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We made it safely back to Seattle, hooray!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

3 countries down...

Olivia has officially been to three countries: USA, England, and Wales.  We decided to take a road trip to Cardiff yesterday, the capital of Wales.  It took us about two hours to drive there and four hours on the way back because of a car fire.  The weather was overcast in the morning, then cleared up towards the end of the day.  We made sure not to use the stroller this time!

[Cardiff Castle]

[This castle visit we made sure to Baby Björn instead]

[Getting ready to head into the castle]

[Half way up]

[Inside the castle]

[Wales flag]

ZSL

Last weekend we attempted going to the zoo but ran out of time (they close super early this time of year because it gets dark so early).  Yesterday we decided to drive to a town nearby called Farnborough to take a shorter train into London and attempt the zoo again.  Lets just say we ended up making the last call for the zoo by one minute, 2:59!  The one tube line that was closed was the one that would take us closest to the zoo... thanks to David's planning ahead we had the tube map on his iPhone to make a route change.  All in all, it took us two hours to get to the zoo and we ended up only seeing the giraffes because Miss Olivia was hungry J

[Finally arrived at the zoo]

[Looking up at the giraffe]

[Sophie la Girafe]
*Sorry for the bum shot, I was watching
Olivia when the giraffe was facing us J

[Getting ready to leave the zoo]

2:34am

Olivia rolled over Friday night at 2:34am!!  Good thing we flew over so Daddy didn't miss a milestone... so worth it J

[Just a random cute pic of Olivia after a bath in the hotel tub]
*Thanks Papa (Grandpa Thayer) for my footie from Canada!

Farnham Castle

Friday we went to Farnham Castle.  It is up the street from our hotel so it was only a couple minute walk.

[Aerial view of Farnham Castle]

[Farnham Castle]

[All bundled up ready for the castle]

Major mistake... going to a castle with a stroller; what were we thinking?!?  Let's just say Farnham Castle is not wheelchair accessible by any means! Oops..

[Some of the stairs leading up to the castle]

David carried Olivia up the flights of stairs leading up to the castle, and then inside the castle as well J

[Half way up the stairs]

[Finally to the top of the stairs]

[View of Farnham from the top of the castle]

Black Friday

This is lame lame lame... wish me luck on my first day back to work on Black Friday.  Why can't everyone just listen to Christmas music and be excited for the holiday season?!?

Protest planned for Westlake tree-lighting ceremony...

Rolling over...almost

Olivia is so close to rolling over from back to front!  She always rolls to her left side, but her arm is still stopping her.  It is extremely hard for David and I to resist the urge to give her a nudge J

Also, Olivia has officially found her left foot; she grabbed it and just stared at it!  She still loves putting her hands together and playing with them, along with sticking her tongue in and out.

[ISO 100 f/1.8 1/25 50mm]
Olivia ~ 16 weeks

Today, Olivia and I hung out in the hotel room, while David went and got some groceries and Costa Coffee, mmmmm.  After David went to work, Olivia and I walked around town and just enjoyed the beautiful sunny day J

[Costa Coffee]

Guitar Village

¯Today we went to Guitar Village.  David has been talking about how amazing this guitar shop is, but I didn't realize how amazing till he took Olivia and I this morning.  The shop has over 1200 guitars, 15 display rooms, and a ton of amps and accessories.  The shop is only ~9 blocks away from the hotel in a 15th century house that literally has the original wood throughout.  David was definitely on cloud 9¯

¯In front of hotel¯

[ISO 100 f/3.2 1/60 50mm]
Olivia ~ 16 weeks
¯Awake in Baby Björn¯

[ISO 100 f/3.2 1/80 50mm]
Olivia ~ 16 weeks
¯Asleep in Baby Björn¯

¯Guitar Village¯

¯David.Is.On.Cloud.9¯

¯So.Many.Guitars¯

¯And.More.Guitars¯

¯And.More.Guitars¯ 

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¯On a side note, I had the best breakfast this morning at Henny's Cafe.  I ordered the scrambled eggs & avocado on toasted bagel... mmmmmmmm¯

Souvenir, memorabilia, memento, keepsake or whatever Mommy thinks is cute...

So far, Olivia has collected another stuffed animal to add to the many she already has, and some adorable mittens from London.

The bunny was a must because:

1. It's a bashful bunny named "Izzy"

*Olivia is certainly bashful at times

2. It's a Jellycat... an adorable London plush line

3. It's small and cute

[Jellycat - "Izzy" Bashful Bunny]

The mittens were a must because:

1. well... mommy forgot to pack her mittens

2. We've been Baby Björning so her little hands freeze 

3. They're 50% wool; hooray for warmth!

4. and their just plain cute J
  

[Stripey Mittens]

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Olivia is sleeping peacefully in the hotel room; we love to just stare at her because it's still hard to believe she's ours!!  David brought her co-sleeper (her mini bed) with him and I brought her beloved sleep sheep.  We are doing our best to keep her sleep schedule as similar to back home as possible... wish us luck!

[ISO 400 f/1.8 1/13 50mm]
Olivia ~ 16 weeks

[ISO 400 f/1.8 1/6 50mm]
Olivia ~ 16 weeks

Ello Poppet!

Olivia and I safely arrived in London!  Here are a couple pics from the beginning of her adventure.  

[Olivia's new home for the next 10 days, Bush Hotel]

[Olivia's first train ride into London Waterloo]

[Sleeping at the train station]

[Sleeping through the underground Tube trains]

It was the perfect day to take the train to London! Not only was it David's 26th birthday (Happy Birthday again Daddy -- Love You, Olivia), but the weather was beautiful, not a cloud in the sky!!  There was such a calming haze about the town J

[Westminster Bridge]

[Big Ben]

Lastly, if you're wondering how Olivia did on the 8.5 hr flight from SEA to LHR, she was amazing!  Literally after we landed and everyone was grabbing their bags from the overhead compartments, they commented on how they didn't even know there was a baby on the plane!  Yay for Mommy J