My first wedding

I must say first that I am so busy working at the office that I don't have much time to write but I will produce entries as long as people continue to hold me on demand.

Last weekend I went to Chicago to visit my Aunt Caroline, my friend Rosie and attend my first wedding.


Mom, dad and I drove to Chicago in our "head shlepper" mobile. It was a comfortable ride though I do have to say it took way too long to get there. We got a bit of a late start because we had to fix Bubbe's computer. She broke it while futzing with her photos. Dad fixed it right up but it gave us a pretty late start to Chicago which meant that we hit rush hour traffic. I was screaming in protest the last about two hours. I was so angry and Aunt Caroline sent us on a short cut that wasn't so short. We were in a pretty bad area of town however if I am ever hungry for tacos or burritos I know where to go. We arrived at Aunt Caroline's almost nine hours after we left Bubbe's house. It was crazy. Aunt Caroline made us really good food for Shabbat however I wasn't allowed any. I can to have formula. It won't be long before I get to start on real food.

On Saturday morning we got up and my mom and dad took me for a walk to find something to eat while Aunt Caroline cocked around in her apartment. We tried to take extra long so she would be ready to go to the Lin.coln P.ark Zoo but she still wasn't ready when we arrived back to her place. Mom remembered some really good Jewish deli to have breakfast at from when she used to visit Rosie but we walked and walked and walked and still couldn't find it. Mom needed the exercise anyway so she didn't mind walking. After Aunt Caroline was ready we went to the zoo. My parents and Aunt Caroline had fun at the zoo. i kveltched a lot and then I finally fell asleep. My dad told me about his favorite part which was the polar bears. They had a much bigger swimming pool of polar bears in Chicago than they did at the Om.aha zoo. Mom felt sad for the bear that had mental problems and kept pacing along a log. We saw really pretty flamingos and lots of other animals.

On Saturday afternoon my Bubbe and Zayde arrived to Chicago with my Aunt Robyn. My parents and I drove to the suburbs to meet them at the hotel. Aunt Caroline stayed downtown and slept. We got to the hotel and got all ready to go to Great Aunt Doreen's house for appetizers before the rehearsal dinner. We had just sent Bubbe and Zayde down on the elevator when the lights got REALLY dim. Aunt Robyn and mom wondered what happened and when we got down to the lobby we realized that the hotel lost ALL power and they were on generators. Bubbe and mom thought it smelled like roasted marshmallows outside. It was not a good sign and Bubbe was very angry. Aunt Caroline said she was only going to take a little nap but showed up several hours later. We went to a fun dinner at an Italian place -. The food was pretty good. I had to sit by Zayde's brother Great Uncle Steve. Zayde doesn't talk to him so I had to entertain Uncle Steve all night and I was running out of tricks!!!

On Sunday mom and dad and the whole gang went to Ik.ea. Oh my gosh I was so overwhelmed with all the fun things they had. Mom finally put me in my carrier so I would be happier and then I slept my way through the rest of Ik.ea. Mom and dad bought lots of stuff and so did everyone else. I got to see the pretty silverware my parents bought me when I woke up. I can't use it until I get"real" food they said.

We went to Brent and Susan's wedding on Sunday night. It was beautiful. I slept through the whole ceremony but I got to dance a lot at the party. Great Aunt Doreen carried me around all night and showed me off to all her friends. It was so much fun because I love to be held. Susan looked beautiful. Mom and Bubbe thought it would be really funny to let me try some mango sorbet for dinner. I hated it and I even made an "ucky" face to prove it. I guess I won't be trying that again anytime soon.

Bright and early on Monday morning (Labor Day), we left Chicago for Bubbe Bubbe (mom's grandma's) house. She got to hold me a lot and then she took us to Harris pizza for lunch. My mom and aunts and uncles love Harris pizza, I just slept.

We finally got home from our trip on Monday night and I went right to bed. Mom went and picked up Louie from Bubbe's house. She stayed a little longer so she could give Fred some love. She loves Fred and she is really sad without him. I think she loves me more.