Babymoon 2011: Part one

Lots of exciting things happening lately. so many that I have taken many pics of all of our good eats and projects, but haven't sat down to put together any posts. In all the commotion we decided we needed a break. Newlyweds get their honeymoons and we decided we deserved a babymoon before the little ankle biter arrives.

We spent 4 days total on our little getaway to Milwaukee. Of course we happened to be there during the HOTTEST days of the summer (seriously the ones that were 115 heat index) and we walked a lot... Here's a small recap of our travels.

Drove through Lake Geneva

Visit to the Jelly Belly Warehouse

Dinner at Las Cubanitas (amazing Cuban food!) Forgot to take pics of the food...

Breakfast @ Blue's Egg (mmmmmmmmmmmmm)
Andy ordered Blue's Classic Benedict w/goat cheese, roasted olive and paprika aoli browns (hashbrowns).

I had the House granola w/berries, milk and yogurt w/a bagel and caper cream cheese....wow.

It was so much food I think we didn't eat again until dinner.

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This is me now...

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