Fun with the David's

Mommy and Daddy enjoying a gorgeous night in Philly after dinner at Morimoto's. I'm 31 weeks here and getting quite large. How has Christian remained so trim through all of our eating - he eats everything that I do and is still a rail!

May Madness continued with two trips to visit the David's. It was a crazy two weeks but so much fun! We kicked off the festivities by taking Baby D to historic Philadelphia. Jill had an event there so mommy and daddy went in early to check out the city. Aunt Mandi and her awesome boyfriend Mike drove in from Manhattan to join the fun. We're huge Mike fans and hope a wedding is not too far away!

Believe it or not, Philly is an amazing city. We saw all the sites, including the Constitution Center, the Liberty Bell, Love Park and the Italian Market. But let's be honest, we were really there for the food. What an awesome food town! We ate Japanese at Iron Chef Morimoto's restaurant (the chef was there), homemade Amish pretzels (unbelievable), the original Pat's Cheese steak (always go with the cheese wiz) and Mexican at El Vez (tacos as good as Cali).

We ended the trip by purchasing every candy and baked good known to man at the Reading Market - hands down the best homemade cookies and marshmallow caramels on the east coast! And Christian got 2 jars of the hot and spicy mustard he had been waiting for since last October. It was an incredible weekend. Check out some of the fun...


Mommy and Daddy canoodling at Love Park in downtown Philly.


Standing in front of the Liberty Bell. Very cool.


Me and aunt Mandi chowing down on Pat's Cheesesteak. As much as I don't want to admit it, the cheese wiz was delicious!


This photo is cheesier that the sandwiches at Pat's! We're in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art where the famous Rocky Steps are...we had no choice but to pose!

Aunt Mandi, her BF Mike and me and daddy at the top of the Rocky Steps. I barely made it up, but at least I made it. What a gorgeous view of the Philadelphia skyline. We had such a fun day.

The following Friday we flew to Chi Town for Memorial Weekend and to celebrate all of the fun things happening in the David Family. We had a bridal shower for Aunt Dani, a retirement party for Judy and a baby brunch for me and Baby D. Grandma Lucy and the Dublikar family came in from Ohio which made it all the more special.

Aunt Melanie hosted a beautiful bridal shower for Aunt Dani, who's getting married in September. Of course, Melanie outdid herself and we had a ton of great food. Dani and Lionel made out with some really neat stuff for their house. Later that night we had a BBQ in honor of Judy (aka Gigi) since she's retiring in June after almost 30 years of teaching. We continued the food fest with grilled burgers, brauts and all the fixin's. We all had to roll out of there. Here are just a few of the fun photos...

Melanie's awesome spread for Dani's Bridal Shower. Nine year old Sami is going to be Dani and Lionel's Jr. Bridesmaid.

Aunt Dani with 4 year old flower girl Sophia.

The David girls - Judy, me, Mandi, Dani and Mel.

The Dublikar girls - Judy's sister Nancy, her daughter Ellen, daughter-in-law Danielle, Grandma Lucy and Danielle's adorable daughters Vivienne and Ava.

Uncle Chris and Carson enjoying some guy time. Carson is ready to be the ring-bearer.

The next morning Gigi hosted a baby shower brunch at her house. We ate more delicious food including real New York bagels sent by Aunt Mandi and yummy sugar cookies that Aunt Dani brought from downtown Chicago. I am so blessed to have such wonderful in-laws! And Baby D made out with so many great gifts - everyone has just been so extremely generous to this little one.

Gigi, me and Grandma Lucy at my Chicago baby shower. We were so fortunate to have grandma in from Ohio.

All the David girls celebrating again at my shower. I am so lucky to have amazing in-laws!

Me and cousin Ellen, who was 12 weeks pregnant at the time. She has so much fun ahead of her.

Christian's best friend's wife, Robyn came to the shower with her daughter Ashley. These four became fast friends and played together all day. It was precious.

Having the Ohio relatives there to celebrate with us was the icing on the cake. Justin and Danielle's little girls Ava and Viv are absolutely adorable and made fast friends with Sami and Sophie. It was precious to see them all together. And Carson had plenty of bonding time with the boys - he played sports all day Saturday with his uncle Chris and then got to golf with Papa, Chris and Mike on Sunday. He even got to drive the golf cart - what a treat!

It was such a memorable weekend - the kids are still talking about it!