Good Morning Baltimore

So I promise we do more than take trips.  But it hasn't seemed like it in the last month and a half.  Hopefully back to real life blogs soon. :)
When we went down to my parent's house for Thanksgiving, Scott had a business trip the following week in Baltimore.  Since it was just a little over 2 hours away, we decided to stay in NJ and drive down to Baltimore, rather than drive back home and then fly down.  I considered staying with the boys while Scott went, but my parents were nice and were willing to let them stay while we both went.  So Scott and I got to go to Baltimore on our own!  As an early anniversary get away, we headed out for a couple of nights- kid free.  Scott worked during the day, but I went shopping and sightseeing.  I didn't take pictures of the shopping (though it was sooooo awesome without kids that I probably should have) but here are some pictures of the sightseeing.

We stayed at the hotel where Scott's conference was located.  It was right along the waterfront and attached to a mall and then if you walked over this walkway, you went straight into another part of the mall.

The ship right outside of our hotel.  USS Constellation, I believe.  There were a lot of ships. :)

One of the only pictures we got of us. :) 

A picture of the harborfront.  We went to this Barnes and Noble one night and it was so cool.  It is built in an old power plant and had many original structures, etc.

In addition to getting a lot of Christmas shopping done, I went to Fort McHenry one day.

It was absolutely amazing!  So cool.  If you are ever in Baltimore, it is a must see.

The Star Spangled Banner itself.  The original was much larger, but this one did have the 15 stars.

It was super sunny, but here is an attempt to get me with the fort in the background. :)

When we were growing up, we would say that it wasn't a vacation if you didn't get a picture sitting on a cannon.  Well, there were these signs saying no climbing on the cannon.  And it was just me.  So I just took a picture of a cannon. :)

I also walked down to Oriole Park at Camden Yards.  They were celebrating their 20th year.  Seemed lame compared to the 100th year anniversary going on here.  But oh well.  It was a fun park.

Another part of the park and the Babe Ruth statue.  I almost made it to Babe Ruth's birthplace, but it was getting dark, so I headed back.  Didn't want to get lost in Downtown Baltimore. Perhaps another time.

 It was a super fun trip!  Our boys were awesome for my parents.  Apparently they slept better for them than they do for us.  We'll have to leave them more often. :)  It was very nice to get away and relax and spend some time together.  It was a perfect amount of time as well.  We were excited to see our boys again and I think they were excited to see us too.