Trip to Seattle...

We spent a couple of days in Seattle this weekend in what has become a new Horne family tradition - December in Seattle. Jon worked on Friday, so Avery and I went spent the day shopping and went on a boat cruise around the bay like we did last year. On Saturday, we all went to the Pike Place market for breakfast, then visited the Seattle Aquarium. Here are some pictures from the weekend....

On Friday night, Avery and I had dinner near our hotel and then walked around downtown where there was a Carrolling competition under all the Christmas lights. She walked around pointing out all the "santas" whenever she saw someone wearing a santa hat...

They had an exhibit where you could touch the starfish. Avery was so excited that she could splash in the wa-wa....

Avery LOVED the Nemo and Dori exhibit thanks to Grandma Connie! :)

Avery's on her way to being as tall as a shark! She's over 34 inches already...

Here are some pictures from our boat ride. We did a cruise around Lake Union last year when Avery was so little and not even crawling. This cruise around Elliott Bay was a much different experience. She was running all around the boat and I'm pretty sure she was trying to jump over board to play with the sea lions at one point. Here are some of the funny faces she was making at the beginning of the ride...