Buldging tire, Grumpy Baby, and a Whole Lot of Rain

This weekend we went to Wisconsin to go to a family reunion. On our journey there we decided to stop in Chicago for a couple of hours to walk around and get some lunch. When we were almost there we realized that "Taste of Chicago" festival was happening. So we decided to park near Millennium Park which was relatively close to where the event was happening. We walked around for awhile and then got some food there. To be honest, I wasn't greatly impressed with the festival. I thought it was kind of boring.
Anyway, we crawled back into the car and took off to get out of Chicago. Our "getting out of Chicago" took us 2 hours because the traffic was bumper to bumper the entire way.
When we stopped for gas we checked out our tires to see what kind of pressure they had going on. While the guys were checking them they found that one had a really huge bulge in its sidewall. We were still about an hour away or so from our final destination. At this same time we ran into some torrential rain falls, you know the rains we have been having for weeks it seems like. So we had to take it bit easy because of the tire and also because of the pouring rain. Once we finally reached our destination of where we were staying at we got out and unloaded. Some of our clothing got wet so we had to put it in the dryer so we could have it to wear.
Saturday we started by eating breakfast and then going and getting our tire changed so that we were safe to move about. We then went to the reunion and had a wonderful time. Jabez and Dakota got absolutely filthy. Dakota ate who knows what because I let him crawl anywhere and everywhere he wanted to go. It was easier then trying to keep him contained. By the end of the evening we were totally worn out and ready for showers and bed!
This morning we got up really early and took off for home because we wanted to beat Chicago's horrible traffic. It was amazing how quickly we got through today. I loved it. Today it also poured because we got right in the middle of all the wonderful storms that were passing through.
All throughout our journey Dakota was somewhat fussy. He had a harder time on the way home, then on the way up. He did a lot of screaming and crying. But once we finally got home and I got him out of the van and let him down inside it was like he became a different child.
So now the process of unpacking and washing all of our soaked laundry, due to our bag being on top of the van in one of those travel bags, and repacking to head to the hospital for Dakota's surgery has begun. We also have a few other things that we should look after before we head to
Ft. Wayne on Tuesday.
All in all, we had a really good weekend. I am thankful that we could go see family we haven't seen in 6 years.