Aaron recently celebrated his 30th birthday!!! Crazy huh?
Well we have always wanted to go see the sites in our nation's capitol and Aaron's most recent milestone gave us the perfect excuse to make it happen. We had a great time seeing everything and visiting the Rasmussens. We did not rent a car and instead just rode the metro around the city or crowded into Eric and Holly's car for off-metro stops. Sophia was a trooper and adjusted relatively well to the scorching heat, strange hotel, naps in her stroller and her first plane ride. To say that we walked a lot would be an understatement but we enjoyed being able to get away and spend time together as a family. I did learn a few things about "family vacations" that as a new mom I didn't know before.
1. The vacation really won't be relaxing...so don't expect it.
2. Always drug not only the child before a plain ride but you too!
3. Rent a hotel room with a separated living space so that when one is awake not all have to be.
4. Baby on board will slow the sight seeing down...expect it...don't freak about it.
and last but not least
5. Plan on at least two days at home afterwards to have a vacation from your wonderful vacation.
Here are a few pics from our trip. We took so many photos but here are just a few.
Here is Sophia before leaving for work yesterday. I don't know if any of you have tried Pediped shoes for your little ones but, I LOVE THEM!!!
Isn't that butt just too cute!!!!
As most of you know Sophia comes with me to my fabulous job. She loves crawling all over. The filing cabinets magnetic labels are her newest favorite teething toys. (I don't know if you can see it in the picture but we have had to move them all to the third drawer up so Sophia can't reach them.) She tries so hard to reach them.
