In mid-July, we took our first trip to Oregon with Nora. My family rented the above beach house right on the Oregon Coast. The coast is probably my favorite spot in the whole world. The beaches are nearly isolated because the water is frigid and the days can be cool enough to wear pants and fleeces-even in the summer, but it's just so fun to be near the sand and amazing waves and pretty much have them to yourself. My enjoyment of the beach increased on this trip as we got to share it with Nora for the first time.
Here's our little traveler on the her first plane trip. She loved playing with stickers and paper, but she was most excited about the "Scooby Snack" fruit snacks she got to eat at take-off. She did a great job on the plane. She even slept through one whole flight.
Nora was all smiles on her first walk down to the waves. She didn't even seemed fazed by the chilly water. Nora loved to collect rocks she found in her little bucket.
She also got to spend a lot of quality time in with her daddy. With Justin starting a new job about a year ago and working hard all year to start it up, it was nice to have him all to ourselves.
Overall, it was a relaxing and fun family trip. It was great to spend extended time with my Dad, stepmom, and sister. Nora learned so many new words-mainly from my sister, Sydney, including "flanges" (from her biology class), "merci" (from her French class), "Keith Urban", "iPod","Hugh Jackman and Simon Baker" (my sister's favorite actors"). She also started saying things we had never heard her say before like, "I'm hungry" and "That's the one". Every night at dinnertime, she seemed to take advantage of her captive audience and perform a show or make requests that the whole table sing "Wheels on the Bus" or "Old McDonald". We got a lot of funny video footage from these times.
In mid-July, we took our first trip to Oregon with Nora. My family rented the above beach house right on the Oregon Coast. The coast is probably my favorite spot in the whole world. The beaches are nearly isolated because the water is frigid and the days can be cool enough to wear pants and fleeces-even in the summer, but it's just so fun to be near the sand and amazing waves and pretty much have them to yourself. My enjoyment of the beach increased on this trip as we got to share it with Nora for the first time.
Here's our little traveler on the her first plane trip. She loved playing with stickers and paper, but she was most excited about the "Scooby Snack" fruit snacks she got to eat at take-off. She did a great job on the plane. She even slept through one whole flight.
Nora was all smiles on her first walk down to the waves. She didn't even seemed fazed by the chilly water. Nora loved to collect rocks she found in her little bucket.
She also got to spend a lot of quality time in with her daddy. With Justin starting a new job about a year ago and working hard all year to start it up, it was nice to have him all to ourselves.
Overall, it was a relaxing and fun family trip. It was great to spend extended time with my Dad, stepmom, and sister. Nora learned so many new words-mainly from my sister, Sydney, including "flanges" (from her biology class), "merci" (from her French class), "Keith Urban", "iPod","Hugh Jackman and Simon Baker" (my sister's favorite actors"). She also started saying things we had never heard her say before like, "I'm hungry" and "That's the one". Every night at dinnertime, she seemed to take advantage of her captive audience and perform a show or make requests that the whole table sing "Wheels on the Bus" or "Old McDonald". We got a lot of funny video footage from these times.