Happy Birthday Lucian and Ikea Trip

For Lucian's birthday we decided to take a trip to Ikea (in Schaumburg, IL). Not really for his birthday, but that is how it worked out. We have been wanting to go for some time now and this Sat. was the day. We headed out around noon after Claire ate. She was super fussy as we stopped for coffee at Alterra before heading out, but fell asleep for most of the 1.5 hour drive and was content the rest of the way. We had a few furniture items on our list and a lot of storage containers. We are really trying to organize the house and throw away things we don't need. No small task if you ask me.

Claire danced on top of dressers to see which one she wanted. I'll post a pick after we put it together.


Here we are waiting as Lucian pulled up the car. As always, we left with way more than we planned.

You may notice that Claire is in a different outfit at this point. She had a major blowout not long after the photo of her dancing on dressers. Luckily Ikea is very baby friendly. They had changing stations in every bathroom and a nursing room we took advantage of. It was quite the mess, but Claire was a trooper and we were well prepared. It was bound to happen at some point, right?

And another photo while waiting. What else were we going to do?:)

Lucian and Spencer had off this past Monday. Here are some fun shots Lucian took during their day off.