Last week, we took a trip to Washington D.C. Actually, Kyle had some business meetings there and he left on Wednesday. Ellie and I flew out to meet him there on Friday. I was so nervous to fly with Ellie all by myself, but she did great! The hardest part was getting through security and around the airport with a baby, a stroller, my biggest purse, a diaper bag, and a carry-on bag packed with snacks, books, babies, and a DVD player. Other than that (and having to wake up at 4:30 a.m. to get to the airport on time), everything else was great!
We arrived Friday afternoon and met Kyle at our hotel. We stayed in Arlington, Virginia. After getting settled, we walked around until we found a place to eat and a grocery store to pick up some snacks and drinks. We just relaxed at the hotel and took Ellie to the indoor pool that evening. We were exhausted! Ellie and I fell asleep watching TV at 9:00 p.m. our time! About 30 minutes later I woke to Kyle yelling at me. Ellie had thrown up ALL OVER THE BED, HERSELF, AND ME! We had to strip the sheets and call for new bedding and towels and both of us had to get in the bath ASAP. I was so worried that she was going to be sick the entire time and we were going to be stuck in our hotel room. But she woke up Saturday morning feeling fine, thank goodness!
On Saturday we had breakfast near the Capitol and started our tour there. We walked from the Capitol building through the National Mall. We went to 3 of the Smithsonian museums: The Museum of the American Indian (of course!), The Air and Space Museum, and the Museum of Natural History (my favorite!). After that, we found a place to eat lunch and watch the OSU vs. Texas game. It ended up being a Texas watch party and we found out later that the OSU watch party was just down the street! After watching the Cowboys win, we headed back to our hotel room to watch the Rangers win their game that is sending them to the World Series! Great day!
After a good night's rest (Ellie slept for 12 hours!), we got up and headed to the Lincoln Memorial. We'd planned on checking out the new Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial, but the dedication happened to be that day. I've never seen so many people in my life! It was crazy! Luckily, we were heading in the opposite direction. We walked from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument and then to the White House. We did the White House garden tour and suprisingly got close enough to touch the White House (although we didn't)! It was really cool! We were in the backyard and got to see the vegetable garden, basketball court/tennis courts, etc. After that we went to the Museum of American History.
We were about worn out by this time and had to be at the airport in a few hours, so we headed back to the hotel to get our bags and head to the airport. The first 3 hour flight to DFW went great . . . Ellie slept the entire time. We were sitting in the floor fixing to board the flight home when she threw up all over me again! We had to rush to get ourselves all cleaned up before boarding the flight (where she threw up again), but we made it! She must have had a little bug. She is totally fine now, although I haven't given her any milk because both time she got sick it was right after she had milk.
I'm still recovering from all the walking and traveling in such a short period of time, but we had a great time. D.C. was so cool! Lots of great sight-seeing and interesting things to check out. I took about 250 pics, but here are some of my favorites!
Snacking on the plane to D.C.
Playing in the DFW airport play area
Swimming at the hotel pool
The start of our self guided tour
Library of Congress
U.S. Capitol
The reflecting pool in front of the Capitol building
Daddy drawing on her little mouse nose and whiskers.
Nana came to see her sweet Minnie
Daddy drawing on her little mouse nose and whiskers.
Nana came to see her sweet Minnie
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