Girls in the City

This year for my birthday we will be at a family Christmas party.  So, we decided my celebration would come early.  I thought Matt was planning a surprise night out with friends.  Although I always love our nights out, a part of me was a bit sad that I wouldn't be able to fully participate in my special evening which would most likely consist of dinner and drinks.  I knew my mom was planning on coming up to babysit. That was the extent of the information I was given. 

Until Thursday.......

On Thursday, Matt decided he needed to fill me in on the weekend plans.  He told me that my mom was indeed coming up.  But, she wasn't coming up to babysit.  She was coming up to have a girls' weekend in Chicago with my sister and me!  I was so excited! We have been saying we needed to have a girls' weekend for a long time.  But the timing just never seemed to be right.  Until now!  Matt booked us a hotel on State St., made us dinner reservations at my FAVORITE restaurant (Cafe Ba Ba Reeba!), and left the rest up to us!  We decided to leave our schedule open and just do whatever we wanted to do!  We were just a Mom and 2 Sisters.....no....3 best friends..... that spent the weekend eating, drinking, walking, shopping, talking, and laughing!   It was by far, the best gift Matt could have ever given me!









HORRIBLE picture of me.... but its a picture of me enjoying a miniature sangria!  It was the taster glass they gave my sister to see if she liked the flavor. I did!