Washington DC

Happy One Month birthday Kinley!!!  For your birthday we took you to Washington DC.  It was so much fun, and you were such a good baby girl!

I can not believe that I actually went to DC.  We made a day trip out of it, which is so much fun.  We met up with Sean Haler, a friend from Idaho.  He has a 2 year old girl that Carter was quite keen on.  It was so nice having a "local" with us, because I am pretty sure we would have been very lost with out Sean.  We hardly scratched the surface of what DC has to offer, so we will be back.  

The Lincoln memorial was my favorite.  I got goose bumps just walking up to it.  There is a picture in the slide show that shows where MLK gave his I Have A Dream Speech. The WWll memorial and the Vietnam memorial were also very humbling.  The picture of all the gold stars represents 100 people for each star who were killed or still missing from WWll.  There are over 4,000 stars. 

After we went to the memorials we checked out two of the Smithsonian Museums.  There are 19 separate museums, and they are all free.  Each one has so much inside that you could spend a whole day in just one.  My favorite part: standing next to a quartet of Stradivarius instruments!  2 violins, 1 viola, and 1 cello!!!!  What an amazing sight, my life just feels complete! :)  The pictures did not turn out, but I think you can still see my excitement.  Kinley is a pretty cool kid to have been that close to a Stradivarius at such a young age.       

We can not wait to go back.  Washington DC defently has enough keep you busy for many days!

Now for a Kinley update: At one month old, she weighs 8 pounds 6 ounces.  She is getting really good at holding up her head, and she even sleeps for long stretches at a time (like 5-7 hours!)  Kinley continues to be an amazing addition to our family, and we feel so blessed!  Love you sweet little girl!