Pre-Baby Trip to D.C.

We had a wonderful pre-baby trip to DC this the other week! It was so nice to get away for a bit and get to enjoy spending some time together just relaxing! It was also good to get to see family and hang out. There is so much to see and do in D.C. it is just packed full of History. We stayed in Arlington right on the Potomac River, and only about a block from the Metro station.

There seemed to be quite a bit of great food around the area as well. The first night we were there we ate at a sushi place, that's right sushi, and it was really good. Well the veggie rolls were really good; Andy will have to vouch for the real sushi, but seeing as there was a second round ordered and he talked about it for the rest of the trip I’m guessing it was pretty amazing! You can’t get much fresher sushi than on the coast. We did also have fresh crab out in Annapolis with Ag and Holly which I did get to have and it was delicious along with the mussels.

We got to see quite a bit while we were there, all the highlights! We started off with the Air & Space Museum which was really cool! Andy knows so much about that stuff it was like getting to have my own personal tour guide. Every corner we turned there was another aircraft from a great moment in history. The museums out there are just incredible, they are so well done and the buildings themselves are pieces of art in their own right. We got to see quite a few of the other Museums along the mall, Art Museum, American History, Holocaust and all of the Monuments and Memorials. It was pretty incredible to get to see so much while we were out there. There was a sculpture garden on the Mall that we walked through on the mall that was really nice. There was a tree there called the wishing tree which had a ton of little notes on it of peoples wishes and prayers. I thought it was really touching. I just kept thinking of all the things that we pray for for our little one as she is still growing, and for her life as she grows up.

We got to go on a tour of the East Wing of the White House (Thanks Holly!!!!) which was pretty amazing. We went through a lot of the rooms that they still use for entertaining. A lot of them we’ve seen on tv during famous visits from foreign heads of state etc. It was kinda sureal to stad on the front steps of the White House. The Botanical Gardens were really interesting as well; they had a huge indoor area which worked out great because it poured, I mean buckets of rain, one afternoon. All in all it was pretty good weather, too humid for me but good none the less. Our last day we went to Arlington and then to the Zoo, both are definitely must see places while in D.C. Even though a lot of the animals weren’t very active at the zoo because of the heat (which I don't blame them for) it was still an impressive zoo. We did get to see the famous giant panda’s and the red panda’s along with other animals and bamboo forests. My favorite part I think of our last day was that we bought our first baby item! A cute little top from the zoo for our baby. It’s size for 6mo so it won’t fit for a little while, but come next Aug it’ll be perfect for her.

All in all a great pre-baby trip and time away together.