And we are off!

We left the house this morning at 8:05...not bad for loading 2 dogs and a baby! However, we made it a car length out of the driveway before stopping to fix the bikes. We then made it to the stop sign at the end of the cul de sac when we realized we forgot the GPS. We turned around, grabbed it and headed out of the neighborhood! Then we found a garage sale...and stopped to buy an armful of games and a baby beach recliner chair with frogs on it, all for 2.75! The games were totally meant for Casey, in fact, his name is already written on them! I took that as a sign. So, we had to go home again, to drop everything. Then Ryan had to go to the bathroom. At 8:30 we hit the road for real.

Our first destination was Multnomah Falls, to do some hiking. We hiked up to the bridge at the falls, but it was crowded, and so many kids and dogs, we decided to drive down a few miles to find some better falls and hiking trails. We hiked about 2 hours, with Ryan carrying Casey in his backpack, and we had the dogs. It takes a lot to tire out McKenzie, but we did!

Next we headed to the Portland outlet malls.....Carters, Gymboree, Baby Gap...I did some shopping! Casey is fast outgrowing his 12 month clothes, and most of what he has is summery, so I got some cold weather outfits. I could shop forever for clothes for Casey...but I have a hard time buying anything that is not seriously on sale or clearance.

We found our hotel and headed to Billygans for dinner...you can throw your peanut shells on the ground...so they didn't seem to notice the large mess Casey made with watermelon, peas and a biter biscuit. We gave him some bites of the rolls, they were very sweet tasting and I think Casey got some sugar....he starting doing his "HA-HA" laugh at all the ladies. As we left in the stroller, he Ha-ha'd at every single table, so loud, he got a lot of laughs, which really only made him laugh harder. He is such a ham and such a flirt!!! Later, he played in the stroller, squealing and laughing and playing with his balloon. He played "How big is Casey....Soooo big!!" putting his arms over his head. We are ready for bed, and ready for the dog show tomorrow!