It's Chicago Time!!! First Day!

Last Saturday, November 1st we headed off to Wisconsin/Chicago area to visit Brian's family. We were really excited because it's been awhile since we had been there, about 18 months. And since that time, ALL of Brian's brothers/sister now lives there! They all live within about 1 1/2 hours from each other. So Brian's 2 brothers and sister, Brian's parents, and Brian's Aunt and Grandma all live by each other. We're always missing out on family stuff, so we're so excited to go see everyone. We even had FOUR nieces and nephews to meet! Two nieces from Amy (Brian's only sister) and then a nephew from Brad and Dana (Brian's brother), and then a nephew from Mike (Brian's brother). We were so excited to meet them! And they are ALL so cute! :) (Pictures will be coming of these babies! :) )

We started out our trip at the airport...of course. :) We had prepped Kylie for it and she was so excited to be going on an airplane. She was really good all throughout the trip, but we have to admit it was a bit exhausting keeping a 2 year old entertained on the airplane. She was kinda all over the place. It was great having her own seat though, so we had all 3 seats in the row and she could move freely. Brian only got 2 hours of sleep the night before, and I only got 3, so we were tired anyway. :) It all worked out and she was darling.

Sweetie Kylie looking out the window at the airport watching the planes.

When we got there, Brad (Brian's brother) picked us up from the airport and we got to go back to their house and meet Alan (The FIRST of the four nieces/nephews we get to meet!) and see Dana.

How LUCKY are we to get to stay with this sweet baby! He is TOO CUTE! Look how PRECIOUS he is here sleeping on one of the many car rides we took throughout this trip.

We were staying at Brad/Dana/Alan's house for this trip. They had a great set up for us and were FABULOUS hosts! We had our own room, own bathroom, they had the CUTEST Princess bed set up for Kylie, all sorts of toys and a bike for Kylie, and made us feel so welcome! THANKS GUYS!!!! We just hung out at their house the rest of the day, and Brian's parents came over to have dinner with us. Brad and Dana made a DELICIOUS dinner and we had some fun together. Kylie was so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa Van Camp again! She LOVED playing with Grandpa. And the next morning she wakes up and says, "Go see Grandpa! And Grandma too!" It was precious. (Sorry for the lack of photos of this day/evening!)

***Note: if all these pictures/comments get boring for you, I won't be offended if you don't read them all. I want to have a journal of this trip, and I'm using my blog to do so. :) So maybe you'll get bored. :) Sorry! :)