Washington, D.C. Trip

Our family decided to take a little trip to Washington, D.C. We were going to meet up with some of my family and see all the great sights. We spent the first night in St. Louis and let the kids go up in The Arch. The next day we drove through seven states and still didn't make it to DC.

It was very hot and humid and we did a lot of walking everyday. It felt like we walked 10 miles each day. The kids were real troopers. The boys walked everywhere, while Amita and Melody took turns in the stroller, and I packed Reagan.

We saw all the monuments, The White House, The Smithsonian's, and Arlington National Cemetery.

The Air and Space Museum was one of the kids favorite places. While there, Ben got to go up on a stage and show all the clothing an astronaut wears when going on a space walk. Everything from a space diaper to a helmet.

We also went to Mt. Vernon and spent a day.  It was awesome to see the home and life of such a great man as George Washington. The kids got to dress up like kids back them and do lots of other activities.

We decided to spend a day at the National Zoo. It turned out really well because it was cloudy and rainy that day, so we didn't have to endure the heat anymore.  Benjamin's favorite animal and favorite part of the trip was getting to see the Asian Otters.  

Reagan @ 8,9,10 Months

I am very behind in blogging about Reagan, so I am going to try and catch up in one post.

Reagan at 8 months:

Reagan has figured out how to pull herself up to furniture and walk along it a little bit. She also is a major crawler and goes all through the house. She will sit in her high chair at the table a little bit and eat. She likes avocados the best and eats them fairly well, but everything else she isn't very excited about.

Reagan at 9 months:

She loves to be apart of whatever is going on. If she thinks she is getting left out she makes a big fuss. I have tried giving her a sippy cup a few times, but she just thinks it is a funny toy. She loves to explore and crawl around seeing the world. but if she gets to far from Mom she freaks out. She loves to walk along furniture and can stand by herself.

Reagan at ten months:

(with her cousin Aurora)

She is thinking about walking. She will stand, take one step and then fall forward for you to catch her. She loves to get into everything. She pulls the books off the bookselves, open drawers, and loves to eat papers she can find.

She gets so excited when she sees Dad and she gets so mad if she thinks he is ignoring her. When he walks away from her so will crawl as fast as she can to try and catchup with him.

She still wakes up about every two hours to nurse at night. She hates her car seat and pretty much cries when put into it. She has learned to wave bye-bye. She doesn't like strangers and will cry when someone new looks or talks to her.  She also just got her top two teeth and now has four.