Paternity Leave Antics

Paternity leave was fantastic! We had 5 weeks together and once I healed up, we made the most of our time. John's dad and stepmom flew out and spent some time with us which we enjoyed going to the zoo, feeding the ducks, playing at the park, mini golfing and all that fun stuff. Mia went with John and his dad to an A's game. She loved the snacks :)

At the end of paternity leave we road-tripped through Oregon. John and I have always been interested in Oregon and tossed around the idea of maybe locating there at some point. So with a 3 1/2 week old baby + two we rented a van and drove 12 hours to Portland area. We broke the trip up over a couple days. Our first night we slept in Medford Oregon at a hotel with an 80 foot waterslide that we all loved!!

You could get some speed on this thing! Mia would even go by herself at the end of our swimming time. I don't know who went down it more, Mia or John :) It was a blast!

Norah didn't care for the water too much.

We had a picnic in Grant's Pass Oregon which was beautiful!

Dinner was in Eugene overlooking the University of Oregon. (This was after accidentally stumbling upon a large group of bicyclists coming at us not wearing any clothes!! Some had fanny packs on but there were definitely no clothes! Ahhh!)

Gorgeous view!

Portland temple!

We saw the rose gardens in Portland and did some other fun things in Portland area, but it was tricky because Norah was not feeling well. In fact she was throwing up nearly our entire trip! It was no good. We had dinner with my aunt and uncle in Vancouver... in which Norah cried through the whole thing and then threw up on their white bathroom rug. Ahh!

Sooo... after some time in Portland we returned our rental van there in Portland and then flew from Portland to Salt Lake City so we could attend John's brother David's wedding. You'd never know that David was throwing up the day before his wedding!! Thankfully he recovered remarkably fast (and for the record Norah didn't get him sick... she hadn't been near him)

John with 7 of his 9 siblings at the bountiful temple where David and Laura were married

Mia threw up the night before the wedding... so she didn't get to enjoy the festivities. She came just for a few minutes to see the bride and take this lousy family pic...haha.

Norah was feeling better by wedding though :)

Thankfully Ruby has stayed healthy through all this crazy sickness!

While in Utah we drove up the canyon so Mia could play in snow. She had a blast shoveling it for some reason. haha

Mia swung on Grandma Kathy's swings forever with her cousin Ally who is her same age. Those 2 girls sure love to play together. Its so fun to see! Mia and Norah also loved jumping on their Grandpa Dave's bouncy house in his basement.

So that's a quick glimpse into our crazy travels the last couple weeks. John has now gone back to work and we miss him so. Thankfully my mother in law has been with me while we all transitioned to him going back. So this week she leaves and for the first time in 6 weeks I'll be trying to figure out life with 3 girls on my own. We'll see how it goes!! Thankfully Ruby is still a sleeper and sleeps for a good 7-8 hour stretch at night. Hallelujah! Love it!