Portland or Bust

This weekend Mike, Roonster and I took a little road trip down to Portland for the MOMS Club Regional Luncheon. Mike and I were pretty nervous because we have not actually gone anywhere with Rooney, so we were leery about traveling with a toddler. I thought it was planned out well that we would hold off Rooney's nap for the car ride. Oh man was I wrong. The trip started out well enough but before we were even an hour into the trip stuff kept getting thrown on the floor, then he would want it, then it was on the floor, then he would want it...there was a pattern building here. So despite the tears and chanting of "mo moke" (that's "more milk" and/or "my milk" for anyone without kids) for at least 30 solid minutes (I was undone by my own weariness and finally gave him the cup. I am thankful to say it remained off the floor for at least another solid 10 minutes). However, the mood eventually lightened when I put Doggie on my head and he did some dancing.

Rooney was really excited when we got to the hotel. I guess he needed a vacation too. He ran down the halls doing his excited yelping and old man run. It was really cute and I almost forgave him for the car ride. The big test was ahead of us...would we sleep that night? We had the hotel provide us with a portable crib. We really didn't know if Roonster would even fit in one anymore but we thought we'd give it a shot. I brought some of his bedding from home and of course he had his entourage of Cheesie 1 and 2 and Doggie. Once it was time to put him down we kept our same routine that we do every night. It worked and I am so proud to say that everyone got to sleep that night and the next. Whoo!

The luncheon was OK but we also saw Mike's friend Jackie, Mike took Rooney to the Children's Museum and we visited the Portland Zoo. It was a pretty packed 3 days so I thought I would just post some of the highlights:




Rooney taking to "Hotel Life"












Rooney at Fake Food World- No Eating Required






















They Have Starbucks in Portland...Yay!







Jazz Hands






When Polar Bears Attack






(Harry) Elephante






Peace At Last