We're Back

Hey all! We're back from our Portland Vacation. We had a great time. Lena got to see her grandparents, aunt, and uncles. Jason and I got to see two movies and eat in a restaurant without worrying about baby seats and the squeal of happiness that is the inevitable consequence of Lena's restaurant joy. (She LOVES to eat out. I think it's because the waitstaff think she's cute and bring her extra food.)

For those who are wondering, Lena behaved herself on the plane both to and from. There were a few minutes of crying and wiggling but mostly she was happy to look out the window with her dad. The flight attendants commented on how good she was, which of course put the pressure on us to keep it that way so we made stupid faces to make her laugh and I let her try to feed me her pacifier. It all worked out in the end.

Once in Portland we stayed in Dan and Gail's basement, which was the PERFECT place for us. We had our own bathroom and kitchen and a huge space for Lena to run around. She had a ball watching Sesame Street and throwing her toys around. On Friday the 6th we all drove up to a turn off near Government Camp to show Lena snow. At first she seemed confused by all the white and cold (and probably the 3 layers of clothes, boots, hat and scarf we dressed her in) , but once Uncle Jared and Aunt Emily took her sleding and Uncle Peter ran her around she was fine. She stayed in and played in her huge basement for the rest of the week and as I mentioned before, Jason and I got out and about some. A great time was had by all. Pictures are available on our Flikr site which you can access by clicking the scary picture of me from 1800-something just to the right.