The trip started out with a bang, as we ran into the Portland Blazers' mascot, Blaze. I totally love Blaze, and seeing him at the airport was magical. I saw him. He saw me. We ran toward each other like old best friends. Grady has clearly inherited my love for Blaze.
We were super excited to finally get to meet Tristan, who is absolutely adorable.
We joked that Tristan was an east coast baby and Grady west coast, because Tristan literally ran circles around Grady. He did about 5 things to each of Grady's deliberate one. It was pretty funny to watch.
We hadn't been to Cliff's condo before, and it's a great bachelor pad. Gas fireplace, great views of the city and the ocean, right on the beach. Needless to say, within minutes of arrival, the place was completely trashed. Within an hour, Grady had thrown up on the floor. (Grady is fine - small stomach virus, which I caught in a more virulent form last night.)
The boys were pretty much indifferent to each other, although they did have a few fun bonding times together.
On Friday, we went to the zoo.
We saw lots of animals - giraffes, elephants, zebras, hippos, rhinos, camels.... Grady was especially intrigued by the monkeys.
He also had fun playing with Tristan around the hippo statue.
And popping up with cousin Tristan next to a seal.
Grady couldn't keep up with all the excitement, and fell asleep just before the lions and elephants.
We saw one of their shows, where people swam with the dolphins and whales soaked the audience with big rushes of water pushed off their tails. Grady was pretty fussy at first, but after a costume change (I think he was hot), he enjoyed it.
Hm, I can't remember what Grady was looking at here, but he looks pretty interested!
The coolest part of the day was seeing the polar bear jump in for his lunch. Unfortunately, Grady was asleep for this.
The penguins were also pretty cool. Again, Grady slept through this one.
All in all, it was a fun morning!
In the afternoon, we went to Torrey Pines state park. It was a nice walk, and had absolutely stunning views. Unfortunately, at this point we were tired of taking pictures so I've just got a few cell phone shots of Mr. G with Uncle Cliff.
Grady was also a really big boy and went into the Ergo carrier on the back instead of the front. Look how relaxed Grady is....
I'm just realizing we never took a group shot of all of us! Arg!
Grady did a pretty good job on both flights, with constant entertainment and some fussing. His favorite activities were reading the safety instructions,
Playing peek-a-boo with the rest of the plane, and eating. His favorite (and the messiest - poor choice on mommy's part) being a chocolate graham cracker.
It was a really fun trip, and so great to get to see everyone and meet baby Tristan! Cliff was a wonderful host, supplying us with diapers, avocados, bananas, burritos, and anything else we needed.
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