Sorry I haven't posted in awhile! I'll try and give a brief run down of our vacation these past couple weeks and then put some pics on here. We had a lot of fun, it was great seeing all of our family and having them meet Kayden. We miss them all already! I wish California was a lot closer!!
I will post pics soon - I have close to 300 pics all together....trying to figure out the best way to do that, I may try a slide show thingy, anyone have any other ideas?!?!
(Sorry Cayen, I promise I'll get them posted soon!!) :)
We started out our trip with Eric giving Kayden and I a really great Valentine's present...his awesome cold. His quote? "It lasts a lot longer then flowers." Yes, thank you Eric.
Sunday, Feb. 15th - Flew out, Kayden was quite the trooper for his first plane ride, barely napped and was awake and smiley the whole time, only a few cries. We barely got in the air and little man decided he'd fill his diaper. So we didn't p*** off the whole plane Eric took one for the team and changed him in the midget sized airplane bathroom. The plane ride was smooth - until we were landing. Sacramento was experiencing major wind gusts (50-60 mph) and pouring rain. Let's just say the landing wasn't "level" and we could feel the wind catching the wings, not enjoyable. Along w/ the fact that I got ear infection and my ears wouldn't pop. I swear - the pain coming down was worse then labor, I wanted an epidural. After getting all of our crap (traveling w/ little ones entails A LOT MORE BAGGAGE!) Kayden got to meet his Aunt Mary and Auntie Sara and he got in the truck and saw his cousins Logan & Mason! He was all smiles. This was the beginning of Kayden becoming an anti-napper. He didn't nap all day, just a few short minutes. He got to meet everyone and we finally got him to sleep
Monday, Feb. 16th - Got to sleep in and then go out to Dean & Deanna's new house. Everyone was off b/c of President's Day, so it was nice to be able to hang out w/ everyone!
Tuesday, Feb. 17th - Mason was Student of the Week in his Kindergarten class and he asked Kayden and Eric and I if we would come to his show and tell. So yes - Kayden has already been Show and Tell. It was a lot of fun and super cute, Mason was so proud to have Kayden there visiting!
Wednesday, Feb. 18th - Beach Day! We drove up to Santa Cruz and Kayden saw the beach and ocean for the first time.
http://www.beachcalifornia.com/santa-cruz-wharf.htmlThursday, Feb. 19th - Old Sacramento! And then my favorite place on earth....COSTCO! :) lol
Friday, Feb. 20th - With our 1 am wake up call, our sick little boy decided he'd had enough. We woke everyone up and Auntie Sara (RN) said it was probably ear infection. So instead of Eric's trip to Lake Tahoe we took a trip to Stockton Urgent Care. Ear infection it was, and they gave him some medicine that we hoped would allow us to sleep more then 1 hour at a time.
Saturday, Feb. 21st - We met Dean & Deanna and the girls at the HUGE Manteca Bass Pro Shop.
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPage?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&appID=94&storeID=51Bummed around there for a bit and then started our trek to Los Angeles. 5 1/2 hours on the dot and we got to Jeff & Annlee's door step. Little man was ready to run a marathon....he was not thrilled with his car seat at this point in the trip, especially being sick.
Sunday, Feb. 22nd - Santa Monica Pier -
http://santamonicapier.org/3rd Street Promenade -
http://thirdstreetpromenade.org/We saw our "movie star" sighting....
http://www.answers.com/topic/john-cleeseDrove around Hollywood, Beverly Hills, loved the sun!
Monday, Feb. 23rd - Happy Birthday Me! 27 years young!
We got a tour of Divorce Court! We met the Producers and Executive Producers and got a tour of their set as well as Judge Judy and Joe Brown's sets too! We also saw the back lot area of Miley Cirus's show...what the heck is it called - Hannah Montana or Miley or something?
Griffith Observatory -
http://griffithobservatory.org/ We could see EVERYTHING! It was amazing, the best part....seeing the Hollywood sign....it was far away but you could still see it. (It wasn't nearly as close as they got on that one episode of 90210 - lol).
We then went to Hollywood & Highland -
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Landmarks/HollywoodAndHighland.shtmlWe walked down the Avenue of the Stars & checked out the Kodak Theatre, the afternoon after the Oscars.
http://www.kodaktheatre.com/They were still taking down stuff, but we saw the huge Oscar (laying in a flatbed truck). I absolutely LOVE outdoor shopping malls.
Then my cousins bought me pizza for my birthday - REALLY good pizza - Tomato Pie I think it was from and then Annlee made the most delicious homemade birthday cake! Thank you guys!
We finished off our LA trip w/ a walk to The Grove. Jeff and Annlee just live a few blocks from it and it was a "must see" coming from Mom and Coralie! It was pretty cool. Can't wait for our next trip out there. We drove back to Lodi that night - 5 1/2 strait hours....Eric and I were exhausted from the drive....K man slept!
Tuesday, Feb. 24th - Our relax day. We were hoping Kayden would be feeling better and wanted to not jam him into a car seat again. We went out to eat at Chilli's for my b-day and it was so cute....Mason said "Jen, you know what - they sing to you when its your birdayday." Sure enough here comes the crew singing and yelling and carrying a chocolate malt. Yum Yum! It was great hanging out w/ the family all one last time. After dinner Sara and Mary and I drug Eric to Marshall's where I found some awesome deals...let's just say I should have been suitcase shopping! Wednesday, Feb. 25th - Flying home! This time Eric had the ear issues...not to be mean, but at least now he KNEW how much pain I was going through on the flight in. :) Kayden did really well, even slept for about an hour. He actually fell asleep in my arms and we carried him all the way to baggage claim before he woke up.....I think he was ready to be done traveling!
Thank you to all of our family for putting up with us, hauling us around, letting Kayden puke and spit up everywhere, and letting us take over your homes! You guys are all the greatest. We hope to see everyone soon! Love you guys!
