san diego

One of the neat things about Nick's job is that he gets to travel to parts of California quite often. I decided that the kids and I are going to start going with him since a few of those places are on the coast or near the coast ;)

After my mom left, he had to go to San Diego for an annual meeting thing. He said we should go with him since there would be plenty for us to do. We did.....the drive was my least favorite part...and LA traffic sucks.

We got there Saturday evening-ish....and just had dinner with another JD couple and their little boy. Sunday it was cool and windy and rainy (boo). My brother recommended we go check out the USS Midway. It's a retired Naval ship that's open for touring. It was pretty cool. We couldn't get to a whole lot of places since the ship wasn't built for a double stroller the size of a bus ;) But what we did see was pretty neat and it made me really proud of my brother and what he's doing :)

It was so windy and cold on the flight deck...Adelyn was miserable. The planes were really neat, though, and I'd like to go back when the weather is nicer and Addy is bigger :)

Nick and I did take turns going down to the sick bay to check it out. Adelyn got antsy, so I paid $3 for an orange soda to occupy her. Yes, I am that mom.

We also went to an aquarium in La Jolla...I think Adelyn would have enjoyed it more if she wasn't so tired...she was interested for a bit, but got bored pretty quick :)

Monday, I decided to take the kids to the San Diego zoo while Nick was in meetings all day :) We got there and it started to down pour. Seriously? We high tailed it back to the hotel (which was downtown) and not 5 minutes after we got back, the sun came out and it was beautiful. Of course. I wound up walking around the city with the kids and there was a huge mall area about 3 blocks from the hotel....so we had lunch and walked around some more.

Tuesday we tried the zoo again and it was goreous outside! Let me tell you, there were some serious hills, though...and pushing a double stroller with a toddler and a carseated infant was a major work out...holy moly.

We had fun, though, Adelyn is currently obsessed with lions (or "roars") and we stood watching the lion for 20 minutes...he went around the trees where we couldn't see him and she was ticked. I still had to pry her away, though...

I had to bribe her with a sucker so I could feed Mason...she wasn't a fan of sitting still in the stroller with no animals to look at :) What can I say? When you're a single mom for the day, you do what you can to make it as easy as possible....well, I do anyway. :)

She had a blast watching the elephants. Their "area" was huge and there were about 6 of them! Pretty neat.

The grizzly bears were cool. One of them was playing with something and she was just tranfixed...look at the claws on that guy!

As we were leaving, I asked a nice lady to take our picture in front of the sign. Apparently, I should have been more clear and asked her to get the whole sign ;)

So I did my own little redo with Adelyn :)

I love staying in hotels, so when we weren't out and about, we were hanging out there. Thank you, ipad, what a lifesaver you were :)

After nap snack

My favorite little man...all clean and ready for bed :)

Adelyn got a balloon from one of the restaurants we ate at...



Wednesday was our last day, so the kids and I walked around in the morning, and were on the road by noon.

I hafta say, I love San Diego and want to go back without the kids :) We ate a some great restaurants and had a great time!

You should definitely go :)