It was HOT!

Last week, I didn't do any blogging because it was too stinkin' hot to do much of anything. In case you didn't catch the weather reports, Seattle area reached all-time high temperatures last Wednesday... 103* in Seattle. My car registered 111* in the afternoon after having been parked in the garage all day. Fortunately, we have very little direct sun in our windows and I learned early on to get the house as cool as possible overnight and then close it up for the day... that worked fairly well. Inside, we hit 88* on Wednesday evening--that was downstairs. Upstairs had to be at least 5* hotter.

Here is Cole sleeping in his pack n' play downstairs with a fan pointed on him.... doesn't look too comfy... but at least he had Skipit to snuggle with!Cole and I did a lot of mall walking and a little shopping to stay cool. Jeremy met us after work one afternoon to play on the 'germ boat' at Bell Square. Oddly enough, Cole had a 24 hour bug and fever following that visit.

While at home during the early part of the day while the temperatures were bearable (85*), Cole didn't wear much ;) Even Allie is sprawled out on the floor trying to keep cool.

On Thursday, we decided not to stick around to find out how hot our house really could get... so we checked into the Hilton close to home. We all slept well for the first time in 3 nights with the A/C blasting! Plus, Cole and I wore ourselves out in the pool that afternoon!

In a way, it was a fun adventure! At least we were able to get a hotel room for the hottest night of the year. We are also thankful that our house didn't heat up as badly as some friend's homes did (Cantando's hit 109* inside!) and that we don't live in the humid South. Now we are making up for it with a few overcast days that are unusually cool for this time of year... go figure!