Babymoon, Part I

Ahh, the babymoon has arrived. After negotiations - tense at times - regarding the festivities, we settled on our 'moon (just kidding, we enjoyed picking the activities). The weather was amazing over the Labor Day weekend, and we took advantage of it by being outdoors most of the weekend.

Day 1 - Kristen has always wanted to visit the Chicago Botanical Garden. That was our destination Saturday morning. We laced up our walking shoes and headed north to Glencoe and the 385 acres of display gardens and native habitats situated between nine lakes. We particularly enjoyed the new Japanese garden and the Fruits & Vegetable Garden.

After a full day of walking, soon-to-be momma was in dire need of some food and a good nap! We headed back home meandering down Sheridan Road enjoying the beautiful (and quite large!) homes along the lakeshore.

We planned a nice evening out at a new restaurant called West Town Tavern. Definitely not a tavern, the restaurant was fantastic - the food, dining experience, presentation of the food (always important to the designer!). Kristen was jonesing for some seafood and settled for the diver scallops on a bed of very creamy risotto. For me, the sauted trout over a medley of veggies. Oh yeah, plugging for my friend Nancy who works at Goose Island, I partook in the seasonal beer available - Demolition. At 8.0% ABV, it is easy to discern how the beer gets its name! And Kristen took Emily's advice saving room for dessert - ice cream and cookies. She would have licked to bowl if we were at home. Wait, I'm the one that does that!

So, Day 1 of Babymoon was complete and was enjoyable. Ask the Little Guy if he had fun, and I'm sure he did if all his rolling and movement was any indication. Oh yeah, it looks like 'the wave' is taking place in there. How cool!