Friday, December 6, 2013

A Washington Get-Away

The week before Annaliese turned two, we took a trip to Washington to 1) have a baby shower for Kelsey, 2) celebrate Annaliese's 2nd birthday, 3) see my parents new house, and 4) celebrate Thanksgiving. It was a busy 4 days, but we successfully accomplished everything we set out to do.

We flew into Seattle on Wednesday evening; Annaliese was fascinated by the 'pellers' on the plane (propellers) and is still talking about how much she likes planes and flying up in the sky! She was fighting a bit of a cold, so she didn't have nearly her normal amount of energy which made for a great flight! Auntie Kelsey picked us up at the airport and we spent the night at her and Ben's place on the north side of Seattle. On Thursday morning, my mom drove down from Bellingham to pick us up, and we all headed back to my parents house.

A few belly shots...Kelsey is 29 weeks; I am 27 weeks

 


 Playing games



 Auntie Kelsey playing with her niece and nephew:)

Grandma has an entire closet full of play things!

Friday morning we all headed downtown to the Bellingham Children's Museum. They had a great area designed for toddlers, including an interactive art area where they could draw with chalk, paint, dig in the sandbox for fossils etc. Annaliese loved it!


Friday night we celebrated Thanksgiving, complete with a turkey and all the fixings! 


There was also lots of time spend cuddling, relaxing, and just enjoying each others company. 





And then there were several attempts at family pictures...








Next we packed up the cars and headed to Ben and Kelsey's place in Seattle to prepare for Kelsey's baby shower. There were several girls from her work that came, as well as a few cousins/other family. We played a few games, ate some good food, and tried to be crafty and make Kelsey a mobile for the baby's room and a few headbands. 


 Everyone is sculpting a pregnant lady out of play-doh...Kelsey had to pick the best one!






At the end, while we were cleaning up, Grandma taught Annaliese and Elias how to play Ring-Around-the-Rosie!

I think that about sums up our trip to Washington!! We had a great time and are already looking forward to our next trip (which will be much different since by that time both Kelsey and I will have had our babies!!)

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