Back from D.C.

Yep, we're baaaack. D.C. was great and exhausting all at the same time. It was Evan's first time and he was impressed with the grand-ness of the monuments and enjoyed seeing everything we walked to see.

Seth survived too. To make a long story short regarding Seth's schedule on vacation: turns out that the day went smoothly if we let him catch 30-minute snoozes in the stroller then trying to hike back to the hotel and MAYBE catch a nap. He was exhausted, but on the first 2 days of trying to incorporate a daytime nap, he cried much more when it was time for bed at night (waking up during the night as well). The second two days, after cat-napping in the stroller, he went right down for the night after his bottle. In fact, on Wednesday night he fell asleep drinking his bottle. There was a perfect nook for his pack-n-play in our hotel room that was out of sight of Evan & I. No need for blankets or anything extra. Overall, went well.

A few pics from our trip...


Side story for Ryan & Jenn Gates (because I think you're the only two who will find this amusing/interesting): this photo above was taken in Dennis Kucinich's office after our staff-led tour of the Capitol. Yes, we had to go in there. After all, he is the rep. of our congressional district and as Evan put it, we'll put our tax dollars to work. We were led on our tour by a young intern named Loren. He was a nice kid and had only met Dennis once. I asked him if he got to choose who he worked for (thinking would anyone of sound mind choose to work for Kucinich?) He said not really. Each office is a separate contract. So I suppose his resumé got put in a pot and each rep's office picks people out of the pot. Evan gave him a very diplomatic overview of the overall take on Dennis. Basically, we don't align ourselves with him, we don't know how he keeps getting re-elected...but Clevelanders must view him as "one of us" because he has a large following (I guess). Loren found that interesting and would like to visit Cleveland some day. He is from L.A. and has never really been to the midwest.
So anyway, after Seth charmed the entire room of Kucinich staffers...and had them on the floor, we said our good-byes. We asked them if Dennis ever brought them Malley's from Cleveland. They had never heard of it. We explained about the chocolate and told them they need to tell Dennis: People from Cleveland were here, told us about Malley's. Why have you never brought us any? I'm sure Dennis will appreciate that.