Belly Bedlam in Bellingham

Our weekend in Bellingham was a bit of a self-induced whirlwind. You see, I just had to hit up all of my favorite grub joints, despite said locations numbering well above the number of meals that we'd be eating while in town. Boomer's Burgers, La Fiama, The Bagelry, Mallard's Ice Cream, and the Boundary Bay Brewery were just a few of the items on our "to-do" list. We hit pretty much everything, even with doing breakfast at Auntie Annie's each day, and enjoying a dinner with her folks (Mary and Brian, it was a pleasure, as always!). The few remaining hours when we weren't stuffing our faces and drowning our bellies, we mostly hung around the house letting Nessa Bug bask in Young Old's cuteness. "He's so cute!" was easily her favored saying during our stay. Young Old was great the entire trip, barely crying, limiting his fussiness to a manageable level, and mostly spent his time staring at Nessa Bug with wide delighted eyes, thinking she was just the most entertaining person he'd yet experienced. When the younglings were slumbering, Mama K and I got in some much needed adult conversation time with Auntie Annie...thanks, girl, it's nice to know we can still communicate using complex words rather than relying exclusively on grunts and long vowel sounds.

All in all, it was a great visit, and thanks go out to Auntie Annie and Nessa Bug for sharing their space with the three of us. Hope we didn't disrupt the routine much. Much love to the two of you (and Richard!).

A few pictures: