concert in the park that wasn’t

another summer, another concert in the park in hinsdale! earlier that evening, my sister made mention to me about attending the concert at 6:30pm. since it was still early, hc and i decided to knock out some errands before we headed out there.

we did some shopping and we were on track to be just a little bit late but a series of events caused us to be very late. to a point, where i said to him…”why are we even going? we are going to be sooo late!”, well we went anyways {cause that is who we are}! we arrived with barely an hour to spare. we found the gang right away.

as were walking towards them, hc saw reagan running towards us {playing with his buddies} and he let go of the stroller {that obvs olive was sitting in} to grab reagan and pick him up. in that process, hc let go of olive on an incline! i was enrapture in what hc was doing, so both of us did not notice that olive was rolling down a small hill and her stroller was tipping over and falling! omg! olive’s face went south fast and almost hit the ground! hc grabbed for the stroller and picked her up right before she smashed into the grass and i gasped out of surprise and terror! did we just let our baby almost flip over in her stroller?! why yes we did. in front of hundreds of people. how embarrrrrasing! eep!

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[hmmmm, terrible blurry picture because i was walking too fast]

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[as soon as olive got there, they doted on her]

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[crazy kids…olive is like: whatevs]

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[auntie kim and the babes]

we walked around for a bit looking to get olive something to eat or drink but there really wasn’t anything just right for her. she already had her dinner but i was looking for something additional for her to munch on. but fail. so we moved on. we walked back over to hang out and the boys wanted to show olive the fountain. she was quite impressed!

i rolled up her sleeves and she had the best time splashing around in the water! i couldn’t pull her away! it was actually quite cold, the band had just finished their last set, and it was time to go and warm up!

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[the dudes]

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[the kids so excited to play near the fountain]

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[sooooo excited to see her first big fountain!]

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[she looooooooved touching the water]

we all walked back to the car and went on our merry way home. it was a quick but significant night out! i was glad we went, even though it was only for a short time! moments like these are always great even short lived.

xoxo

concert in the park

we crossed off two summer to do’s on our list! we attended a concert in the park and then some.

we met up with my famille in downtown hinsdale. it was a beautiful evening. hc and i parked up the street, south of the tracks, and walked our way towards the park. it was a lovely, leisurely, short stroll. there was a band playing there called 7th heaven. apparently, way, way, way back in the days, they were an opening band for bon jovi.

my sister had already popped a squat by the fountain and we made our way back there. everyone started to gather within the hour. terry came by, then mike and sam, thuy, then helen and gabrielle! we mingled around a bit; the boys eventually went towards the booze and food area to grab us some grub and drinks.

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[seventh heaven was the band]

 olive was out. she fell asleep in the car {she was a tired little peanut…she didn’t have much of any naps that day} and was zonked out with all the craziness and noise around her. she finally awoke an hour later and everyone got a chance to dote on her!

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[baby girl fell asleep and slept through all the noise]

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[big ass taco…it was prob 10″ wide in diameter!]

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[sister, sister]

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[ready for some bubbles…on our summer to do list!]

we were relaxing, enjoying our surroundings, and reveling in the wonderful weather and temps. then it was time for me to break out some bubbly {uh, no, not that kind of bubbly!}! the boys were so excited! they went nutty over the bubble guns and so did the kids around them. they were like pied pipers with these bubble machines! wherever they were, the kids followed and surrounded them to break all the bubbles and break out in sweet giggles!

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[sisters, olive, and helen]

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[we were watching the train roll by as we were leaving the park]

it was getting late {late by baby standards} and we had to go. it’s always this: leave early, get olive home, give her a bath, feed her, and put her down…all by 9pm, every night.

we walked our way back to the car {such a beautiful night!} and as we were crossing the tracks, a freight train rolled by! we stopped to watch the train go by…olive wasn’t very impressed. so move along we did. we got home, scurried around, and everyone got settled and snuggled in.

it was another fabulous summer evening with friends and family! yay to warm weather! we love you!

xoxo