Day One: Seattle

We flew out of Alaska at 12:30 am on Monday morning. Flight times out of Alaska are crazy, so in an effort to be kind to the friends who took us to the airport, we picked a time that where we could go to the airport and they could get home at a decent hour.

Despite not having a routine or sleeping well over the last week, Caroline did incredibly well. She got a little sleep while waiting for the flight and then she slept all the way to Seattle ... Tyler and I didn't sleep. We arrived in Seattle at 5:00 am, collected all of our bags and a trembling Bella and waited for the shuttle I had arranged ... that was an hour late and entirely too small. Tyler quickly arranged different plans that took us to our truck in Tacoma and that worked out better than our prearranged, late shuttle.

After getting our truck, a quick Target run for a pack-and-play and breakfast we headed into Seattle. It was a bit overcast, but looking as though the sun would come out. We were too early to check-into our hotel, but they allowed us to park in their lot while we tooled around the city. We unpacked Caroline, Bella and the stroller and went to a park around the corner.

Caroline's first view of flowers in the ground! Pretty exciting to me, not so much to Caroline.

 

We were vaguely familiar with the area because we stayed one block away (unknowingly) from our current hotel when we were discharged from Seattle Children's a few weeks ago. The park around the corner, Denny Park, was the first public park in Seattle. I believe it was founded (correct word?!) in 1816.

After our short stroll we came into the hotel for a short nap and reorganization, and then headed out to the Space Needle a few blocks away. It was really fun and the weather could not have cooperated more!!

This is how Caroline made her way down the Space Needle and onto the next few errands. So very peaceful and sweet.

We walked to Walgreens to pick-up dish soap to wash Caroline's bottles, to REI because its REI, and then to Whole Foods to pick-up dinner. We enjoyed a nice, quiet evening at the hotel. Early bedtimes were welcome and exciting for everyone!