Tillamook, Air Musem, Cape Lookout, Sand Lake

We headed west towards Oregon's coast on Saturday. Our first stop, the Tillamook Cheese Factory. We watched them make and package cheese, tried some cheese samples, ate Tillamook ice cream.

Then we stopped at the Tillamook Air Museum. We thought admission was too pricey, so instead we bought tickets to tour the mini guppy, which is the huge cargo plane you see in the picture below. After paying the tickets, we walked to the entrance of the guppy and saw this sign:
But after paying $3 per adult, we decided it was worth severe injury or death to get our money's worth. We entered the cargo plane. When a cargo plane is empty, there really isn't a whole lot to see inside.
But we could see inside the museum from where we were, so we got to see the planes from that era - this naval air station was only open from 1942-1948.

Next, we drove south 7 miles to see Oregon Coast's tallest waterfall, Munson Falls.
Then we met up with Joe and Cami Family at Cape Lookout.


It was pretty there, but a dense fog bank settled right there in the cape. So it felt cold and dark on the beach. And it was super crowded and there were tons of mosquitos (yes, mosquitos on the beach!). So we made our way towards some dunes near Sand Lake, and found the sunshine and the beach, no people, no mosquitos, clear water. It was beautiful! A sandy cliff we could climb. The boys (Levi, Calder, Ansel) kept jumping off it and tumbling down. It reminded me of the dread pirate Roberts/Wesley in The Princess Bride as he shouted "As you wish!!" We ended our day with dinner in at a Mexican restaurant that was actually a pink Victorian style home converted to a restaurant.

Samuel just started sitting up on his 6 month birthday. He's also crawling (using his tummy, not a full on hands and knees crawl) alot, although I can't quite capture it on video. He usually stops crawling towards his destination so he can stop and look at the camera. This is from over a week ago, so he's already much quicker now.



I am grateful to now have a child who will happily be put to bed, and cuddle his blanket. We STILL struggle to get Adele to go to sleep. In fact, Samuel doesn't really need to be held that often either - usually when he's fussy, he just wants to go to bed. Otherwise, he is happy to crawl around or sit around. It's fun to see how different your kids can be. Adele loves and always has loved baths and water. Samuel cries when he touches water. They both loved diaper changes as babies, and hated the car. Although Samuel only hated it until 5 months old, now he's fine. Adele screamed bloody murder well beyond that age. Adele was easier to nurse, she could nurse anywhere. Samuel is more distractable and kind of high strung and gets tense and figity. Samuel talks to everyone all the time. He's mr. social, while Adele cried at everyone started at 2 months, unless they were VERY familiar. (Not even a little familiar, she would cry at some relatives and piano students we saw every week). Samuel will flash a smile at anyone who looks at him. Adele seemed to have formed sounds earlier on, like "dadadada or mamama or nanana" by 4 months. Samuel hasn't started that, but he "ooo's" ALL the time, he just talks and talks. He has a lot to say, but with less "words." They are both so INCREDIBLY CUTE.