Kort and I have been wanting to take a vacation this year to Boston to see the Patriots play, but with all the NFL nonsense, I'm not sure how that's going to play out. Financially, we can't take Alexis with us. If I can't take my baby girl with me then I don't want to go. I can't leave her yet! So we decided to cancel that trip and instead go to Seattle for five days.
We took off on Thursday night and landed in SEA-TAC at 6pm. The cab driver outside the airport wanted to charge us $45 to get to our hotel and he kept saying you could only take a taxi to that part of town. I decided to try a bus and they were a bit less pricey at $33. Our hotel was 10 miles from the airport! Luckily Kort's cousin lives near by and came and took us to our hotel. Bless him! We ended up getting to the hotel at 9pm after all was said and done then we were starving so we went to a little burger joint called Dicks. It was very inexpensive and kind of good. We had a long day ahead on Friday so we went straight to bed.
Friday was one of those days where we wished we had just stayed home for vacation. We got up and it was sunny and beautiful so we decided to go to the Woodland Park Zoo. Apparently every one had the same idea. After a long and crazy bus ride (over 1 hour and multiple bus changes) we get there and find out there's a 1 hour wait to get in. Luckily I had purchased a city pass for us so we were able to go in without more than a five minute wait. The zoo was beautiful and incredibly big. We had lunch in what seemed like a circus! There were people and kids everywhere and no tables to sit at. Kort finally found us a table, I got the food and we were off. We were there for about two hours then another hour bus ride back and we decided to go to Pike Place market. It was incredible! So many vendors and the fish :) oh it was fun. Unfortunately, being a small town person having that many people so close to me and bumping into the stroller made me super nervous so I decided to get out of that area and eat down the road on the hike back up to our hotel. To our surprise, most restaurants close between 2-4pm to prepare for dinner. So everywhere we tried to get in was closed. We finally found a Mexican restaurant. The neon signs were lit up and Kort and I really wanted some beers, needed is actually a better word. The waitress informs us that they are out of alcohol for the night! What?! We finished trekking our way up to our hotel, went to a Safeway across from the hotel and bought coronas with lime and called it a day. This whole day Alexis was pretty good. She liked the zoo but I don't think she understood what was happening. Thankfully she slept quite a bit.
Saturday was so much better. We went to the Space Needle and the Explore Music Project/Science Museum. It was amazing! We loved being up in the observatory and just getting to see the city. Alexis loved the sights! She was so fun. Kort was in his element at the EMP and we spent a good hour just letting him listen to all the recordings of his favorite artists and looking at the history of guitars. Alexis was so cute playing the drums and the piano. She really liked being noisy and creative, lol. Just like her daddy. We had lunch at this crazy kids play place that I never want to go back to. $20 for two hotdogs and 1 lemonade. Yikes! But so worth it to see my angel having fun :). That night we went back down to Pikes Place Market, walked around and went to dinner at a place called Fisherman's on the pier. The view was beautiful and the crab was delicious. But the clam chowder stole the show! It was magnificent!!! Even Kort liked it :) and Alexis ate almost a whole cup! We finished the evening off with a trip to the aquarium-Alexis's favorite! She had the most amazing time!!! I'll post a video of her in absolute bliss! She would yell in awe and point to everything and touch the glass. It was the cutest thing.
Sunday I had my hair show in Bellevue - Undressed! It was just too awesome! I loved every minute of my craft :) and I got to take video and tons of pictures. Just amazing. The bus ride to and back = sucked! Seattle is scary when I'm on my own.
Monday, return trip home, but before we left we got to see some cute little shops in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle and had lunch at a Thai restaurant called Phuket, lol. It was really good! All in all, good trip hooves being with Kort and Alexis!
Friday was one of those days where we wished we had just stayed home for vacation. We got up and it was sunny and beautiful so we decided to go to the Woodland Park Zoo. Apparently every one had the same idea. After a long and crazy bus ride (over 1 hour and multiple bus changes) we get there and find out there's a 1 hour wait to get in. Luckily I had purchased a city pass for us so we were able to go in without more than a five minute wait. The zoo was beautiful and incredibly big. We had lunch in what seemed like a circus! There were people and kids everywhere and no tables to sit at. Kort finally found us a table, I got the food and we were off. We were there for about two hours then another hour bus ride back and we decided to go to Pike Place market. It was incredible! So many vendors and the fish :) oh it was fun. Unfortunately, being a small town person having that many people so close to me and bumping into the stroller made me super nervous so I decided to get out of that area and eat down the road on the hike back up to our hotel. To our surprise, most restaurants close between 2-4pm to prepare for dinner. So everywhere we tried to get in was closed. We finally found a Mexican restaurant. The neon signs were lit up and Kort and I really wanted some beers, needed is actually a better word. The waitress informs us that they are out of alcohol for the night! What?! We finished trekking our way up to our hotel, went to a Safeway across from the hotel and bought coronas with lime and called it a day. This whole day Alexis was pretty good. She liked the zoo but I don't think she understood what was happening. Thankfully she slept quite a bit.
Saturday was so much better. We went to the Space Needle and the Explore Music Project/Science Museum. It was amazing! We loved being up in the observatory and just getting to see the city. Alexis loved the sights! She was so fun. Kort was in his element at the EMP and we spent a good hour just letting him listen to all the recordings of his favorite artists and looking at the history of guitars. Alexis was so cute playing the drums and the piano. She really liked being noisy and creative, lol. Just like her daddy. We had lunch at this crazy kids play place that I never want to go back to. $20 for two hotdogs and 1 lemonade. Yikes! But so worth it to see my angel having fun :). That night we went back down to Pikes Place Market, walked around and went to dinner at a place called Fisherman's on the pier. The view was beautiful and the crab was delicious. But the clam chowder stole the show! It was magnificent!!! Even Kort liked it :) and Alexis ate almost a whole cup! We finished the evening off with a trip to the aquarium-Alexis's favorite! She had the most amazing time!!! I'll post a video of her in absolute bliss! She would yell in awe and point to everything and touch the glass. It was the cutest thing.
