Trip to Washington: Day 1

Mommy and Chloe went on our annual trip to Washington to see the family. Daddy was supposed to come, but he got a job interview and couldn't make it. Bummer! We always love our trips to Washington because we get to see the Oatfield side of the family and have lots of fun. We took the awful 7:30 a.m. flight so we had to get up at the crack of dawn, but that was probably good since I didn't have to think about the flight for very long that day. I absolutely hate to fly (don't know why), so I'm always freaking out the day of the flight. I'm always a little worried about Chloe too since she's buckled in for 2 hours, but she was fantastic. Daddy packed a great activity bag for her so we had plenty to do. Amazingly enough, the drink with the straw we got on the flight entertained her for quite some time. Who needs candy and toys when you got a straw! Chloe loved the plane ride, but the whole way there she wanted to see Ry Ry, her cousin that was stuck on a 14 hour car ride to Washington.


Gigi picked us up from the airport and took us out to breakfast. We probably should have just gone to a wide open field and let Chloe get all of her wiggles out because the last thing she wanted to do was sit down AGAIN and eat breakfast, but it was much needed on my part. Since I can't eat before I fly I was starving! We stayed with Gigi and Montie this time because the rest of the family was staying at Grandpa's house so we got to Gigi's house and relaxed for a bit. Chloe must have been tired too because she took a 4 hour nap!! When everyone got there for the family BBQ they wanted to see Chloe, but she just slept away and who was I to wake her up from her beauty sleep. Everyone was able to make it to the BBQ so I got to see the whole fam on the first day. Quite the housefull! You can imagine how tired I was that night, so of course it would have to be the worst night for Chloe. She started out in the crib in my room, then she was in the bed with me, then back in the crib after kicking me all night, and finally back in bed with me until she was WIDE awake at 6:00 a.m. the next day. Oh the joys of traveling!


But that didn't stop us from our first full day of adventures. Since it was nice weather the first couple of days we decided to take advantage of it and play in the water fountains downtown Olympia. Chloe wasn't crazy about the spouting fountains, but auntie Tessie got her out there anyway!