Northwest Trip-Train Ride

On Tuesday we left Seattle about 11:30am and took a train to Portland which took a little over 3 hours. The train was fun, a little cramped, but they showed a movie and had a little cafe car where you could get drinks and food and walk around a little bit. It was a cold rainy day so it was fun to cuddle up on the train and relax after a long weekend. I don't know whether the baby liked the train or hated it but it was definitely moving around a lot.

We arrived in Portland around 3pm and headed into downtown for lunch. We found a great little cafe and had a nice lunch. We hurried back to the station and nearly missed our train!

The second train was MUCH nicer than the first. It was a double-decker with TONS of leg room even for Marq! The seats reclined and even had foot rests. The people on the train were so nice and it was so comfortable I could have spent the night on the train. I have to admit I was a little disappointed that our train ride to Bingen, OR was only an hour long.

Shopping in Downtown Seattle

On Monday we took the light-rail into downtown and did some shopping in Pioneer Square (old Seattle).That is a bus behind us but we are in the train station. Check out the cool clock above us, the trains run underground and overhead in a lot of places which is nice because you don't have to deal with the traffic.

Northwest Trip-Seattle

Saturday Marq and I flew into Seattle to stay with some friends and check out the area. Marq's friend Sean and his wife Shoko live in Southern Seattle and were nice enough to show us around for a few days. Marq did his undergrad studies with Sean at the U and Shoko graduated at the same time as a Chemical Engineer.

4 Months

I am now 17 weeks pregnant and feeling really good. I still haven't thrown up with really bothers some people :) We have decided not to find out the sex of the baby, which also really bothers some people :) I'm still working out, sleeping like a baby and feeling good. I haven't had any crazy cravings mostly I'm just very suggestive, I have to avoid food commercials on TV. I did crave bananas one night after a hard workout at the gym and I think I ate an entire bunch of bananas over the next couple of days. Overall I'm feeling really good, Marq has been very supportive and helpful and we hope this pregnancy continues to be such a breeze :)