Washington DC Trip

3 Babies hanging out

Angie and I in Baltimore

Travis, Peyton and I just got back from Washington DC last night. We went there mainly to visit one of my best friends, Angie. Angie and her husband Andy live in New Zealand:( They moved there a few years ago and then her parents moved to Washington DC. She came into the states to visit them, and we just had to go visit her since who knows when I'll get a chance to see her again. We had such a great time catching up and letting our babies play together. Angie had twin boys a week before I had Peyton! I miss her so much already and wish that our time together wasn't always rushed.

The National Monument, notice I have my feet in the water

The Lincoln Memorial

The US Capitol

If you know much about Travis this will make you laugh

At the Smithsonian Museum of American Natural History

The White House

The National Monument

While we were there we had to do some sightseeing. How amazing! It was so cool to see all these important buildings that have so much history to our country. We saw the Capitol building, Library of Congress, the White House, National Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and the Smithsonian museums. On the map it looks like all of these things are very close together, but when you start waking you realize that's a joke! Thankfully they have a Metro system that is pretty easy to use (although I don't know how comfortable I would feel using it by myself without Travis). The weather there the first few days of our trip were almost like home, but the last few days I thought we were going to die. Not only was it 95 degrees, but it was so humid! You walk outside and immediately were covered in sweat. Not fun! We also took a day trip to Baltimore and went on a cruise around the water which was really interesting.

Peyton was a perfect angel the whole trip. She did great on both flights, slept in her stroller (even in the 95 degree weather), and was happy the other times. That was definitely an answered prayer. If you've never been to our nations capitol, go! It was such a neat experience and we can't wait to take the kids there again some day when they can appreciate it. When you are there standing looking at all these amazing monuments and buildings, you just feel like you are apart of history.

Hot baby in the stroller

Peyton on the airplane

On a side note, Brayden stayed here with the Nevils for a few nights and with my parents the rest of the time. He did a great job, but missed us a lot! We probably missed him more:) We went and got him last night and we both said to each other "he has grown so much!" He's been pretty excited to be home and we're happy to all be together again. Speaking of how much he's grown, Brayden turns 3 tomorrow! More on that later.