Spring Break was a few weeks ago for us, and we spent the week in London! The first question we always get asked is if we took Mason. Of course! My feelings on the subject are 1. I can't leave my baby for a whole week yet! I have never even left him for a whole night. 2. Vacations are about family, and even if Mason won't remember this one, it was important that we did this trip together! 3. I feel like it would have been selfish of Nick and I to take a week long European vacation without our son. Those are just my thoughts on the whole thing, so, yes, Mason came along, and it went spectacularly!
We left Houston Saturday evening and flew overnight. This was supposed to be great because Mason would sleep on the way there and be adjusted to the time difference when we landed. Well, let's just say the flight could have been worse! Mason slept all of three hours on our ten hour flight...he wasn't screaming by any means, but he was awake which meant he wanted to be entertained and moving. Nick is a rock star dad and did the majority of the entertaining on the planes, I love him!
With so little sleep, we all took a 4.5 hour nap when we landed and got to our hotel. After that we were all on London time, enjoyed our first evening, and were ready to start our vacation. The hotel was gorgeous, the staff was wonderful and accommodating, and we really enjoyed staying there!
We did so much with our 5 days, and we had an amazing vacation! We have so many pictures, and I tried to narrow it down. Here are some of our highlights...
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| Our means of transportation! The Underground was easy to use and Mason loved riding the "choo-choo" everywhere. |
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| Big Ben |
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| Shakespeare's Globe Theater |
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| Inside the Globe...it snowed while we were there. |
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| Mason slept through the whole tour. It worked out nice because we got to really listen to all of the info instead of having to entertain him. |
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| He did wake-up at the very end in time for a non-stroller picture though. |
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| Big Ben and The House of Parliament. |
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| The Thames River, and Mason with an apple. This is how Mason spent the majority of the trip...bundled up in the stroller, but we were able to go to lots of places for him to play! |
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| St. Paul's, we climbed to the top of the dome. Nick had to carry Mason the whole way up because there is no elevator! Needless to say, he was tired by the time we were done! |
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| A London photo must! |
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| The London Eye was amazing! Mason really loved it, and was waving to everyone and everything. |
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| Inside the Tower of London... |
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| Tower Bridge. We actually went inside the towers and walked across at the very top! |
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| Buckingham Palace! |
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| We were able to watch the changing of the guard while there. |
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| Platform 3/4! Harry Potter Style! |
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| My Boys! |
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| Walking the streets of London! |
There is so much more that I didn't include, but I think you get the idea! We have some very special memories, and will be able to show pictures of himself all over London since he probably won't remember much of it!
