the it was worth the wait once we got our food!! So.good! After breakfast brunch, we took a train to Millenium Park...

Waiting for the L

 We had to show them "the bean"...

Almost the whole group!

And then we took a river boat tour! This is our favorite way to see the city ;)

Family pic with Z

Family pic with B!

This is our apartment building... so fun to see it from the river tour!

After the river boat tour, we found the cutest little outdoor cafe where we stopped for a drink. Sad I didn't get a picture there! We headed out from there to one of my favorite little places... Sprinkles Cupcakes! My dad had asked me to order some cupcakes for my mom's birthday... and of course I knew I had to order from Sprinkles... ohmiword so yum!! We went from Sprinkles to the apartment, with a few stops along the way, to grill out for a birthday dinner So.fun!

 Somehow this is the only picture I have of the birthday bash. So sad! But we did have fun celebrating my sweet mom's bday {even if it was a few days early!}
I'll have to post about the rest of their visit later... that was quite enough pictures for one post!