Portland and Washington State

We spent Labor Day weekend visiting Aunt Dixie and Uncle Patrick.  It was nice to get some one on one time with them in a non holiday/busy setting.  They have two HUGE newfoundlands (weigh over 120lbs)  Trevor Loved them!  He would become a little scared when they started to lick on him, but then almost immediately after we "rescued" him, he would go back towards them to tease them more.

I had known planning the trip that not buying an extra seat for Trevor could be difficult, but I had not realized just how long our flights were with connections and the effects of a 3 hour time difference on a child that lives by a pretty set schedule these days.  So.... Trevor woke up at the appropriate NC times (6:30-8:30am) which unfortunately was only (3:30-5:30am) West coast time.  And with waking up so early, he was ready for bedtime around 4:00pm.  This extremely limited the amount of activities we could do during the day. While we did stretch his bed time to adjust to our touring schedule a little bit, I hated to try and "adjust" him too much because I love our NC schedule.  Regardless, we were able to get in a lot of family time with great home cooked meals.

Trevor taking advantage of Bruin's exhaustion and old age...  The picture does not do justice to Bruin's weight/size!

A fruit loop dougnut?  Sure!

 

Lunch with Aunt Dixie by the water

 

 Lots of fun at the zoo, mostly with the two petting zoos! Trevor has learned what he "thinks" the appropriate way to pet and hug an animal is...:)

Check out the cool zoo strollers for rent..

But Trevor needed a better/higher view...

My happy little man

Final goodbyes to Aunt Dixie- See you again in November!

 

Chilling in the airport before heading  back East   (All airports should have little activities in the terminals!)

And I have some good pictures of Dixie, Uncle Patrick and Trevor, but they are on my other camera and who knows when they will be uploaded....  Great weekend!