Portland Trip-Day One

Yesterday's journey was long and disappointing. Southwest lost the car seat. When we got off the plane it wasn't at the gate. We checked with customer service and they had no idea what could of happened to it. They loaned us a car seat which I found out later, was a toddler seat and too big for Evan to use.  Back to Customer Service we went but not before finding out all of our luggage was missing too. Our friends that we are visiting got tied up in a meeting and were unable to meet us at the airport. Here we are stranded at the airport with a car seat we have never used before. If you have ever installed your own car seat you know how complicated it can be not to even mention a temporary one from Southwest airlines. 

We decided to rent a car and a couple of hours later we were on the road. It took forever to install that seat and even after we installed it weren't sure if we did it correctly. Evan was a dream traveler. He didn't nap on the plane until the last leg upon descent. He had only been asleep for fifteen minutes so I carried him through the airport upon arrival allowing him some more sleep. We had to wake him up that morning to make our plane and he had now been up for almost six hours without a nap. Southwest found the luggage and delivered it around midnight lastnight. 

Today we got up and went to the zoo. It was a cold 5o degrees. We were all bundled up in fleece and made our way around to the different animals. I think his favorite exhibit was this tank of fish of the Amazon. They were called "Pacu". They were bigger than Evan. Evan could walk right up to the floor to ceiling glass panel and "touch" the fish through the glass. He would follow them with his hands. We got to see some polar bears, apes, monkeys, bob cats, black bears and eagles.

I think Evan's favorite part of the trip so far is our friend's dog, Sanka and their two cats Folgers and Torre. Folgers will let Evan hit him and pull on him. Folgers just lays there looking up at him and wondering when the abuse will stop. Evan gets so excited about these encounters. He loves animals so much. I cannot wait to get him his own dog and cat.