Fosters = Fun

I have been posting so much about our baby-to-be lately and have neglected to post about all of the fun things we've been doing. Let's see...

*We took the ferry over to Seattle, this time just walking on and leaving our car behind, and went to the Seattle Aquarium. It was awesome - so much to see and cool things for little kids to do there. Then we ate at Ivar's and I had the best New England clam chowder of my life (Max dug the bread bowl). We walked all along the piers and the shops there. I love going into cool little shops like that. It was a perfect day!

* We've been hitting Waterfront Park a lot lately. Max can't stand having full days cooped up inside the house. So even when it's chilly, as long as it's not raining, we try to get out. He loves to hang out by the water and throw rocks in over and over and over again. He also loves chasing the birds and running along the pier to peek down between the cracks and see if he can find any hanging out below. Often we are the only ones at the park since it's pretty cold - sometimes I think I probably shouldn't have my kid out there if nobody else does. :) Oh well.

* A few Saturdays ago we decided to go looking for salmon. This time of year they are making their way upstream to lay eggs and die. I know, really pleasant. It's a natural process, though, folks, and that is beautiful. But it is cool to watch them swimming upstream against the current. Well, we decided to go along the Clear Creek Trail this year, which runs through the town where we live. Alas, no salmon to be found. But it was a beautiful day and a gorgeous walk through the trees. I can't believe it's taken us this long to walk along there - it's minutes away from our house! We decided that since we'd already gone so far we should walk over to our favorite park. It was further than it seemed. :) I think it was a four mile walk altogether, so not really that bad, just more than we'd anticipated. After that and playing at the park with Max we were pooped!

*No pictures of this, but last week Tyler had to be at a training all week long in Kent, WA. So on Wednesday night Max and I packed up and headed over to hang out with him that night and on Thursday. We had a great time; it was nice to not be away from Ty for the whole week...and to break out of our normal routine here at home. We got back on Thursday night. Then on Friday I left Max with his Tutu (his Hawaiian adopted grandma in the ward) and headed over to meet Tyler and go to the temple. It was the perfect end to our week! I love my husband and our little man. I am getting more and more excited every day for this new little person who will be joining us. She's sure an active little thing! Oh, and I also had a Dr. appt - we went over the ultrasound results and everything looks great. It's a miracle to me. I know I say this a lot, but life is really, really good.