Portland Snow Days

While this isn’t Edith’s first snow it is the first snow that she has really experienced. I took her out on Thursday when it started snowing and she was in love and was pretty upset when I said that it was time to head back inside. Yesterday we woke up to even more snow and … [Read more…]

Portland Sites: Zoo Lights

A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to visit the Zoo Lights at the Oregon Zoo and while it was freezing out we had a wonderful time. >We started off with dinner at the Cascade Grill. > My mom’s omnivore meal. > Our soup and salad; although simple it was tasty! > Neil and … [Read more…]

Portland Macy’s Holiday Parade

We hadn’t planned to be around for Thanksgiving, we had hotel reservations to go to Seattle, a Thanksgiving dinner invite by Seattle friends and a weekend full of exploring to do but that all changed when Neil spent two weeks working 10-12 hour days and weekends. Instead of traveling for the holiday we decided to … [Read more…]

Day In Our Life: Sunday Staycation

This past weekend we ended up having an impromtu staycation. After weeks of moving, conferences and other commitments it was nice to actually spend the entire weekend as a family. On Saturday visited one of the many museums we have a membership to, did a little window shopping, went out to lunch and spent the … [Read more…]

Busy Bees.

I just realized it has been almost two weeks since our last post and I am hanging my head in shame. I have about five posts started and a billion more in my head to write but right now our time has been occupied by an intensive four day babywearing educator course, my babywearing educator … [Read more…]

Travel: Edith Does DC

On our latest cross country trip we had an entire day to kill before flying out of Dulles Airport so we ended up heading into DC for brunch and some site seeing. Neil and I traveled to DC back in 2010 and we had such a great time so we were excited to bring Edith, … [Read more…]

Baby/Toddler Travels: Cross Country

This past weekend we packed ourselves up and took to the skies traveling from Portland, Oregon to Charlottesville, Virigina via Dulles Airport. This was Neil’s first time flying with Edith and my second time flying cross country with her. I know that there are a ton of posts floating around about tips for flying with … [Read more…]