Saturday was the only day it rained at the beach so we decided that would be a good day to visit Tillamook. Even though the factory is a glorified cheese store I love it. and Allie has been really into cows lately (although the picture below is the only cow we encountered but she still loved it). We saw how cheese was made, tried samples and bought lots of yummy things. Including a garlic white cheddar cheese. Yum! We then ate a huge bowl of ice cream and headed back to Cannon Beach.

Watching cheese being made

Later that night we decided to walk around town and grab dinner. Right as we were parking Allie thought is would be a great time to upchuck all that cheese she ate in her car seat. Thank goodness we were only a minute from our hotel. Later she was feeling better and we thought it was maybe a one time thing so we headed to Seaside for dinner. While at the table she started to puke again - in front of a bunch of people trying to eat. We hadn't gotten our food yet so we canceled the order. The waitress was super nice and even gave us our drinks in to go cups for free. On our way out Matt spilled his smoothie all over the front door step. We felt so bad because they gave us our drinks for free and as a thanks so dumped it on their doorstep to clean up! We just laughed on the way home. Sometimes being a parent is NOT what you expect and you just have to laugh.


The next day we had some great beach time. She was walking around saying Beach!! She then found some beach toys and began to play not worried about if they were ours or not. It was so cute. I am so glad she loved the beach because we are definitely a beach family!

We started off our vacation by dropping Allie off with my mom for her first overnight stay. We then headed downtown for some dinner and the Dream Girls Broadway show. It was great. The singing was amazing. but what's funny is that we liked a sub character even more then Effie the main character. We then headed to The Governor Hotel. It is this really cool hotel built in 1909. Then the morning was spent sleeping in! getting coffee, reading in bed and then Matt and I went out to a great breakfast at a place downtown that has pancakes bigger then your head! Their awesome. We then went and got Allie from my parents and we headed to the beach. Allie did great on her over night and had a ton of fun with my parents. It was so nice to have a night to ourselves and do something other then go to a movie. and my fav part was waking up, getting coffee and reading, in other words doing whatever I wanted in the morning!

On the way to the beach we passed our friends The Roths on the freeway. Mike being Mike almost ran us off the road trying to get our attention. We thought it was just some drunk guy on the road. :) We then ran into them on the beach later that day. That was a fun surprise.

On Friday Allie got her real taste of playing in the sand. I bought her some new toys and she loved them! but every time she got sand on her pants she would stop and say UhOh!

Good weather that day but super windy so it was cold.

More to come tomorrow!

My cousin had a funny dream the other night I wanted to share. She dreamt that I had a son and he looked just like me but with dark hair and dark eyes and he was really big. So it was the exact opposite of Allie. So funny!

I was organizing baby clothes - Some I got from my sister that were Will's (don't get excited I did this with baby girl clothes years before we had Allie) and some of Allie's old clothes - When Allie decided to try some of it on. It took me a few days and she loved playing with all the little baby toys and trying various items of clothing and shoes.

Last night my sister and I went to the John Mayer concert and it was awesome. As always. We saw him a few years ago too. We had 300 level tickets but because they didn't sell out we got moved to 200 level. Michael Franti and spearhead opened. I didn't know who they were until the last song, Say Hey. Then John came on with a full band but about an hour in he came out with just him and his guitar and spent about 45 minutes that way. He said he specifically chose Portland to sing that way. Whether that was true or not it was really great. He is such an amazing guitar player. I could listen for 5 hours. Because his music is pretty laid back I felt very sleepy by the end. Especially getting home at midnight. I may not agree with everything going on in his personal life but he is still an amazing musician. Thanks for an awesome Christmas present Heather!

Matt finally agreed to watch both Twilight movies with me and he really liked the first one and was excited for the second. After the second he had some opinions about what was wrong with it and we actually got into a heated discussion about Edward vs. Jacob. He being on Team Jacob. It was so funny I was laughing throughout. It totally reminded me of that SNL skit. We sounded like teenage girls! So funny. but since this is my post I can say he is soooooo WRONG! :)

Today my nephew Will (2 1/2) went peepee in the potty! We have been working on it on and off for a little while and today while sitting on the potty trying to go he looked down and said

"Peepee, where are you?" "Come out Peepee"

and then he went! I guess if you ask you shall receive. He was so proud of himself and I was proud of him too.

Allie learned a new word last night during dinner!

I had heard that the Taylor Swift song "You Belong With Me" was Will's (2 1/2 yrs) favorite song but hadn't had the pleasure of hearing it while in his presence until today.

From the back seat in his baby talk - Will: "Why can't you seeeeee! you belong with meeeee!"

Every week we go to the Children's Museum with my friend Lindsay and her daughter Mera (same age as Allie). She has been so kind as to get us in on her pass every week! Your awesome Lindsay! The kids have so much fun together. I love to watch the girls play together, their sat such a fun age and play together really well. and Will has a blast (especially with the water area but it's not a favorite of the parents since they always come out drenched). Here are a few pictures from our trip yesterday.

Will was in train heaven

Beep Beep!

Has anyone seen that commercial for kitty litter were they actually have participants smell cat pee and eat kitty litter? So gross.

Matt: "There are so many things wrong with that commercial"

Matt and I had an awesome date night last night. We headed up to 23rd and started with dinner at Pastini's. Awesome Italian food. We have loved everything we have tried, I would totally recommend it. We then headed up to Papa Haydn's for drinks and dessert. It was so nice to relax and not rush. :) Thanks Heather and Andy for watching our little girl. Your awesome. :)

Me: "What kind of mouthwash do you want?"
Matt: "Blue"

While changing Allie's diaper last night she said "what's that" while I was putting Butt Paste on her. So I told her it was Butt Paste and she repeated Butt over and over and.......Uh Oh.

Allie buried her head and got upset when Matt told her to stop hitting herself in the head with a toy.

Allie's hair has been growing super long in the back but not so much in the front. Matt calls it a mullet but I think she looks slightly like a balding man (A little like Benjamin Franklin) so we are calling it the Colonial. :) Our adorable little Benjamin Franklin.

While getting gas yesterday Matt told me Allie was frantically doing the sign for slide, saying park and please while pointing at the McDonalds nearby. She was also trying to push the button for her car seat to unbuckle herself. Oh man. :)