Washington, DC Vacation - Day One

Today we headed out for our first vacation with Aiden. It is exciting on many levels because we will be experiencing a lot of firsts: the first time Aiden will ride in the car facing forward, his first stay in a hotel suite, the first time meeting his west coast girl friend, his first ride on a train (Metro) and the first time Aiden will visit a museum. To think we are going to squeeze all of those firsts into 4 days, it should be interesting!

The trip came about from an invitation to my high school friend’s daughter’s Baptism. They live near Seattle, Washington and since we haven’t met each other’s kids yet it was the perfect opportunity to see them. We decided that in addition to seeing them we could fit in a day of fun visiting the museums. Now that the itinerary was in place, all we had to do was pack and get driving.

The day started out with Aiden waking up with a cough and stuffy nose. We tried to get up and finish packing in time to put him in the car right before he was set to for his nap. Packing took longer with Aiden wondering about unpacking the bags that I was trying to fill. We gave up and put him down for a nap in his crib. The car was packed in no time and we were able to take our time and make sure we had everything. An hour later than I wanted to leave we were exiting the driveway. It wasn’t not too terribly off schedule as I usually add extra time to any driving expedition for such unforeseen obstacles.

The drive was not bad and even with stopping for lunch we made it to the hotel just after check-in. The hotel suite is better than we could have imagined with the living area the size of a regular hotel room and a separate room for the bedroom and bathroom, which is just as big. The best part was when Aiden was ready to go to sleep we put him down and closed the door so we could read, surf the internet or watch TV. Ah, deals on the internet rock!

After we explored the hotel (found the exercise room, pool and other cool things) we drove around for some dinner. We originally intended to have dinner with my friends, but since Aiden was not feeling great we decided to put him down early. He hadn’t slept much in the car so he needed some rest. It was nice and relaxing. Hopefully the drugs will help him so we can head out tomorrow to the museums.

2 comments May 25th, 2006