Chicago Trip & More Babies

Saturday morning my old college roommate (and friend) Kelly had her baby shower. It was really nice to visit with her and see how big her belly is getting. She is not due until October 27. They are expecting a girl to be named Tessa Ersi Northup.

Here is a picture of Kelly & I (of course Kelly is looking as cute as can be!)

After the baby shower, Phil and I made our way to South Bend to Jon & Erin's house. Erin and I then caught a bus with some of her co-workers to Chicago. Her work had planned an outing to go to Chicago, visit Navy Pier then have dinner on a boat and watch the fireworks from Lake Michigan. The trip itself was an adventure, but we had a great time! Our bus didn't have any air conditioning on the way there so it was beyond hot in the bus and the bathroom door was locked, so the bus driver at one point pulled over and turned the bus off, so he could use the ignition key to unlock the bathroom door…. it didn't work and it made the bus about a thousand times hotter!

Once we made it to Chicago, we walked all around Navy Pier and enjoyed the nice weather. We then met up with some of Erin's friends and had a drink by the river. Dinner on the boat followed and then fireworks… it was a great time. We did get a little sea sick… but I'm happy to say, no throwing up occurred on our part.

Erin & I on the boat.

View of the Navy Pier from the boat.