Our Weekend with the Magouns!

My birthday present this year was a trip to Alexandria, VA to visit our good friends Andy and Katie. Dean, Owen and I arrived on Friday (the 3rd) and Dean and Owen left on Tuesday. I remained in DC for the National Neonatal Nurses Meeting (Conference). We had a wonderful time. Andy and Katie were great and had planned activities and places to eat that Owen would enjoy. Its hard work being hosts, especially when your guests have a 1.5 year old, so we really appreciated all the hospitality! Hospitality includes getting a chocolate cake with the most delicious tasting frosting I have ever had. We ate this cake all weekend long- and never got sick of it! By the way... reading Katie's version of the weekend is really cute (and flattering), so go the their blog and find the "Great Kid" post! Their blog is entitled "This Old House"- there is a link to it on the right.

Speaking of their old house, here we are in their living room. Their house is in a wonderful Old Town neighborhood and has that wonderful appeal of an old house.

The Metro Train is the way to travel around DC. We used it often. Owen especially liked riding the "Choo Choo" and flirting with all the locals while riding it!

On Saturday we went to the National Zoo. Nap time impeded a bit on our visit, but we still had a great time. Here we are checking out the Elephants!

I'm not sure which animal we were looking at, but Owen was amazed!

Meals... Owen is a great eater. He pretty much eats what we eat. Here we are eating Tex Mex. Quacamole, sour cream, black beans, chicken and rice from our burrito all clumped together easy for eating with your hands. Doesn't it look good!?

I know where Owen gets his adorable looks- aren't my boys the cutest?

It was fun to see Andy hang out with Owen. He is going to be a great daddy someday. I just hope his kid is a little taller...

After going to visit the Muppets at the Smithsonian, we hopped on the Carousel on the National Mall. Owen and Daddy went first...

One ride is never enough... here is round 2!

Do you think he enjoyed it?

As I mentioned before Andy and Katie live in an awesome neighborhood. They are just a couple blocks from this wonderful park that overlooks the Potomac River. We had a picnic lunch there on Sunday, then Owen got to chase Daddy around in the wide open field, something he didn't get to do much going from hotel room to metro car to dinner. He had a blast!

Andy and Katie adopted a Greyhound named Harry last spring. Owen was his first real experience with kids. He did a great job letting Owen play on his doggie bed!

We stayed at a wonderful new Westin Hotel. Owen especially liked the fluffy King Sized bed to play on.

For those of you who haven't seen Owen for awhile, he has learned how to hug and kiss. There are few feelings in the world that are better than when your little 1.5 year old hugs and kisses you! We thought we would demonstrate!

Owen loves anything with wheels on it... and this includes Trolley Buses. Here he is flirting with the camera while riding the King Street Trolley...

The King St trolley is a free ride down through historic Old Town Alexandria. If you are ever in DC, it is truly a great place to spend an afternoon.

The Westin had a pool and ofcourse, Owen loved it. It took him awhile to "dive in", but after he warmed up a bit it was back to his old ways. His latest trick is holding his breath. He will voluntarily put his head in the water and hold it... pretty cool! We've been practicing in the bath tub.