When we were first married my brother was in Chicago for business. He wanted to drive to Wrigley Field just to see it and maybe buy something from the stores around it. I don’t think it needs repeating how big of Cubs fans we are. Brad turned to Molly and asked, “do you feel that? It’s just different here, there’s no other stadium like it.” Molly just laughed and told us we were crazy, which probably isn’t far from the truth. Well, a few days after “Cubs Week”, Molly turned to me and said those words…..”I felt it”.

At first I had no idea what she was talking about, but she continued, “At Wrigley, I felt it. I think I felt what Brad was talking about that day awhile back.” I didn’t quite know how to react. Was she serious? Was she just getting sentimental about leaving Chicago in general? Was she just playing with my emotions or even gently mocking me for my love of the Cubs? Either way, I’ll take it. It was an uphill battle, one that I had given up on before it even started. But I choose to believe that once I got her to look past the crowded seats, the loud fans, the lack of a big screen telling fans when to cheer, and the not so great food, she could tell that Wrigley was different. And it is.

Who am I kidding?  It probably all had to do with the little guy in the photo above.

Now bring on the Valley of the Sun!

Wrong!

It makes for a great 2 days! On Thursday and Saturday of this week, we were able to watch the Cubs play the Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field.

It was also a week of firsts for Griff.  First Cubs game, first bus ride, first train ride, first lick of ice cream (just kidding, kind of).

The first day we sat on one of the rooftops.  There is nothing like sitting on the rooftops for a game.  You get all you can eat food and drink, inside areas with flat screens everywhere, just fantastic.  We were on the rooftop just right of the foul pole in the picture below.

View from the rooftop

On Saturday, we were actually in Wrigley.  We are very proud of how Griff did through the whole thing.  He lasted 7 innings on Thursday before we started really pushing naptime, but it was a little too loud for him when we were in Wrigley, we didn’t last long.  The Cubs won one game and the d’backs won one.  So Griff’s record stands at 1-1.  (Landon is now 19-14.  Yes, he does have every single ticket from every Cubs game he’s ever been to.)   Here are a few of our favorites from the week.

Since we will both be away for the better part of December and January, we decided to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Landon will be going to Atlanta on business, so Griff and I will be basking in the Arizona sun until January 29. The past 6 weeks have been a blast figuring out Griff’s quirks and personality. He is now 10 lb and 22 in. long.