I had such a wonderful weekend with my sweetie celebrating the last three happy years of our marriage. We we're able to escape down to Portland, just the two of us, thanks to my awesome parents and sister. Thanks guysfor taking care of our little munchkin! We stayed at the Westin downtown, just a short walking distance to great restaurants and shopping. I loved walking around hand in hand with my sweet husband and getting to take our time everywhere we went. Mike also took me to the ballet where we watched "A Mid-summer Nights Dream" which the Oregon City Ballet did beautifully. Then on our way back to the hotel we stopped in to The Melting Pot for some yummy chocolate fondue. Sweetie, I love you and there is nothing else in the world I would rather do than get to spend my entire day with you, even if we aren't doing anything. Thank you so much for such a wonderful weekend and treating me like a queen. I love you so much! Our weekend was just fabulous and then we got to come home and greet our sweet little boy who had a big smile for both his Mommy and Daddy. What a great way to come home.
I'm sitting here in a beautiful hotel room while my little munchkin sleeps in the other room and looking as ocean waves come crashing onto the Hawaiian coast line. What a blessed life I have. Jacob and I had the joy of joining my Mom and sisters in Hawaii for a 1 week vacation. Mike unfortunately is not with us because he had to travel for work to meet a few customers and attend a trade show with his company. We miss him dearly and never miss an opportunity to call him on the phone which is hard to coordinate since he is 6 hours ahead of us in Florida. Jacob has enjoyed our Hawaiian schedule of waking up at 6:30 having some breakfast, putting our bathing suits on and heading down to the pool to play. We've also taken a few trips out to the beach which I've discovered he doesn't seem to like as much as the pool. I put him in the sand and he looks up at me with sandy hands outstretched whining that he has sand all over. I keep telling him that he is a boy and should like being dirty but he doesn't believe me I guess. He did love watching the waves crash in however from the comfort of mommy's arms...up off the sand! He giggled uncontrollably every time a wave came. He's so cute and is most content sitting on a pool chair playing with his cars. I'm hoping by the end of the week to entice him to actually jump in off the side of the pool into mommy's arms. We shall see. I love you Mike and I miss you terribly. I wish you were here and I'm sure you feel the same way.
This weekend we headed up to Paradise, Mt. Rainier. What a BEAUTIFUL day! The sun was out and we took Jacob for his first sledding experience. He loved sliding down the hill with mommy and daddy giggling the whole way, however, he did not seem to like not being able to get his footing on the slippery snow and wanted both of us to carry him everywhere. Hiking up a mountain with a 35 lb kid is quite a lot of work. We loved playing in the snow and the fantastic views. We also stopped at a creek on our way down and took a small hike. Jacob seemed to have no fear of the water and immediately headed right for it. If left alone I'm sure he would have jumped right in for a refreshing swim. Mommy and Daddy ruin all his fun. 
