St. Patty's

It was just a coincidence that we were in Chicago for the annual St. Patrick's Day festivities, but we decided to take full advantage of the opportunity to get the girls out into the city. We started the morning with a brunch at Michelle & Ed's house, whose daughter Savannah was unbelievably sweet when it came to sharing all of her toys, food, etc. What a little sweetie! Here are the kids playing together. So cute! Then, we walked a couple of blocks to the parade. Just check out our crew -

I'll spare you all the details of the total breakdown that occurred between the previous picture and this one. Suffice it to say, it was 2pm our time when we got to the parade, Josie hates her stroller, and Josie hadn't had a nap. Lots of tears later - she finally passed out and here is what Lyla and Josie saw of the St. Patrick's Day parade. (Lyla was in our UppaBaby testing it out & that's Josie's little Uggs poking out from under the MSU blanket.)It wasn't quite as warm as we thought it was, but there were certainly some memorable moments. And, it's always fun to hang out in a different city. And I always enjoy spending time with my sister & Michael's friends. It makes me feel better about them living so far away. I miss my sissy... Here are Louie &I pretending that we weren't about to kill each other over the no-napping-Josie, no-go-with the Moby wrap fiasco. ;)

All in all, it was a great way to spend a sunny Chicago day but boy were we pooped and ready to hang around Chez Austin the rest of the day.