Des Moines

The weather this weekend in Iowa was beautiful! Both Saturday and Sunday were about 20 degrees warmer than average (we were in the low 70's both days) and were sunny, sunny, sunny! We decided to take advantage of this great weather and make the drive to Des Moines for the day on Saturday. Jonah has been dying to to see the state capital since he was born so we made sure to add that to our day. We didn't have a lot on our agenda, but just wanted to be out in the beautiful weather before it is gone for many months.

Jonah did a great job on the drive and fussed very little. We took him in and out of the car several times for a rest stop, a walk around the capital and a brief errand to Babies R Us. Every time he got back in the car (not his favorite thing to do) he took it like a champ. Here he is with Daddy stretching his legs during the trip. Yes, they match, my two little peas in a pod!

At the capital Jonah kicked back and took in the majesty while relaxing on a bench. After that we circled around to the other side so we could see downtown as well. The capital building really is a beautiful building and we have way too many pictures of it. Every time we go back we still take more though. It's very dramatic in real life.


We ended the day by going shopping at the mall in West Des Moines. It is much larger than the one we have and has a number of stores that our mall lacks. We were celebrating my birthday early so Daddy and Jonah went to all of my favorite stores without complaining once. For dinner we went to Cheesecake Factory (we don't have one any closer to us than this one, so it's a treat) and then headed home. Jonah is obviously done humoring us by this point and just wants to go to sleep, which he did...all the way home!