BabyMoon #2

We had a FANTASTIC time on a much needed marital weekend. We began to plan this weekend back when our paperwork first went and Ted was on pulmonary rotation in April... because that month was about equally exciting (babies) as it was difficult (rotation). SO.. Ted started trying to find a way to get 2 days off in a row which is no small deal and I started to coordinate child-care and book a hotel room in downtown KC.

We hadn't spent time like this together since Colombia in 2008. As overjoyed as we were..I don't think we really understood that we would never be alone in a hotel room again. We were such rookies.

So we planned to spend an entire 24 hour period doing things we couldn't do with our beloved little boy.. or the baby that is on the way. Seize the moment right??!!! So this was how we celebrated Father's Day, our 7th Anniversary (June 7th), and our coming baby....



This is me hanging out in the car because we kept forgetting stuff..



Nothing says excitement like IHOP. Ted loves IHOP. Happy Father's Day to Teddy.



We went from there to the Nelson-Atkins art museum in KC. We walked through the whole thing.. and I rather enjoyed the silence :-) We couldn't take photos in there.. but we can basically sum it up by saying everything was beautiful and old and priceless of course.

When we came back out to the entrance the weather had changed dramatically from when we had enterred and we were in the middle of a nasty storm that we had to wait out before driving.

We left the museum and drove about 45 min out of the city to a rustic area of Kansas and enjoyed an adorable winery. It was quaint and the staff was fantastic! We bought a few gifts and look forward to visiting again!





After some wonderful wine sampling we drove back into downtown KC to check in to the Philips Hotel downtown. It's a cute old 4 star establishment just a couple blocks from Power and Light. The room was tiny but very charming. We even brought our own picnic basket of yummies.







This is the view from our room on the 15th floor



These are the fountains near our hotel in front of the convention center



The following photos are of a couple having entirely too much fun in each others presence after being married for 7 years and together almost 10. We went to Howl at the Moon to see some very fun musicians.
















So we enjoyed some alone time walking around the Crown Center and Union Station area on Father's Day. Union station was having a fun family sidewalk art festival going on which we returned to later with Lucas ;-)



This is Washington Park outside of Crown Center



Outside the WW1 Museum





Since it was really really hot that day we brought Lucas back to play with the kids :-)