Mother's Day in Chicago

Tank and I flew to IL for my first Mother's Day. This was Tank's second time flying in an airplane. His first flight was at 10 weeks old and now he is 10 months old. I was a bit concerned because he is so much more active now than before. Thankfully there was an open seat in the middle so I could give him his own seat to move around in. The people were very nice. Tank played peek-a-boo with the man behind us and didn't fuss much at all. I was on my toes keeping him occupied with something new every 15 minutes. He played with the headphones, plastic cup, some toys I brought, looked out the window, etc. We finally arrived to O'Hare!! I nursed him on the take off and landing and it didn't seem that his ears bothered him at all.

Mom and I were going to scout out some toys in the attic, but never needed to because Tank had "some" and really was more interested in exploring the house than anything else! Mom has this great car he pushed back and forth all day, everyday!! He pushed it from the kitchen oven all the way to the picture window, two rooms away. This was over uneven terrain and he even walked to the back of the car to turn around and go the other way! He also pushed it on the veranda and loved every second of it!

Dad took Tank on a wheel barrel ride and he explored the hay a little bit. Tank loved meeting Flash again and loved feeling his soft nose. Flash flared his nostrils and Tank got a bit of a breeze and just laughed!

We went to Villa Olivia (where our wedding reception took place) for a yummy Mother's Day brunch. Tank slept through the first hour and woke to eat the last 30 minutes while we ate dessert!! It was a great time with both my parents and Tank in celebrating my first mother's day and my mom!!