Tully Travels to Washington DC - Day 5...

Today, Friday, September 23, 2011, is Mommy's last day of conference in DC.  Grammy and Tully had their usual time for playing in the morning.  Tully was sitting on the bed with me and he found the hose to my c-pap...

This was an interesting new toy to him!

"What is this, Grammy?"

"Can I eat it?"

Today was our last day to go out in the stroller, and it ended up being a rainy day!  But we didn't let no stinkin' drizzling rain stop us!  We waited a little while thinking it might stop, but of course it did not, so we just rolled along singing in the rain.  Grammy put on her hooded rain jacket, and then slipped Tully's feet in a small trash bag, tying the corners of the bag to the stroller; and then I put a towel on his lap.  I thought the stroller was a bit weird the way the hood came down, but obviously it is made to keep the wind out of the child's face... so I assumed it would do a good job on keeping the rain from his face as well, should it decide to rain harder! 

Tully was bundled secure from getting wet, so off we went!

We came in and out from the hotel several times today breaking for naps and meals and waited the heavier rain out a few times.

He awoke from his nap and was a happy baby!

He was ready to put his shoes on and go see more of this big world!

"C'mon Grammy, let's roll!"

One trip out, Grammy forgot to take his bib off.
Oh well, he didn't seem to mind. 

...he was quite intrigued with that canopy that came over his head!
He noticed that he could see through the top too!

He just rolled with the weather and we stopped every now and then in a store or under an awning.  We managed to find our way back to Fancy Cakes by Leslies and brought Mommy another treat home.  The store clerk liked the plastic bag on his feet!

The clerk commented that she liked the "baby unsafe" attire! 

I looked down at him and found that little stinker had managed to untie one side of the bag from the stroller and he had the bag in his hand playing with it... not that the bag would reach to his mouth... but none-the-less, I re-tied it to the stroller, this time a little tighter.  I told the clerk, mommy would cringe to see this get-up so we could go out in the rain!  She laughed and agreed, "hey it works to keep him dry!" ...and it did!

Finally, the rain stopped for a bit and we managed to find a new fountain to observe.  This one was quite unique with lots of copper bowls and vases that caught the water and then spilled over into a pool.

He wanted to touch this one! 

The people were proving my theory wrong about not being friendly.  While I was taking a picture of Tully with the fountain, a young lady offered to take a picture of me and Tully together. I could not have picked a better day to do that!!  My hair looked beautiful in this rain, better than it had looked all week -- NOT!  But, who cares?  We had a really fun day.

Late afternoon, we jaunted a few miles down to the Chevy Chase area, which we had not been to at all.  Mommy's boss had told us about another park that had lots for kids to do. We did manage to find our way to the park area, but of course everything was wet and Tully was really too small to play on anything, but we will keep that place in mind as he grows, because I am sure this won't be his last trip to Washington D.C.

We rushed back from the park to meet Mommy once again and considered our day to be great -- even in the rain!

To be continued--his last day.

Previous blogs on Tully's Travels to Washington DC:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Last Day Headed Home