Chicago Day 2: Owen, Jesse and Holly

So, after the relief of the hotel visit, we were off to meet our good friends Jesse and Holly, and to meet Owen for the second time... we actually got to meet him when he was about a week old last July.


Jesse and Holly had us out to eat at M. Henry - a great breakfast place in their neighborhood (Andersonville). It was a great preview for things to come. Owen is 7 months old, and just started crawling, so he was definitely more wiggly than Greta. He's also eating some food, so holding and chewing on spoons is great fun. He's a great kid and very well behaved, hopefully Greta will be the same in 3 months!

Greta and Owen checking each other out at Breakfast:

After breakfast it was off to Lincoln Park Zoo... very cool, right near downtown, so you've got the backdrop of all the skyscrapers of downtown chicago. Another big plus, the zoo is always free... I am sure that Greta and Owen will be much more enthralled with the zoo in about a year from now, but they did take notice...

Greta checking out the 'Monkey guys' jumping around

Greta getting ready to say... "holy cow, did you see that crazy monkey jumping around?"

Then it was time to head home for an end to the short road trip. Greta had a bit of a melt down at Lafayette, but we got throgh that one with a stop for dinner (for everyone including Greta)... she then slept the rest of the way, with just a brief time waking up in Indy, but then went back to sleep... Successful road trip... Austin here we come!