Chicago!

Huck and I went to Chicago last week for the Child Life Conference. We went because I was presenting about working in the Emergency Department. We went with a group of 6 others from the department, all of whom were presenting except our director. We left Thurs morning and because we took Southwest we had to stop over in Kansas City. Huck did great on the plane, either slept or just looked around and smiled at the girls. We all went out to lunch/dinner since it was almost 4 by the time we ate and walked on Michigan Avenue a bit. The weather was not great- cold and rainy- but Huck was happy and cozy in the Moby wrap.






Friday the conference started. Huck went with me to my sessions. He did good- it was fine when he was asleep- but I had to leave one session because he was happy "talking." All over conference people were smiling at me and I wasn't sure if it was just because of Huck in the wrap or if I was supposed to know them! Over my almost 12 years at Children's I've had lots of interns and I know I wouldn't recognize them all!




Saturday Grandma took the train in to the city to help me watch Huck and to get some snuggles in. It was nice to go to sessions without worrying about Huck bothering anyone. Huck welcomed Grandma within 30 minutes with a great big blow-out diaper! He must have been impressed with her diaper changing skills because 20 minutes after I left after lunch he did it again! Thanks, Grandma! Our presentation went well. It was based on a presentation I did 8 years ago. We had somewhere between 170-200 people there. It is hard to judge how it went with that large of a crowd but we didn't see anyone sleeping :-) We have heard from several people that they really enjoyed it and we'll get official comments from the Child Life Council sometime in the next few months. We are talking about submitting another proposal for next year that will take it to the next level. Saturday night we went to Navy Pier and had dinner at Harry Karry's restaurant. It was good but we waited forever! Huck slept through it all like a champ.



We headed home on Sunday after one more session in the morning. Huck slept and/or nursed through it all and didn't make a peep. Our flight was delayed because of weather and we sat on the ground for almost 1 1/2 hours in Chicago. Huck and I slept for a bit and once again he did great the whole way.
The rest of my family had a great adventure in Waco so stay tuned for more on that!