Do It Yourself; Seattle and The Flight Home {day 5}

Last Breakfast at Cloud City, until next time anyway...

Seattle Airport was not as baby friendly.  We had to wait in the normal line for security which was at least twice as long as the line at Sky Harbor.  Sonja was not impressed, and we all heard about it.

Once we were on the plane it was pretty smooth sailing.  Sonja clapped on take off and climbed on our laps for the first hour of the flight, then nursed to sleep for the rest of the flight.  

Complementary Ginger Ale for the flight home.

We did a lot while in Seattle, but here's the list we made on day one and I saved for next time...

If anyone knows where to get macaroons (the french kind) in Seattle or Phoenix, let me know!!

Donuts Post Flight!

AND in case anyone needs another reason to use cloth instead of paper.

This red rash/irritation is from her Seven Generation diapers we used in combination with her cloth while traveling.  She only wore paper for 2 days and for only parts of the day...maybe 15-20 total and this is what it did to her poor skin :(

AND THAT WAS OUR TRIP!  

I'll be back again after the holidays with a great giveaway and some images from the Holidays!

Do It Yourself; Seattle and Olympia {day 3}

We have a lot of friends in Seattle and surrounding areas so on day 3 we headed to a small town outside of Olympia to visit a family.  A very important family, this family are mutual friends of our closest friends and they are the ones who inspired our home birth.  Before I was pregnant our friend mentioned them to us and how they had a great experience and how we should do it too, whenever we do have kids.  I was hesitant because I, like many women, had been conditioned to think so many things could go wrong it would be crazy to NOT birth in a hospital.  But after a lot of research and hearing about their experience I couldn't go the hospital, not with my fear of IVs and desire to do a natural birth {that would be much too harder if bed ridden, deprived of food and on a pitocin drip}. ANYWAY... our babies ended up having the same birthday one year apart! Which means a LOT to me. I thought it would be great for the kiddos to meet and they had SO much fun together.  

Here are the photos of the day and the homestead of that family...

On the way to get some coffee and I spotted some Yard Bombing in Downtown Seattle.

Zeitgeist Coffee to visit Aunt Brianna at work. 

The Homestead...

Their sheep and chicken coming to say hi. 

They have one peacock named Tyrone and two peahens.

A nice fire to keep us all warm. 

The kiddos playing.

Getting a tour of the land.

This might be morbid to some, but after these animals are hunted {or found dead} Papa puts out his decaying animals to help feed the eco system on his land.  They are slowly consumed and their nutrients put back into the earth.  While walking around he showed us several places where the animal had laid until their final beetle cleaning and the ground was more lush than anywhere else on their property.  It's amazing how nature works so well when left to it's own systems. 

I love this hand carved broom on their porch!

And then on to dinner, sorry not much of a transistion there, but once we were back in Seattle we headed to Jaxon's for dinner and made some mac and cheese, not just any mac but a medley of Aged English Cheddar, Gruyere and Fontina!

And that's what we did on day three, I'll share day four next.  Get Excited!

Do It Yourself; Seattle! {day 2}

I feel like we did so much in one day, I hope you like pictures cause this post {and the next few will be too} is very image heavy...

First we headed to Cloud City for breakfast and to meet Uncle Jaxon.

They have the best quiche, and they had VEGAN Mighty-O donuts too.

I ordered the Medici on Jxn's recommendations, and if you do too, you won't be disappointed.

It's a mocha {chocolate latte} with orange zest.

They also have a great play area for kids.  Cupcake loved all the books and toys. 

{sights on the drive}

After a great breakfast we drove down to West Coast Armory where our friend works.

Cupcake and Guns

Gun safety!  vaults and safes; a must have for homes with kiddos. 

We got a full tour of the shop including the storage area, which had these beautiful blacked out windows.

Then we headed downtown to check out Pike Place Market,

we've been to Seattle 4 times and never made it there, so this time we made it a priority...  

Once we were back at the hotel room, 

we relaxed with some yummy organic raspberries and waited to meet up with Jxn...

Jaxon was bummed when I told him Pellegrino was owned by Nestle and he shouldn't support those baby killers,.  So, I documented his last Limonata.

On a lighter note, this pizza shop was well decorated with movie posters in foreign languages.

After a quick bite to eat we headed to Yogurtland for some dessert. 

{wish Aunt Alex could have been there!!}

And THAT was a full day! 

Hope you're enjoying our vacation as much as we did!

More images from Day Three, tomorrow!