June 27, 2007

Oh my goodness! We arrived in Chicago at 5:30 AM! We made it to the Drake Hotel by 6:30 AM, but there were NO rooms available! Luckily, Gigi fell asleep on the couch in the lobby, but around 7:30 AM, three EXTREMELY noisy businessmen decided to have a very LOUD conversation right next to the sleeping baby. :(! I was so upset! They woke her up!

I was so tired and weary, that I called Mirella to ask if we could rest at their place. So we walked over to Uncle Mark and Auntie Mirella's place. They live in a beautiful condo! It was like a luxury hotel and gym combined together!

By the time we made it to their place, Gianna was exhausted and cranky. She ended up crying herself to sleep. :( We all fell asleep and woke up in the afternoon! We checked into our hotel room, got cleaned up, and headed out to dinner at Bacino's for Chicago-style pizza.

Here's Auntie Mirella explaining the deep-dish pizzas to us.

Gianna was trying to take a slice, but I gave her polenta instead. She loved the polenta!

Despite our happy party, Gianna fell asleep. She was such a good baby!

We woke her up so that we could catch a cab back to the hotel. Here she is in her portable car seat that Papa got. It was wonderful!