We have always said that when we have kids we wanted to make sure that we took time for just the two of us. We know that it is so important to have time to ourselves, especially when we are both working and life starts to get crazy. Although we have not done that great on the one date a month, we have recently been able to complete our first mr. and mrs. vacation, just the two of us! For our first mr. and mrs. vacation we went to Seattle, Washington. Neither of us have been to Washington, Southwest flies out there, and we had willing grandparents willing to watch Charlotte for a couple of days...it was perfect.
We had a great time, doing things that would be difficult to do with a five month old on a very rigid nap schedule. Here are a few of our favorite things...
Meals with no baby on my lap. Although we were strongly encouraged to go to an indian reservation and get fresh caught salmon by some old bird on the plane, we opted for Ray’s, a lovely and pretty famous waterfront restaurant.
Go on a ninety minute tour of the Boeing plant. This would have been out of the question if we weren’t flying solo, this tour had some crazy strict rules, one being no children under four feet. We know Charlotte is tall, but not over four feet yet. This tour was great and Jay was in little boy heaven!
Hike up a huge snow covered mountain. Mt. Rainier was amazing. You can see it from almost everywhere in Seattle and it really reminded us of our honeymoon at Lake Louise. The trails were still covered in snow, so some of the hike was a little scary at times and we ended up doing a good amount of “skiing” down the mountainside by keeping our feet still and just sliding down. This is one of the most beautiful places we have been to!
Touring the city. We walked this city up one side and down the other! We were pooped at the end of the day, but got to really experience the city and all of the hills that go with it!
We really did have a great time. It was so nice to be able to come and go as we wanted, chat through dinners and sleep through the night. Our first mr. mrs. vacation was a great success!
It would not have been possible without Grandma and Grandpa Hess. They had a great time back in quaky virginia!
-melissa
