Anniversary Weekend

This past Monday and Tuesday, Paul and I celebrated our second year wedding anniversary at the Gaylord National Resort at the National Harbor in Maryland. I put together a slideshow of our pictures in the posting below.

This was a surprise that I devised so all I told Paul was that I was picking him up at 4:30pm on Monday and we were off. My parents watched Jake for the night and his parents watched Josh for the night (god bless and thank you, thank you, thank you to both sets of grandparents!!). Paul was excited when we took the exit for National Harbor so I felt like I had done my job :-) I had been there once before in November for work but didn't really get a chance to explore the resort or the surrounding National Harbor.

While we were there, we ate at a couple amazing (and highly recommended) restaurants. For dinner on Monday was Moon Bay at the resort -- a modern seafood restaurant. We ate on the patio outside of the hotel and watched the sun set. We had a breakfast/brunch buffet at the resort on Tuesday morning -- at the Pienza Italian Market. For lunch on Tuesday, we ate at Rosa Mexicano which has an outdoor patio overlooking the Potomac. Before we left on Tuesday, we had dinner at Grace's Mandarin -- an elegant Asian restaurant (also great views of the Potomac).

Besides stuffing ourselves with great food, we walked around National Harbor to check out the shopping and real estate (had to visit the store called Jake's at National Harbor and Ben & Jerry's, of course!). On Monday night we went to the Pose Ultra Lounge on the 18th floor of the hotel. It has floor to ceiling windows so you have a spectacular view of Alexandria and DC. We also relaxed in the hotel's pool and hot tub as well and maybe most importantly, had 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep!

By Tuesday evening, I was ready to see the boys again but the 24 hour "vacation" was much needed and allowed both of us to recharge and really enjoy spending time with just the two of us. I think we'll make it an annual tradition to do something like this :-)