Maryland/Virginia trip

Keith had to entertain some customers at a Baltimore Orioles game last week, so Caroline and I decided we would tag along. We thought it would be a good opportunity to take a short family vaca before I got too far into my 3rd trimester as well as a good chance to see some of our good friends,the Parkers, that live in Virginia.

Day 1 : Baltimore-Inner Harbor
This was Caroline's first time on a plane. As long as she was occupied with snacks, princess movies, and then of course princess books she was pretty happy.

After we arrived in Baltimore all I wanted to do was get some famous Maryland crab cakes so we headed over to Phillips Seafood House. After dinner we spent some time at the "inner harbor."

We stayed at the beautiful Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. Check out our amazing view of the inner harbor:

Keith's greatest memories of family vacations growing up was always swimming at the hotel pool so we were excited to find out our hotel had one.

Day 2 : Baltimore Aquarium
Since my friend Marcy is only about an hour away from Baltimore she was able to meet Caroline and I at the aquarium while Keith was having fun at the baseball game. We've been great friends with the Parkers now for I guess close to 7 years. It's been fun to watch how our lives have all changed over the past 7 years. We first became friends after we were all newly married, ended up buying houses only a few blocks away from one another, then moved to the burbs around the same time as well. Robert's job recently took him to Virginia where they now live with their 2 cute kids-Aubrey (4) and Will (2).

We enjoyed spending some time at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Aubrey and Caroline were like long lost friends. They pretty much held hands the whole time.


Don't worry there is a glass wall behind them. :)

Day 3 : A trip to DC

Our friends only live about 40 minutes away from DC so we thought it would be a good opportunity to see some sights. We had never been before. Since we only had one day in DC we knew it would be a pretty packed day. It ended up being about 70 degrees.

Arlington Cemetary

We drove over to Georgetown to have lunch.

The "White" family standing in front of the famous cherry blossoms. I look like a marshmellow.

Lincoln Memorial

I would definitely say that if you haven't ever been to DC it's worth the trip. I hope that someday we can go back. It was a little rough being 7 months pregnant doing all of the walking and then the kids were constantly doing musical chairs on the stroller. I feel a little ashamed that we had to breeze through most of the memorials and monuments. Hopefully one day as our family matures we can go back and really take it all in. After a long day we rewarded the kids with popsickles and then they fell fast asleep for the car ride home.




Thanks again Robert and Marcy for a wonderful time!