LONDON

I was really anxious to have this baby. I really wanted to try for a VBAC and was hoping that I would go into labor early. Also, with my dad's death date anniversary approaching I was pretty emotional. So one of the best things that our little family did was to go on another Baby Moon to visit London and stay with our friend Richelle. We brought Eva and figured that we might as well enjoy it with her. (especially since as soon as she turns two we would have to start paying for her plane ticket)

Eva was really good on the flight. We all loved the endless free movies on international flights.

After catching up on our sleep from the red eye flight we visited the British Museum

In some ways it was an extension of our Egypt trip, since there were so many artifacts from Egypt. 

The Rosetta Stone

Eva learned how to do this right before our trip... Classic.

Eva was pretty good for a while, then she needed to get her energy out and we ended up chasing her for what seemed like hours... 

Until she finally wore herself out and fell asleep in her make shift stroller bed.

A little impromptu pregnancy photo shoot

The next day we saw the Tower of London

And the Crown Jewels

Then we walked over to London Bridge

And then had lunch at Borough Market

Then we took a tour of the Globe Theater

Eva loved all the subway or "tube" rides

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But we did have to find ways to keep her entertained at times... 

We visited the Royal Muse

And saw the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace

We went to the Churchill War Room Museum

Then we toured Westminister

And walked a lot, but tried to take public transportation as much as possible (I was 35 weeks pregnant after all, and I was recovering from a broken foot...)

I often took advantage of these:

We went on a boat cruise on the Thames

One of our favorite parts of the trip was going on a bus tour to see Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, and Bath. The tour guide was incredibly knowledgable and we learned a ton from her. 

Windsor Castle

Stonehenge 

Eva was more interested in the sheep that were grazing near by and was bored with the stones.

We had to chase after her a couple of times. 

And the beautiful city of Bath

We walked through Hyde Park and visited speakers corner

Lake at Hyde Park

Good thing Lincoln is so strong. He had to carry Eva's stroller everywhere.

 We strolled through Harrods

And visited St. Paul's Cathedral

We absolutely LOVED our trip to London. It was so great to celebrate our 5th year wedding anniversary together while we were there. We loved visiting with Richelle. It was so nice to get my mind off of the stresses of a new baby coming. We both learned so much history while we were there. We are so glad we went, and it was hard to leave and go back to real life.