Day 31

This gets us to tonight: Molly took a long, hot bath with candle (not candles). It really wasn't all that long because it is too uncomfortable for her to sit in a regular size bathtub. It wasn't great for her back, belly, or neck.

Day 31

We got back to Portland mid-afternoon and needed to run some baby errands. We picked up our crib, jogging stroller, and hiking backpack, then came back and unloaded the car. We had Linze with us because she offered an empty car (ours was very full of camping gear) and we decided it was too nice of a day to eat/drink indoors. We headed up the road to our local McMinemin's and sat for a long time eating, drinking, and relaxing outdoors on their patio. A great end to our weekend.

Day 32

Saturday in Yakima, Washington was their big wine weekend. All the wineries were having special events, barrel tastings, and food. We only went to a few, most of them were not the greatest wineries or tastings...We also did a second thing on our list that day: we camped. Or, you could consider our Friday night our second thing that day of camping. Either way, we had a great time camping because it was nice and cold. We had a fire with s'mores, slept great, and Molly only had to pee 1 time each night! (A MIRACLE!!!)

Day 33

Friday as soon as Molly got home from work, we packed up the car and headed North and East. We drove until sunset and set up our tent in the dark.

Day 34

Thursday we always eat dinner and watch T.V. with Linze and Joshy. Well, since the Blazers are in the playoffs, our T.V. was not playing. The game was on, but we were ready to turn it off after the first quarter when they were down by 30 points. Instead, we decided to do something on the list: we bought a new video game and played all night. (we checked on the game every once in a while, they lost big time) The game is called Sambo De Amigo. Basically it is a game played with "maracas" (wii controls) and you dance, mimic, and play other games against crazy looking monkeys. It was not the best game, but it was pretty priceless watching Josh and Joshy dancing around shaking their maracas.

Day 35

Wednesday we booked a happy hour meal at our favorite Uptown Billards. The theme was lemons. It turns out that Josh enjoyed most of both of our meals because of what they served. First course was oysters with jalapeño and lemon jelly (yuck) so Josh got both. Second course was Halibut, which normally I like, but it was raw and "cooked" using lemon juice. Double yuck. Again, Josh scored both dishes. The third course was a lemon tart-let (yum) on a bed of peas, mushrooms, ramps, and asparagus (yuck) so I ate the tart and gave Josh the rest. The fourth course, finally, was eatable for me. It was duck with a lemon glaze with fried rice with fois gras, very good. Last course was the best (of course) desert. We had white chocolate bread pudding with lemon gelato and sauce. So, I didn't get a lot of food, but luckily I knew I might not like most of the courses so I also ordered a small pizza.

Day 36

Tuesday, we picked an easy one (although increasingly harder for Molly). We worked out together. We hear this is nearly impossible to do without kids because usually, you take turns watching the kids and working out. We do this at least 2 times a week, but Molly's workouts are more endurance tests than workouts. Cardio anyone?