Fun at the park with cousins!

On Wednesday Michelle and the boys came to visit. It's great that they live close and are able to just come and spend a day with us! We played at the house in the morning, and then in the afternoon, since the weather was so nice {sunny and 65!} we headed to the park!

Teeter-totter 

I swear he has no fear

 B and T ... Best buds!

 0, 1, 2, 3! {those are their ages in order!}

{a behind the scenes look at trying to get that picture}

Lily's first swing ride! Logan wasn't so sure about sharing.

She is really getting the hang of sucking on those fingers!

 Any day now he will be off and running!

Loving that the days are longer, the sun is shinning more and cousins live near by!

Long plane ride, new baby and Washington DC!

{so this post ended up being supper long... probably the longest post I've ever made, sorry!}

I can't believe we've been back for almost 2 weeks and I am just now getting around to posting about our trip! So I'll get right to it! 

Our plane boarded at about lunch time on a Wednesday. Which was both good and bad, good because I figured B would hopefully nap {since it was a 3.5 hour flight!} but bad because I didn't want to have a hungry little guy on my hands. We had quite a bit of time to kill before we boarded the plane so I thought getting a bagel {which he loves} to eat would keep him occupied and fill his little tummy. {just a random side note... did you know that the Starbucks in the Portland airport does not have a toaster, I asked to have the bagel toasted and the gal said they didn't have a toaster and then I asked if I could at least have the bagel cut in half and she said they didn't have knifes either?! I thought this was a little ridiculous! Are they afraid some psycho is going to steal a knife and then hijack a plane?! I guess it could happen but, really?!}

Yay! We made it on the plane! Now to sit for 3 and half full hours!!!! I was a little anxious about this haha! But Blake surprised me and did an awesome job! He sat in my lap for the whole time!! He napped for about an hour but the rest of the time he watched some Melmo, {Elmo, thank goodness for the iPad!} colored, stuck stickers everywhere and visited with the nice older man sitting next to us. B did a great job, but I now have a new found respect for mothers who travel with little ones {like my sister!} it's not an easy job!

We had a 2 hour lay over in Chicago. He loved walking up and down the moving walk way things in the middle of the airport, we probably did that a hundred times between there and back!

We got into Reston about 10pm east coast time. Which only felt like 7pm to us.

We spent Thursday just relaxing around the house and letting the boys play.

Trouble One and Trouble Two! They had so much fun together!!

Friday I got the opportunity to do some site seeing. Reston is about 30min out side of Washington DC. My dad and Carlos played tour guide for me. It was so great to finally see some of our Nation's History!

Washington Monument

 World War II Memorial

At the World War II Memorial they have all the states etched into the stone. There is usually a fountain in the middle of it but it wasn't on when we were there.

 The Lincoln Memorial

This is where the Reflecting Pool usually is. I don't know if you can tell from this picture but it is under construction right now. They are lining the bottom with marble!

The Lincoln statue was HUGE! So neat to finally see! 

 Korean War Memorial

"FREEDOM IS NOT FREE"

So true. We saw the Marines from Quantico Marine Base touring and it made me realize what they are doing for our country. Our freedom is not free, so if you are someone reading this who has served our country, I thank you, you and your family for your sacrifice.

Vietnam Memorial

It was surreal to see all those names.

The White House

 Ford's Theater where President Lincoln was assassinated.

The house across the street form Ford's Theater where Lincoln died.

The room he died in {kind of weird to think about!}

 The Capitol

Apparently the day we were at the Capitol there was a suicide bomb attempt. Security seemed very present, armed men seemed everywhere but in light of today's world we just figured that's how it always was. Little did we know it was most likely that way because of a bomb threat!

 We had a beautiful day, a little on the cold side but it was nice and sunny! Between all that we saw we figured we walked about 6+ miles. Thank you Dad and Carlos for showing me around DC!

That evening we went to a mall. We took the boys to Build a Bear and they each got to make a bear.

B made a Black Bear named Re-re and T made a Brown Bear named Dude. They loved their bears!

On Saturday my Aunt Peggy {my mom's sister} and her two girls Kristen and Katie came to visit. They live in the Philadelphia area. We only see them about every other year so it was fun to see them on a year we wouldn't normally get to!

We also had to say good-bye to my dad on Saturday.

After they all headed home we headed to Georgetown!

Have you ever head of the TLC show DC Cupcakes? It's in Georgetown and yes, we waited in line for an hour just to try one {or 8} of their famous cup cakes! Which were pretty delicious!

 Georgetown University {from afar}

 The line went all the way up the street!

 Yummy cupcakes!

There were tons of fun restaurants all over Georgetown, but were did we end up, with two melting down toddlers who needed dinner that minute and not a minute later and a new born, who is probably the easiest baby I've ever met, yep, that's right we ended up at Qudoba. And you would think that that black stuff all over B's mouth would be from a chocolate cupcake which we had just purchased, but no its black beans, surprisingly his favorite! As I'm sure you guessed, we sadly did not spend much time at all in Georgetown. Oh, how life changes with kids! If I ever make it back I would love to spend more time there sans B!

By now I bet you are thinking, "wow they sure did a lot with having 2 toddlers and a newborn!" We did at first but then things slowed down, we all got a little worn down {if you can imagine that, ha!} and Michelle and I came down with colds. 

Now, finally onto the whole reason we went to Virginia... Baby Logan!

Isn't he so sweet!

Like I said earlier he is probably the easiest newborn I've ever met. He only really cried when he was having his diaper changed and he was fine with just chillin in his little bassinet thing or the swing. He was so sweet! It's amazing how quickly your forget how tiny they are.

B and his new cousin!

 Sunday morning we didn't get to church but B some how found T's little story bible and sat down with it and they both started looking through it. It was pretty funny and cute but lasted about 2 minutes {just long enough to get the picture}.

Monday we hung out around the house till after nap time and then we headed to an Outlet Mall. This outlet mall was HUGE. It had everything. There is shopping everywhere in that area! It kind of made me appreciate the simplicity of where we live, but don't get me wrong it would be nice to have more options other then Target, Old Navy and Ross!

The whole week we tried to get a picture of the boys sitting nicely next to each other. Here's what we got...

Michelle's expression in this one says it all!

 Crazy boys!

And finally a semi good one!

Tuesday was my mom's birthday! In the morning her and I took the boys down to the Town Center that is within walking distance from their house. We didn't last long since it was freezing cold!

And the boys just weren't having it.

That night we went out to dinner to celebrate my mom's birthday and opened her present and had a cupcake.

 Helping grandma open her present

Instead of happy birthday T says "Happy Cake to you!" it's pretty cute!

Wednesday came way too fast. Saying good-bye has not gotten easier over the last 4 almost 5 years since Michelle and Carlos made the move across the country. 

I was thankful to have my mom to help with the long trek back home. 

Blake did pretty well again. Thankfully he did this....

for the last 2 hours of our flight. After all it did feel like 9pm to him. 

It was a great trip! Thank you dad and mom for making it possible!

{and if you've made it all the way to the end, I'm impressed! and you probably want to do what B is doing in that last picture ha!}