Catch Up Pt.5

Happy Friday! We're pretty excited it's the weekend around here! It's supposed to be unusually warm in Chi-town so I'm hoping we can take a long walk at some point :) And finish little man's room!! Every weekend I find myself thinking this could be our last as a fam of two, ha! So we plan to make the most of it with a date night and lots of hanging out together ;)
In other news, I thought I would continue catching up from 2015... 
At the end of June, my family came to visit!!! We were sooooo excited for them to come. We always love when they visit, plus I'm always missing them like crazy. Aaaand we had just found out that we were going to have a baby so we decided to tell them our exciting news when they arrived ;) I knew I wouldn't be able to keep it a secret once we were with them. Z and I laughed and laughed as we tried to think of how to tell them. He was so sure I would just blurt it out in the airport or on the way back to the apartment, hahaha. I remember him laughing hysterically and saying, "Please don't just blurt it out while we're in traffic on Lakeshore Drive... your mom might scream and I might wreck the car!" Ha! But I kept it in until we got home. We showed them around our new place and then offered them some cupcakes (from Sweet Mandy B's Bakery! mmmm!)....

Each one had a little sign in it that read things like "grandma to be" or "Baby S coming Feb. 2016". I told my mom to pick her cupcake first and then she screamed and asked if this was for real! hahaha Such a fun memory. Everyone was shocked and I think pretty happy too :)
The next day, we started with brunch at Yolk (yummy!) and then went to the Garfield Park Conservatory!

And that's all that I remember from that day :(  oh well. The next day, we drove to Michigan to explore a bit! We went to the huge sand dunes and then to St. Joseph... the cutest little beach town ever!

Such a fun day! On Monday, Z had to work. The fam jam and I walked down the lakeshore path a ways and then took a bus downtown. We did a little shopping and went to Eataly for yummy snacks including gelato!

 We also walked over to Wrigley Field since we live not too far away! Later that night, we ate at Portillos... sooo yum! And then sadly, we had to take them to the airport after dinner.

I wish I had more pictures as well as a better memory of the details of their trip! But as always, it was the best weekend ever! I can't believe that next time they come it will be because our little man is here! Can't even wait!!!!