Baby Preston Blog: Washington DC Trip, October 2008

So Preston made his first airplane flight from Saint Louis to Washington, DC. I wanted a little certificate, but I guess with the increasing cost of flying that has been scrapped. He did really well, slept about half of the time and played with toys the rest. Daddy had a little more trouble as he experienced motion sickness on the landing (we fixed that problem with dramamine on the way back (which had plenty of time to kick in since we missed our flight and were bumped to a later flight)). Anywho, the trip was great. It was a little chilly but the sky was the most beautiful clear blue sky as you can see from the pictures. Preston was the perfect age for sightseeing. He either 1) slept in his stroller on his belly (see pic below) 2) took in the sights or 3) politely requested a pitstop for food and diaper change.

We really got to see everything we set out to see: The White House (you think from the pictures on TV that it is sitting alone in this huge green yard but its smackdab in the middle of everything), the Vietnam, Korean and WWII memorial, Lincoln memorial, the Post Office Museum (just kidding, we didn't go in there), the capital, Museum of Natural History, Air and Space Museum, National Archives, Supreme Court, Washington Memorial and our favorite the Library of Congress. We stayed out in Arlington, VA but you don't get to see any of the city during the trip b/c the metro is all undergound. Overall a great trip.

Library of Congress.