back east.

Mike, Zoey and I got to go to Virginia for a week and we had a great time. Zoey did pretty well on her flights minus 2 exhaustion screaming episodes. One on the way there and one on the way back. The second one was far worse than the first. All in all she did pretty well.

We spent the first few days hanging out with Mikes parents and his sister Megan came into town as well. We had a great time. We then got to go to Philadelphia for a couple days with everyone and Megan showed us the sights.

I had no idea there was so much to see there. It was really fun. My favorite place should have been some historical monument, but instead it was a huge market full of everything delicious. Needless to say I left with a lot of candy! Mike even got some Amish guy to make him a pastrami, egg and cheese sandwich (something not on his menu), by pouting until he would make it anyway. The guy told him if he got some pastrami from the butcher next door he would do it. So Mike of corse ran to the butcher to get pastrami. This sort of behavior is what makes me less excited to cook for him. He wants what he wants. (All in good fun Mike :) ).

We spent another day around Manassas when we returned from Pennsylvania and visited Mikes grandma

and went to the Air and Space museum.

The next two days we spent some time celebrating my brothers graduation from Howard Dental school! I am so proud of him!

Side note: Most ridiculous picture ever taken!

We went to a delicious dinner spot afterwards

and spent the next day at Mount Vernon, which was really amazing to see.

I was happy to have a week of vacation and to spend time with family! I am looking forward to our new little adventure of a second child in the near future.