SEATTLE TRIP

In August my parents made the move from Denver to Seattle.  We were all so excited for the new opportunity my dad was given there, but we all loved Colorado so much so  it was definitely bitter sweet.  At the beginning of September, Cooper and I made the long trip (two 3 ½ hour flights) to visit the fam in Seattle.  I was so glad I could be there at this time because the kid’s had just started school.  We got to watch Meredith play soccer with her new team.  Cooper loved playing outside during the game and it was so great to see her already meshing with a new group of girls.  

The best part was that Meredith's game was in Tahoma which is one of the only cities in Washington with a Sonic.  If you don't know this is my mom's favorite place and she hadn't had Sonic in almost a month.  She was in heaven!

We also spent a day sightseeing around downtown.  Seattle is such an eclectic city with so much to see and do.  We all made our "mark" on the historic gum wall which was really gross and cool at the same time.

     

                                    

My favorite thing was definitely exploring Pike’s Place Market.  I loved visiting all the vendor’s booths.  If you don’t know I am slightly obsessed with fresh flowers, so of course I couldn’t get enough of all the fresh flowers for sale. 

After church on Sunday, we took a ferry to Bremerton island.  It was such a cool experience and the seafood in Bremerton was delicious.

We ended our trip with a bang.  Monday evening, Cooper woke up from his nap and Aunt Monica went upstairs to get him.  As she was walking back downstairs she slipped.  Luckily, she caught herself and it appeared that Cooper and her were both fine (besides a carpet burn on Monica’s leg).  Cooper cried but we thought it was just because he was scared.  We left for dinner immediately and consequently we never put him down to walk.  He was whiney at dinner, but I chalked it up to him being exhausted from his schedule being off and him having just woken up.  When we got home from dinner I went to put Cooper down and he immediately fell to the ground.  I took his shoes off thinking maybe they were on funky or something.  As soon as we took his shoes off we learned that it was a little more than the shoes.  My poor little baby’s foot was bruised and he was limping all over the place.  It was so sad, but I’m not going to lie it was pretty cute at the same time.  After about an hour of debating, we decided to go ahead and take Cooper into the ER.  Thank God we did.  Once they x-rayed his foot we learned that it was broken.  His foot bone was chipped and compressed.  He must have somehow impacted it in just the right spot when they fell.  They wrapped up his foot and Cooper and I flew home the next morning to Houston. 

We took Cooper into our local Pediatric Orthopedic Specialist on Thursday and he got his cast.  It’s football season so of course we had to get the cast in OSU orange!

Although our trip ended with a little hiccup it was still so wonderful, as always, to spend time with my family.  Being 36 hours away isn’t going to keep us from seeing them!