Monday, June 25, 2012

Sunday in Chicago

We were fortunate to be able to go to Chicago this past weekend for Ryan and Nicole's (long-awaited!) wedding. It was a beautiful wedding at Holy Family parish close to downtown. This is a special couple and we've been so happy to have them around in Dallas the past few years. We were very proud of little Michael (listed in the program as "Godson of the Groom" :) as he did a great job this time around in his job as ring bearer. At Dan and Kelly's wedding in September, the poor guy was much more intimidated by everything and burst into tears. This time he walked carefully down the aisle like we practiced and gave Uncle Ryan the pillow. Malcolm made it mostly through the Mass without a repeat of the meltdown from Theresa's wedding, and only one near attempt to rush the altar :) Also: Michael had no potty accidents all weekend, so things were good all around!

I don't have any pictures from the actual wedding, where the boys required a lot of attention even with parental assistance. Still, we did get some fun pictures on Sunday taking trips around to the Bolingbrook fair, Nikki's dad's barbecue restaurant, and a few other destinations.

The boys in a rare moment of sitting nicely in the hotel room
Malcolm hits the stage floor behind the hot-dog-eating-contest contestants.  He also struck this pose multiple times that night in the middle of the airport concourse, much to our chagrin.
Malcolm and Grandpa


Petting a baby calf in the petting zoo tent

Super sweet boys with Mama, right before throwing their cups on the ground


Michael chats with Noni in Spanish at lunch

Picture of a boy approximately 30 seconds after he spent the past two hours of quiet time in the hotel insisting he was wide awake and was NOT TIRED, MAMA

Daddy and Malcolm heading to our plane home

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