Trip to Minnesota

I took advantage of the extra time off from work and we went to MN for two and a half weeks. We met Grandma and Grandpa S. in Chicago, and visited the Shedd Aquarium. Then Jeff headed back to MI to work and the rest of us piled in Grandma and Grandpa's car to head on to MN. While in MN we visited friends and family. It was the first time Grandma and Grandpa L. had met Amelia. We went to the Pfann family reunion, celebrated Amelia's baptism, and Julia's 3rd birthday. (Dad came for baptism and the birthday parties.) Here are a few pictures of our adventures. (I'll do separate posts of the reunion, baptism and birthday.)

The next few pics are from Chicago and the Shedd Aquarium.

Visiting with Grandma and Grandpa L. We went over to Aunt Karen's brother's house to visit their animals.

This is just a picture of Julia playing with Amelia.

We were excited to meet Nick, Megan and Terry's little guy born 10 days before Amelia.

Amelia's 1st Trip - Racing with Daddy

Amelia's first trip was to the race track. Probably not the usual first trip for an infant. Prior to our trip, at 2 weeks old daddy went to WI to test Jamie's race car. Yep, that's right, at just two weeks old - I agree with what you all are thinking, Jeff owes me one for being such a brave mama and tolerant wife.

The next week (3 weeks old) came the Joliet race, and I wasn't going to stay home again, so the whole family packed up and went to the track. Thankfully Grandma and Grandpa S. also met us there. The car didn't do well. In fact, Grandma never even got to see it go, and Grandpa saw just one pass before the engine was completely recked. It was a hot weekend and Amelia and I spent much of our time in the motorhome. Thankfully we had also gotten a hotel room. Of course, Julia loved the track and cars as always.

Poor little Amelia's ear muffs were so big for her, that it looked like they were squishing her. She wasn't very fond of them either. Here are a few pictures of us watching the races in the stands. (That's all the pictures we got of the weekend.)