Seattle

Saturday Jason & I went to Seattle to see the sights. I had been there back in 7th grade & J had visited a few years ago on an Amgen business trip but we had never been there together. It was a lot of fun! We left at about 8 am and were to the city by 11:00 or so.

We were able to check into our hotel early and then we hit the streets. First we walked down to the waterfront to check things out and debated going to the aquarium. In the end, we decided to skip the aquarium and head up to Pike's Place.

We walked up a LOT of stairs to get to the market but once we were there, it was worth the hike. We saw the fish thrower guys and ordered drinks at the original Starbucks. After we finished walking around the market, we started walking towards the Space Needle. We got to the space needle & took the elevator up to the top. Once we were at the top, we got some amazing views of the city, Mt. Ranier and the Puget Sound. Jason took a lot of video with his new toy.
Once we had finished with the Space Needle, we took a monorail to the downtown mall. We went in Nordstrom and shopped a bit and Steve Madden (a shoe designer) was signing autographs in the ladies shoe department. Since I'm not really a fan of Steve Madden, I didn't make J stand in line with me to meet him. Which I'm sure J was happy about. But, we did get some video of him. After I went upstairs and looked at cute baby stuff (good thing we didn't know the sex of the baby then...it would have been an expensive trip!) Then we decided to head back to the hotel and out to dinner.

We walked down to the waterfront and had dinner @ Ivar's. They had good clam chowder & J and I split some fish & chips. It was fun to eat on the waterfront and watch the ferry and other boats. After dinner, we walked around the shops a bit and then headed back to the hotel. We debated going to a movie but prego here was too tired and just wanted to fall into a comfy hotel bed. :)

I definitely wasn't "sleepless" in Seattle and after we slept in, we decided we had pretty much seen Seattle and decided to head out. While we were looking for a restaurant for breakfast or lunch, we came across a cute waterfront neighborhood that looked like the type of house that Tom Hanks lived in for Sleepless in Seattle. We stopped and took a few pics and some video. It was really peaceful and I told J that we could live there once we retired. :)

We started to head home and had Sunday afternoon to relax before going over to some friend's house for some HBO. Monday Jason was off and we accomplished a lot. The garage is much cleaner and I worked on organizing our dressers and closet. It's nice to start feeling settled & more organized.

Here's a link to our vacation highlights video on YouTube:




That's all for now, tomorrow is the big day when we find out the sex. I'll keep you posted!!