Quick Trip

The week of Memorial Day Christopher had only one class on Tuesday so we decided to see Nana and Pop Pop and the family in Bellingham. We left on Wednesday morning early enough so Mason would sleep a good amount of the time. He did a good job and slept almost the whole way from our house to Ellensburg, almost 3 hours.  We met up with Brianne and Eric and their girls for lunch, it was nice to see them on our way up and give Mason and ourselves a break from the car.

When we got to the house his parents were at work so when we opened the door for Rio to come Mason flipped.  He grabbed my arm and squeezed really tight and cried in a way I have never heard him cry before, he was really scared.  After a little while of watching Rio, and Rio calming down, Mason adjusted to him pretty quick.  Once he did, he LOVED Rio.  He made this new screeching noise when he saw him and loved to lunge for him and pet him.  I was glad that Mason warmed up to Rio, we would have been pretty sad if he didn't like dogs.

The time we spent in Bellingham was very relaxing, we hung out during the day while his parents were at work, and had breakfast with Grandma B one morning.  We also went on a walk with Nana when she got home from work. I think Mason really liked the scenery, he was making little noises here and there but mostly sat and watched everything.

We had lunch with the grandmas and spent some time talking with them over some delicious food at El Rinconcito. Mason didn't let the Great Grandmas hold him, but he looked at them and smiled lots.

Mason did however let Nana hold him a little during lunch and didn't start crying till people came over and tried to talk to him.  It gives me hope that he will warm up to people and let them hold him.

We decided to get a hiking backpack and found one online for a pretty good price, went to pick it up then took it for a test run...or hike rather.   Mason loved being in his pack. He was up high, could see everyone and got to watch Rio walk around.  He did get a little scared when he was out by the waterfall.  We think because it was so loud and new, he didn't know what to think.

We loved taking a trip to Bellingham and seeing friends and family, we can't wait to live there this January!