All went well with my Dad. Brian asked for his blessing to marry me and it was given. About two hours later, we told him I was pregnant. I think the silence was the shock sinking in. He's happy to be a grandfather again and I think just can't believe that his baby girl is preggo.
The visit went well with my brother, too. Brian helped him with painting and putting up crown molding. My non-handy-man is learning a few tricks of the trade! All the better to help when putting together a nursery!
Of course, while we were there, we went into Washington DC and hung out with my good friend, JB. We told him right away that I was pregnant and he was ecstatic! We went to the Museum of American History and saw Old Glory in all of Her glory. I even got to see Dorothy's shoes from the Wizard of Oz! They had a Charlie McCarthy doll which was neat to see since I did puppeteering in the past, and they had the muppets.
We then took a trolley around the town, getting off to visit the White House, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Memorial, and the Vietnam Wall. We did all of this in a humid city with a heat index that day of ONE HUNDRED SIX DEGREES!! Thank goodness we had plenty of water and refilled at almost every stop! Butter Bean did really well on the trip and the suggestion of taking the Old Town Trolley was superb! It gave me some time to rest and get off my feet.
Once we were done touring the city, we visited the USAA Financial Center at Pentagon Row, then went off to visit another friend who now lives in Bethesda. It was great catching up and we went to an excellent Mexican restaurant called Guapo's. I highly recommend it if you're ever in the area! Needless to say, we got home at about 10:30pm and immediately took showers. There was NO WAY were were going to bed smelling like the day we just had! All in all, it was Butter Bean's first visit to one of my favorite cities. I hope s/he liked it!
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