Grandma's Last Visit

My mom came to stay with us while Jason was out of town the last week of April. It was going to be her last week here in Chicago so we were looking forward to spending the week doing all those things we have enjoyed over the years. These last four years my mom has made many trips up here to Chicago. She has came to stay when Jason's schedule was crazy busy, or to fill in the gaps between us being able to come home. We made a promise that we would see each other every few months and we did! So for our last "girls' week" here in Chicago we did a lot of our favorites and just hung out! I have really enjoyed having my mom come up for visits, it has been a time where it is just us and we get to a lot of quality time together. There are lots of pics..so be warned!!
Our day at the Shedd Aquarium:
"Grandpa..can you catch a fish this big???"

Mommy and Hadley Hanging out at the camping exhibit

Grandma and Hadley watching the iguana

Playing at the Children's Museum at Navy Pier: We spent 7 hours at Navy Pier that day..3 1/2 at the Children's Museum, went to the IMAX movie, walking around, Build A Bear, Bubba Gump's for lunch..we were exhausted!!
Grandma and Hadley playing at an exhibit

Hadley digging for dinosaur bones

Our Day at American Girl: no adventure in Chicago is complete without a trip to American Girl now, it is Hadley's new obsession! Hadley had been begging to get her doll's hair done..yes they have a hair salon for the dolls! So we did that, had lunch, shopped, it is always a 2-3 hour adventure..but so much fun!!!
Hadley watching Gwen getting her hair done!

Hadley hanging out in the store

Grandma and Hadley at the lunch

Hadley giving Gwen her tea!

Playing at the park: no trip to Chicago is complete without playing at the park!
Grandma and Hadley hanging at the park

Grandma playing Hide and Seek with Hadley


We had such a great time with Grandma here, we were very sad to see her go and will miss our adventures here in Chicago, but we are looking forward to our new adventures in Iowa!