"Little Lady" Vig

It’s a girl!

“Little Lady” Vig is healthy and content hanging out (upside down) inside of me. It’s so weird to know that I am growing a human being. I got all teary eyed during the ultrasound when they started measuring her femur. It is so awesome what the doctors can see and do at this stage in pregnancy. What a relief it is to know she is okay.

“Little Lady” Vig at 20 weeks. She’s so beautiful.

Sharon (20 weeks pregnant) is resting on the steps and

enjoying a windy day at Lake Michigan.

Our First Guest

My dear friend and college roomie, Kathy Shields came to visit us over Memorial Day weekend. We wore ourselves out, but had a blast doing it.

On Friday, Kathy and I ventured into Chicago on our own. I was nervous taking a guest into a city I barely know myself. But we nonchalantly foraged through the streets and found the key sights we wanted to see without incident. Some of the places we stumbled upon were: Millennium Park, Navy Pier, Michigan Avenue shopping and a delicious gourmet popcorn store. We then stopped by Mark’s office building and the three of us went out for Chicago-style deep-dish pizza at Gino’s East.

On Saturday Mark, Kathy and I all took the train into Chicago for a second day of pounding the streets in the name of tourism. The highlights of the day were viewing the Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park and taking the Wendella Boat Tours’ river and lake architecture cruise.

After church on Sunday we walked over to TY Warner Park and checked out the Red, White, and Bar-B-Q festival. Yummy.

It was sad to see Kathy go. I really enjoyed having a friend to hang out with, even if it was for a short time.

Back to School

As if a new state, new house, new church, and new baby weren't enough change for one year, Mark will be going to graduate school in June! He'll be taking part-time classes at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, in the hopes of earning his MBA sometime in 2011.

Mark will continue to work full-time at Qualcomm, so it'll be a bit of a juggling act when the baby arrives in October, but by God's grace, we'll be able to fit it all in. As for sleep, we're not expecting much of it over the next few years!