Tessa's House

Last weekend we took the new car to Chicago to see Tessa and her new puppies (and Aunt Candace and Uncle Ryan too!). They have 5 week old lab puppies and they are SO cute. The were big enough to wag their tails and try to climb out of the laundry basket, but still small enough to hold and not TOO excitable. Asher did a GREAT job being gentle with them. He still talks about his favorite "clover" and how her mommy is coming back for her (she is already sold).While he was there, daddy helped Uncle Ryan paint their downstairs. They are finishing their basement. We'll most likely get to stay down in the new room next time we visit since they are getting a nursery ready for Tessa to have a new little brother or sister (just like me!). We were very helpful! After painting we had a picnic lunch at the "splash park". It has a bunch of fountains and sprayers, and buckets that fill and tip over. It was perfect for little people like us...

Oreo pirate, anyone?

Then it was naptime and time to hold some more puppies!

We had SO much fun!! I wish Tessa and I lived closer! We make a good team... I keep her up late at night, and she wakes me up at morning and naptime... great for playtime, bad for tired mommies.. LOL! We also tried a new pizza place (for us anyway). We are usually HUGE fans of Lou Malnati's but we decided to try Gino's East this time. We actually weren't very impressed... any Chicago pizza officianato's out there have any comments??