We had such a great time on our little babymoon! It was so nice to spend some time with just each other :) Here are some pictures of our adventures.
We started out Thursday morning, slept in a little bit, slowly got packed up and left around noon. We got an hour down the road and my precious husband decides we need to go to Menards. I don't even remember why anymore, but...we go in and do our shopping, and come out. Oh...I remember why now....we needed more windshield washer stuff. Matt hits the key fab to unlock the doors, opens his door...throws the keys in, closes it and proceeds to put the washer fluid in. Meanwhile...I'm like "uh...my door is locked." He just looks at me with disbelief...and we proceed to try to get into every door...and the trunk. We go back into Menard's to look for a metal coat hanger, which of course...they have none of! Apparently slim jims don't work on newer cars (which Matt Pat knows....because we may or may not have locked our keys in our car around 5 times in the last few years...the most recent being 2 days prior) But he is pretty good at unlocking them with a coat hanger, so we buy some metal wire, and try to make that work. Around 15 minutes later an older guy, Mark, shows up to help. Keep in mind...I had left my purse, Matt's phone, and my coat in the car...so smart, right? Matt and Mark continue to work on it...and finally Mark gets an idea and runs into Menard's to get a wire rod type thing. When Matt tossed the keys in the car...they landed faceup on his seat (what are the chances)...so now that they had the door pried open a little bit, Mark could reach in there with the rod and push the unlock button on the key fab. Yay! They were out there for about an hour and a half working on it...seriously, who would have thought a Ford Focus was so secure? I was so glad to get my coat on and get in a warm car! And then literally 30 seconds after they got it unlocked...this guy shows up and says "do you need any help?" We all laughed. Minus the cold, it was a fun memorable experience.
The first night we stayed in Michigan City, which was actually really fun. We stayed at the Blue Chip Casino...but never even went into the casino :/ we were going to just for fun, but ran out of time. The first thing we saw when we entered the town was this guy...a little unnerving.
Apparently it isn't nuclear though, much to my relief...I was kind of freaking out. I guess it was built to be a Nuclear Plant, but for some reason isn't and it just uses water or something...which was fine by me. We spent the rest of the day doing some shopping at this large outlet mall there that was completely deserted. We loved it! Matt got some Puma shopping in, and I got some stuff at Motherhood, which if you know me...never happens. I am an avid thrift shopper, but they were having this huge sale 75-90% off all their clearance stuff. Yay! It was a lot of fun :)
Ok, I just previewed my post and realized how much talking I am doing...so I will tone it down a bit :) Here are some pics from in and around Chicago while we were there.
The Bean! Pretty cool :)
We totally played tourist all day long.
It wouldn't be a trip out of Michigan without stopping at a Chick-fil-A. Yum!
We also finally got to go to an Ikea! If we weren't rushed for time, and I wasn't having some serious cramps...we would have spent A LOT of time there. It is so cool!
We also went to Shedd Aquarium, which wasn't all that great. Maybe it was the fact that we have been to some SWEET aquariums in Hawaii and Georgia, or maybe it was the fact that we had to wait in line (outside) for two hours, or maybe it was the fact that there were 5 million people there...but we weren't all that impressed.
When we came out though, it was dark...and the Nightime Chicago Skyline was really pretty :)
We thought the signs for the doors at this hotel were hilarious. "Do not disturb" wouldn't suffice, they had to use "Busy" instead. I may be 31 weeks pregnant, but we still consider ourselves totally in love honeymooners <3 So I heard my hubby say "getting busy" probably 20 times while we were there. He just had to get a pic with the bed in the background :)
Our last night we wanted to stay somewhere really nice. I was just getting over being sick...and Matt was finally just getting it, we were both tired and wanted some relaxation. At least Matt could take medicine to help with his miserableness, so the last two days involved a lot of this junk for him.
The hotel made up for it though :) We stayed at the Champagne Lodge and Luxury Suites and it was the pampering we needed!
I got pre-approval from my doctor to use the Jacuzzi :) our favorite part was probably the huge shower/sauna room though (even though I couldn't use the sauna) We will definitely be putting something similar in our house when we build someday. P.S. how cute is my hubby in his robe? :)
The trip didn't go exactly as we planned. Being really sick and unable to take anything...and then having Matt get it kind of slowed us down a bit, and the fact that a lot of walking around gave me intense cramps limited us a bit, but we still had a lot of fun. We didn't have time to order a devo or book to read through together, but we spent a lot of time talking and in prayer together preparing us for life in a few weeks, and all the changes taking place, and I think that was what we needed more than anything. All in all it was a great trip...and we are so glad we went!
Oh, and we couldn't forget a picture of little baby Engels!
At my doctor appointment the other day, he said the baby is curled up on my right side (Surprise surprise...he has been like that the ENTIRE pregnancy, my belly totally looks deformed all the time) and head down! Yay! Praying he stays that way! :)
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