The McCurrys Hit DC

In a moment of rash optimism, we decided that a three day trip to DC would be easy. And while the five hour flights were exhausting, we were certainly glad we did it! We love our dear friends in DC and we love the city, so it was a win-win (though my very practical husband has deemed it our last long flight for a while) (we'll see what "a while" means though). =)

Here we are, hitting up the city! Ian and Ruthie, by the Potomac River. It was cold and fallish and lovely!

Here's me and Ruthie, at the new MLK Monument - so beautiful and moving. We were really glad to get to see it, since it hadn't opened yet last time we were there in February 2011.

Here's Ian and Ruthie, standing in front of the Reflecting Pool, with the Washington Monument in the background. There is so much cool stuff packed into one small city, it's amazing!

Our favorite monument, Lincoln. We see this every time we come and I'm always touched.

Aside from seeing the city, we also spent time with dear friends. Josh and Lindsey, my long time friend from childhood, just had a beautiful boy this past summer and we were thrilled to meet him and hold him, and catch up a bit with them. Sadly, I have no pictures of this! But we enjoyed our time with them and look forward to watching their little Hudson grow!

We also spent some time with Sarah and Matt and their three kids. Sarah and I were college roommates and they had a boy, Rocco, about the same time we had Ruthie. Here are the two cuties (do I hear wedding bells?)!

And here is their whole family - thanks Sabatinos, for welcoming us so generously! We love you guys!

We also spent some time walking around the neighborhood of the apartment we rented, but I have no pictures of that. We loved our apartment and totally recommend that over a hotel. First, it was cheaper, plus we ate all our breakfasts in the kitchen and didn't have to sleep in the same room as Ruthie. Hooray! We rented it off airbnb.com - a very cool, cheap way to find places to stay. Thanks, Sarah, for the recommendation!

For some unknown reason, we booked a 7AM return flight. Given that we had to return the borrowed pack & play to Sarah and Matt, return our rental car and get to the airport with enough time to make my husband as relaxed as possible, we woke up at 4AM (read 1AM California time). Though it was torture in the moment, it actually worked in our favor, as Ruthie mercifully slept a little on the way home.

Here she is, a little refreshed after one of her naps.

And here she is, saying goodbye to the East Coast and hello to home.

It was a great trip. Very action packed, but incredibly fun and so great to see friends. Until next time!