Seaside

This weekend Kyle, Payton and I went on our first family trip to Seaside! We only went for two nights, but if you looked at our bags you would have thought we were going for a week... you have to bring a lot of stuff with a newborn! It was so much fun though, and although Payton didn't seem too aware of her surroundings, I'm sure she enjoyed herself! :)

We got to Seaside Thursday afternoon, and after bringing our stuff to our room decided to go for a walk on the beach because it was GORGEOUS out! Not very warm, but for the Oregon coast in April, it couldn't get much better! We got to stay at the Worldmark too, which is a giant hotel right on the beach on the boardwalk. What was really nice about staying there too was it had a full kitchen, washer/dryer... it was our own little condo!

The view from our living room!

Getting all bundled up in my bear suit to go to the beach

If this could have a caption it would be "really mom? another picture?" :) sometimes the flash on my camera turns her birthmark dark blue, it's weird but I'm not sure why!

I love my little bear :)

Thursday night we just walked to a pizza place and got it to go and hung out in our room. We had a really good night sleepwise too, she went almost five hours and then another four hours! Kyle and I felt so refreshed!

Hanging at the hotel in my first pair of jeans!

We decided to eat at Pig N Pancake Friday morning (we always eat there when we're at the coast!) and it was the first time Kyle and I have taken her to a restaurant. We were a little nervous, but she was fine. Of course she wanted to be held right when our food came, so we took turns holding her while we ate. :) We escaped unscathed! After that, we decided to head to the outlet mall, Kyle always likes to swing by the Nike outlet. I didn't realize they had a Carter's outlet though! VERY pleasant surprise! It was like baby clothes heaven in there, there were SO many adorable outfits. I told Kyle to give me a limit otherwise I could buy way too much, so we set a limit at two outfits... which slowly turned into three... which slowly turned into four! I eventually cut myself off, but it was very hard. :)

One of my new outfits!

Mom had to get these at the Nike outlet too :)

We also wandered around the boardwalk and took another walk on the beach.

Don't I look like I'm having a blast?! :)

Our family

Cuddling with daddy



While we were wandering the boardwalk, Kyle saw a sign for a deep fried snickers bar. He was intrigued, I was grossed out. Either way, we had to investigate.

Kyle decided he had to try one! It at least looked a little healthier than this option...



Of course to make sure they really clog your arteries, they also drizzle chocolate on it and a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Kyle said it was delicious!

We ventured to Mo's in Cannon Beach that night for dinner. Kyle loves their clam chowder and they also have what I call the "fancy" grilled cheese; it has three cheeses! Dinner was delicious, and we thought we would end the night by going back to the hotel and watching a movie... but ended up falling asleep and going to bed early. :)

I took the middle of the night feedings with her, so when 7am rolled around Kyle got up with her so that I could get a couple extra hours sleep. Unfortunately, someone else had different plans. I had only been asleep about 20 minutes when I woke up due to an annoying ringing sound. A couple seconds later I heard Kyle calling for me, so I stumbled out of bed into the hallway. This is when I realized it was a very LOUD ringing noise; it was a fire alarm! It had gone off mid diaper change, so when I walked out into the living room Payton was laying on the floor half naked with Kyle's hands over her ears. I quickly helped him put her diaper on, because he didn't want to take his hands off her ears. I then tried calling the front desk to tell them our fire alarm was going off, but no one answered. So, I tried climbing on a chair and turning it off myself! Still hadn't turned off, so I peeked out into the hallway... and after seeing people running for the stairwell, that's when I realized it was going off in the entire building. We threw a blanket over Payton (still half naked), and Kyle hurried out with her while I threw on a sweatshirt and some shoes. I yelled after him "where are you going to be?" and he yelled over his shoulder as he ran down the hallway "outside!" We were really specific huh? After grabbing my stuff, I tried to think where Kyle would have gone. I thought maybe the car, so I hurried into the elevator to go down to that floor. As the elevator doors were closing, I thought to myself "wow, that was the dumbest decision ever" but I was already stuck. I should know by now not to get in the elevator when there's a fire alarm, I don't know what I was thinking! I was just trying to get to my hubby and my baby as quickly as possible. I ran out to the car, and didn't see them, so I decided to go to the lobby. No luck, but I saw a lot of people by the beach, so I ran over there. Still didn't see them. After running around for fifteen minutes, they finally turned the alarm off and started letting people back in the building. I still hadn't found them, so I ran up seven flights of stairs (yes, we were on the 7th floor!) and finally saw them. I had felt so desperate looking for them, that when I saw Kyle I almost burst into tears! Kyle felt really bad (he figured I was probably freaking out) so we decided that next time we would communicate and be a little more specific about where we were going to be. :) So much for sleeping in! Despite that little mishap it was a really fun trip, and I can't wait to make many more memories at the beach!

I went to my last postpartum visit with my OB doctor on Thursday, which was kind of bittersweet. I'm glad I don't have to go to the doctor all the time anymore, but I really liked seeing my doctor and the office staff, they are all really nice. Dr. Bauer and I spent most of the time talking about different options for my next pregnancy (which won't be for a while, I promise!) :) She said that looking back she should have been able to see that I would have such a hard time pushing Payton out, and she recommended that I have a scheduled c-section next time. She said I could certainly try to have a vaginal birth if I really wanted to, but based on the shape of my pelvis (wide at the top but really narrow at the bottom) that I would most likely end up having to have a c-section again anyway. I haven't really decided yet how I feel about that and what I would like to do; but I have lots of time to figure it out!

We're taking Payton to the doctor tomorrow for her two month checkup, and I'm not looking forward to it... she's getting shots. :( We're really interested to see her height and weight though, she has grown so much! She's in all 3 months clothes now, and even some of those are a little too short for her. I'll write a quick update tomorrow to let you know how it goes!

Look how much I've grown!