Chicago Getaway and Baby Bedding

Matt and I spent Tuesday-Friday of this past week in Chicago. We just wanted to get away somewhere, but didn't want to spend a bunch of money or be super busy while we were gone. We settled on Chicago because it's close by, there's stuff to do, but we also didn't feel like we needed to rush around to get everything in while we were there since it's so close. We had a great time. We just walked around, did some shopping, hung out in our hotel room, went to the zoo and the aquarium, and just relaxed. We also went to an outdoor concert in Millenium Park and went out to a nice dinner in early celebration of our anniversary that's coming up this week. We took the bus up and the train back, so we didn't have to worry about our car or paying for parking. It wasn't anything super fancy, but it was exactly what we needed - just a few days away from home just hanging out together. And as a bonus, I didn't get sick the whole time we were there! Close calls yes, but no getting sick! Of course, 10 minutes after we walked in our front door Friday night was another story - but since it was after midnight I technically made it 4 entire days without getting sick. Hopefully that means the nausea and vomiting are on their way out. That would be awesome.

Here are just a few pictures from our trip:

Our hotel room

Free concert in Millenium Park

Playing in a fun sculpture

While we were in Chicago, we decided to look around for baby bedding. We'd looked at several places here, but couldn't find anything we liked. Apparently when you don't find out whether you're having a boy or a girl you're supposed to decorate your nursery with animals or trees. We don't really like that stuff (no offense to those who do). We were looking for something kind of fun, bright colors, stripes or polka dots. And we just hadn't had much luck here. So we thought maybe we'd see if we could find some places to shop for bedding in Chicago that we didn't have here. So Matt got on his phone and used Ye.lp to look up baby stores nearby. He found one that wasn't too far of a walk from the train station, so we hopped on a train for a few minutes and headed that way.

We wandered around the store for a while, and though we really liked some of the bedding and stuff we saw, none of it was quite what we were looking for. A woman came over and started talking with us, and then told us they could custom design bedding for us. We spent some time looking at fabrics, which was really fun, but I was afraid to fall in love with something because we hadn't talked prices at this point and I was convinced custom bedding would be way out of our price range. Turns out, it was actually pretty reasonable! Plus, this woman and her sister opened the store 17 years ago, and we're fans of supporting independently owned businesses when we can. So we ordered our bedding! It won't come in for 8-10 weeks, but we should get fabric samples sooner than that so we can pick paint.

Here are the fabrics we're using:

The polka dot fabric will be the outside of the bumper, while the solid green (which is super soft) will be the inside. The green and white fabric will be the cording on the bumper, the bumper ties, and the bedskirt. We'll just use solid colored sheets, and we're talking about paint colors. We really like what we got and can't wait to see it all put together! So all our big purchases are done for now, which is great. We definitely have things to get before Baby B comes home, but we've got furniture, a chair, and bedding all taken care of!