{Traveling Part III - downtown Seattle}

We spent the better part of the day in downtown Seattle. Our first stop was at the aquarium - It was amazing!

 They had so many "petting" exhibits! It was so fun!

 

We're kinda crazy.

A little carousal ride,,,

Then we went to Ivars for lunch [yummy fish and chips!] and of course saved some for the seagulls!

 Then we stopped at Pike Place Market and enjoyed shopping around and trying all the samples.

Some mini doughnuts.....yum!

She loved her monkey! It was whole for a couple hours before one of it's arms popped....

The rest of the day we spent driving around the surrounding Seattle areas looking at neighborhoods and getting a feel for what was there. It was an adventure!

{Traveling Part II - Grandparents in Seattle}

We had such a lovely time staying with the McQuays! They were great hosts and Evette adored them! She has talked about Grandma and Grandpa frequently since our visit :)

Grandma went with us girls down to the children's museum while Sean was at his interview. 

 We had a splendid time.

Evette adored Choco! She loved him a lot - I bet he was glad to get some rest once we left, though!

Look at that pretty baby!

Love these guys! Such a great visit with them!

 We also had the opportunity to visit with Grandma Shelly! It was sweet to visit with her and see her with her great granddaughters!!

{Traveling Part I}

Once upon a time we packed up lots of bags and headed to the airport to go on a little adventure.

Our first stop was Seattle. Sean made it to the final round of interviews for a job with Amazon [more on the job hunt process later... Sean is supposed to write that one :) ] and we decided that if we were to get a job offer and live there, we might as well take a look at the city and some of the surrounding neighborhoods to get a feel for it. Plus Sean's grandparents live there and we hadn't seen them forever! Hooray for last minute vacations.

Flying with 2 kids is craziness.

Seriously look at us in these pictures....Good thing we're all so buff so we can carry around all that stuff. [baby Miriam is hidden in that sling I'm wearing - she practically lived in that thing for our whole trip - what a trooper.]

Evette absolutely loved the airplane and overall she did great! 

Miriam was an angel and slept for a large chunk of the flight.

We survived the flight which was the start of a very crazy next couple of days.....

{Happy 2 Months!!}

Last week Miriam turned 2 months old! We took her to the dr and she weighs 10lbs 6oz [50th percentile], her height is in the 75th percentile and head circumference at 30th percentile. She is so much smaller than Evette was! Evette was always in the 85-95th percentile for heigh/weight/hc. I feel like she's so petite! I love my tiny baby!
She is a sweetheart! She has learned how to smile [didn't catch any good smiles during this photo shoot, though] and we've got a few laughs out of her as well! She loves it when we sing and is overall just a happy chill baby!
Still in size 0-3 mo clothes and size 1 diaper. She's lovely.

Sister love right here. Evette cannot get enough of her little sister. Always insists on holding her hand, playing with her, talking to her, it melts my heart. They are the sweetest.

Sometimes having an older sister is scary, though! Big sudden movements and lots of loud noises lol

And.... then feeding time again :)

Evette at 2 months - I mean check out those cheeks and legs!!!

{Beautiful Saturday}

March arrived - and it was beautiful. It was so lovely! We packed up a picnic, crammed our double jogging stroller in the back of our little car, threw the girls in, and headed to our beautiful lake! We spent all morning walking around, feeding the ducks, and feeding ourselves. It was lovely.

On the way home we were invited over to our friend's house for a lovely afternoon BBQ and pool party!

We had an absolute blast!! The kids enjoyed themselves as did the adults!

 It was a lovely Saturday and a perfect way to enjoy the great weather before the temperature dropped 60* in the next 24 hours....seriously.