Boeing

We just finished visiting the Future Flight Museum. We weren't able to go on the Boeing Tour because children under a certain height are not allowed due to safety precautions. I told David he could go without me, but I guess he isn't sick of me enough yet, because he wants to hang out with me and baby :) We are now heading to Olympic National Park. I just looked at it on the map, looks pretty big to me. It will take us a couple of hours to get there, so Katelyn is already asleep and I think I will try to do the same. Have any of you ever been to Red Robin? We got food from there last night and I was trying to be good by not having one of their high calorie drinks, but I told David today that I WANT ONE!!!

So this is why people hate Florida

The weather here is so perfect, it's unbelievable. Most of the day yesterday it was 73. It was so beautiful. I always thought I hated the outdoors, but now I realize it's the heat I hate, not the outdoors. We spent most of the day outdoors yesterday walking around Seattle. It was incredible weather. We even ate outside at a cute little greek place for lunch. We went to Pike's Place and I got to see them throwing the fish to each other at the famous fish market there. I'm sure David will post sometime with more details about the market. He loved the market and wished we had one in Orlando. Katelyn even slept better last night, she only woke up once, so it was a great day and a great night. Today we are headed to the Future Flight Museum and we are trading in "riding the ducks" for Olympic National Park.

Temple

The Temple was under construction (maintenance), so poor Moroni and the steeple were covered in scaffolding. Even the lobby was full of construction materials and a donut or two. I forgot to tell you how yummy breakfast was. I had the Carribean Crepes breakfast. It was two crepes with cream cheese filling with mango and banana slices and topped with caramel and whipped cream. It tasted more like dessert, very tasty. Last night I saw this "Sleepless in Seattle" shirt at the airport and I told David I wanted it as a souvenir. Little did I know that's how I would actually spend my first night in Seattle :) We just went grocery shopping for diapers and food and snacks. David got some cherries too. He wants me to try one, but I prefer the fake maraschino kind. Now we're heading to the Space Needle. Is this a random post or what? We also want to do something called "Ride the Ducks"

Undiagnosed

OK, so I know I'm feeding my husband's belief that I have ADD by posting so much, but having this laptop in the car keeps me from going insane having to sit still so long. We just ate breakfast and are now heading to the Seattle Temple. I'm pretty excited about it. I haven't seen any mountains yet, but know it will only be a matter of time. We are driving on the highway through very tall beautiful greeeen trees. It is a nice drive, especially with Katelyn singing in the background. It was so much fun to have her with us this morning. Her first hotel stay. She didn't sleep well last night (up every 2 hours), so I was delighted that she was in such a good mood this morning. She fell asleep on the way to breakfast, but woke up when we went inside and is still wide awake singing away. She is such a sweet precious gift from God!!

Using #'s as Post Titles is boring.

Last night when we got to the hotel, I pulled out my jammies from the suitcase. They felt damp, but I just figured it was my imagination and the fact that I was so tired that I must be dreaming the rain got everything. Well, when my husband woke up this morning, he confirmed the bad news. He guesses the luggage must have been left out on the tarmack in the pouring rain for some time. He called Southwest to complain and got us some voucher coupons for the future, but that doesn't erase the fact that our hotel room now looks like a laundromat with everything hanging up (we'll use the dryer later if they're still not dry). I hope the electronics are ok :(

Post #4

We finally made it to Seattle. It is 12:48 local time which means we are approaching the 4am EST mark, no wonder we are worn out. I forgot to mention that Katelyn was a gem for her first two plane excursions. I was going to give her a B+ but then I had flashbacks of other children that I have flown next to, so I upgraded her to an A-. She sure kept us busy, no more relaxing on airplanes! She was a bit fussy when we got off the last plane and I had to put her in the car seat, but I gave her Daddy's cell phone and she quieted right down. She is probably fussy because they didn't put her car seat in a plastic bag when we checked it, and it rained and rained, so she is probably freezing sitting in a wet car seat. Poor thing. I put a blanket on her and she seems to be quieting down, hopefully for a quick nap while we drive to the hotel. It has certainly been a long day considering we left our home around noon thirty. David has already commented how pretty it is here (what we can see in the dark) and we already saw the Space Needle from the air and the ground :)

Post #3

Back to not leaving until 10:30 which is a three hour delay. Yikes!! They better get me a crib!

Post #2

As I sit here contemplating what I'm going to write, our "status" has changed 3 times. We are at the Denver Airport and our flight was originally scheduled to leave at 7:40... then we found out our plane was diverted to Colorado Springs due to weather conditions... then we found out it would be a 2 hour delay... then they just came on and said it should leave at 9:00. If all else fails, I'm going to call my friend Dianne and ask to sleep on her couch :)

Trip - Day 1 - Post #1

We made it through ticketing and security without a hitch. I guess baby food doesn't have to be in less than 3 ounce containers thank goodness!! Now we're just chilling at MCO awaiting our 4:00 flight to Denver. Katelyn is happy and ready to go. Daddy is engrossed in Tom Clancy. Mommy is trying to pretend she's not nervous.

Finally I'm posting!

It's amazing how much more "down and out" you feel when you're sick AND you're a Mommy. I'm finally better after a cold that was way stronger than me. I just about only had enough energy to play Guitar Hero :) But I conquered Guitar Hero Expert Level (well, only a couple of songs anyway), so that was exciting for me. This pic is of Daddy thinking it would be fun to put some bloomers on Kate's head. She sure seemed to enjoy it :)