Planes, trains...and newborns  4:29 AM, Jun 18, 2010   |  
 comments   • Share   • Print   • - A A A +  Alright, the above
headline is misleading.  We did not travel by air or rail.  But
we did go to Chicago in an automobile, and when you have a four-
week-old on board...any travel is adventurous, if not worthy of
a reference to a 1987 movie classic.   But first, my sincere
greetings to all.  I have intended to write about my latest
adventures - even my thoughts on that dreaded BP spill - for a
while.  But alas, life with a newborn doesn't allow for many
spare moments.  Just when you think you have one, you glance at
the baby monitor and realize she's waking up and hungry.  So
that's why I'm embarking on a blog with a slightly different
format.  Given that my time could be "up" any minute... I'm
simply going to offer a few brief thoughts.    • Our family -
including my daughter, Grace - enjoyed a recent trip to Chicago
to attend a dear friend's wedding.  It was a "nothing fancy"
trip: simply a two-day drive do