Super Stiles: Weekend in Seattle

I love Seattle. I love hanging out with our friends in Seattle. If I had to move to another city, Seattle would be an easy choice.Our trip to Seattle a few weeks back affirmed the following:

1. We don't go to Seattle enough.

2. Babysitters are the best invention EVER.

3. The macaroni and cheese at Beechers is worth the wait.

4. We don't go to Seattle enough.

Cait and John hosted us and (as always) were the most gracious hosts - ever. We showed up late Friday night, had a great glass of wine, delicious pizza and put Eli to bed in the pack and play that was already set up for us. We drank more great wine and caught up with two of our favorite friends.

And then, well, Eli had a night terror and SCREAMED louder than she has ever screamed before (and many of you know that the girl has a fantastic set of lungs) for about five minutes straight. This was serious. It scared the hell out of me. "Yeli" (as John and Cait coined her) made her body completely rigid and screamed and screamed with her eyes closed. I couldn't wake her. We finally had to yell her name and turn the overhead light on. She slowly calmed down and then fell asleep between us. whoa. By the way, Yeli is a genius nickname and we are owning it now.

She woke up early on Sunday morning and Greg took her downstairs to play so that I could sleep a little more. We were so lazy on Saturday that it was a little embarrassing and totally awesome. There was a lot of sitting around the living room watching the girls play together. Finally, we motivated and walked down to Pike Place for some late lunch. There was also a quick side trip to Bed, Bath and Beyond to buy a sound machine for Eli in an effort to avoid a repeat of the previous night.

That night, the babysitter showed up at 7:00, gave the girls a bath, put them to bed and set off for dinner at Staple and Fancy. yum. The family style supper and was de-licious. It was amazing to have a night out with no babies and there is no doubt that we need to do that on a much more regular basis.

I was nervous on the way home from the restaurant that Eli would wake-up when we went into the room, but alas, no problem. She slept like a rock and woke up around 7:00. phew.

Cait organized a fantastic brunch on Sunday morning complete with bacon, eggs, and of course, mimosas. Greg made some beignet's that were out of this world yummy.