To the beach!

Up until Jesse turned 6 weeks old the very thought of being in a car for 4-5 hours with him was enough to make me break in to a sweat. Let's just say the car seat is not his favorite place. But, then he turned 6 weeks old and something in their relationship changed and with shaky confidence and the reward of seeing Chelsea, Casey and I packed up the two youngest babies and headed off for a short weekend in Seaside, Oregon.

The trip down was pretty much uneventful; however, we may have gotten distracted by the opportunity for uninterrupted conversation and missed our exit or perhaps we intentionally planned on taking the long route through Portland, I'll let you decide. Either way the kids did awesome and we arrived excited for the quality time with Chelsea and Nathan ahead.

Saturday morning we woke to gray skies and drizzle. Undeterred by the unsightly weather we took full advantage of the day and wandered the streets of Seaside, poking our heads in random shops, buying souvenirs for kids left at home, and day dreaming with Chelsea and Nathan of the plans before them. After our morning stroll it was back to the Pogue Palace for nap time and cookie baking. Who doesn't like a rainy afternoon accompanied by a freshly baked cookie, cup of tea and good conversation?

In the late afternoon, the sunshine graced us with it's presence and we headed up the road to Canon Beach. The weather ended up being perfect for introducing two little people to the wonders of the beach thanks to the lack of wind. By the looks of it, you would never have known that this was Naomi's first time to the beach. She immediately shoveled handfuls of sand into her mouth like she was being reunited with an old friend. After several minutes of giggling at her glee and sandy drool we decided, for her sake, it was best to pick her up since she showed no signs of slowing down in her sandy snack. Jesse, however, was a bit unimpressed by the beach and was much more content to experience it from the safety of his nursing cover...nothing like nursing on the beach. We ended the evening with a lovely (albeit interrupted by fussy Jesse) dinner of fish and chips at a local restaurant.

All in all it was a lovely weekend and I look forward to more road trips down to visit Chelsea and Nathan!