From far off lands.

No pictures today, but I thought I'd give a brief update.

We've been having a great time here in the supposedly sunny Oregon. It's been pretty cool, but at least not as cold as nights have been at home. Katie went on her first plane ride on Wednesday, and she did great. She fell asleep just as the wheels left the ground on the first flight, and the second one she pretty much had the flight attendant's complete attention. She even got cookies before we took off. We had lots of fun playing at airports, Katie even got to play with another little girl in the Vancouver airport. Then she had some good snuggles when we met up with Grandma & Grandpa. Funniest part about the trip was waving good-bye to all the planes and buildings as we taxied away from the Vancouver airport. Second funniest, was taking the carseat through security. The guard says "Wow there's a lot of metal in that!" Um, yep. That's why we picked that one.

Aunty Lindsay and Ross arrived safe and sound on Thursday. Took Katie a little while to warm up because she's never met Ross before, and hasn't seen Auntie in a year, and she was so tired, but she got there. We also found Katie a cute pair of winter boots on sale at an outlet store. They're made with Thinsulate and nice soles, so they should be great for walks in the snow.

Today, we all went to lunch in Portland with one of my cousins who we haven't seen in ages. He hadn't even met Katie yet. It was good to see him. Then we went for a long walk at the zoo and had a great time. Katie loves to go look at animals. She was most excited by the trout, salmon & sturgeon in the Pacific Northwest section. That section is mostly new since the last time I went to the zoo and it's amazing. Just beautiful.

That's all for now. Perhaps we'll have a few pictures in a day or two.