Chicago Day 3

Friday, August 20 -

Our hotel had a pool on the top floor with a really great view of the city and Lake Michigan.  Friday was the day of the baseball game, so we had some time in the morning.  I love taking Emma to indoor pools, because no sunscreen is required!  Woohoo!  Emma hates sunscreen.  Unfortunately, the pool water was pretty cool, so we didn't spend a lot of time there.  But we both got in for a few minutes with Emma.  They also had a hot tub, which we liked a lot better, but obviously it was too hot for Emma.  She liked for us to sit with her on the side and turn on the "bubbles."  Every time they stopped, she signed for more.  We got some cute pictures.

We headed out around 10:00am, since we had to take the subway to Wrigley Field.  We decided to use the subway instead of a cab, since it was cheaper, but Nick was pretty nervous.  He kept looking around and talking about getting his concealed carry permit.  Also, he decided that Emma would NOT be allowed to go to college in a big city.  We'll have to revisit that again later, because I think it would be awesome for her (if she wants to).  Haha, he cracked me up.  Emma loved it....she checked out all the people and liked when we were above ground and she could see out of the window.  Their subway system was not too nice, but we managed to at least not get lost or mugged.  We got to the field way too early, so we walked around, took some pictures and ate lunch.  Emma just chilled in the stroller.

We went in 2 hours before the game.  Lesson learned:  once you have kids (at least young ones), you can no longer get to the ballpark as soon as it opens.  It was hot and sunny and we were sweaty.  We walked around some more, sat in the shade for a while...we did what we could to stay out of the sun.  I actually sat with Emma in the shade until she fell asleep sometime in the 3rd or 4th inning.  By the middle of the game, our seats were in the shade so it was much more comfortable.  Emma didn't sleep long so she was pretty tired (tired and hot baby = not happy baby), but I thought she did really well.  She watched some of the game, and was fascinated with all the birds flying around.  The Braves were losing going into the 9th but scored 3 runs in the top of the ninth and won.  I put Emma's rally cap on (the first time that's ever worked). 

This about sums it up

We had to take the subway back to our hotel, and apparently so did thousands of other people.  So that took a while.  Fortunately we had leftovers for dinner in the room, so we didn't have to get back out.  We were all exhausted and wanted to sit in the air conditioning, so that's what we did.  Emma got to bed early and slept for over 12 hours.  Next time, we will definitely do either a night game or get seats in the shade.  But we had a great time, and hope to go back.