To San Diego!

We decided for our 15th anniversary that we wanted to take a trip as a family, and I thought it would be fun to take Genevieve to the beach.  San Diego seemed like a good option, so we rented a condo, packed up food and belongings, and headed west!

J thought we should wake G up early in the hopes that she would fall back asleep for the first leg of the trip.  Based on our previous experiences with Genevieve and sleep, I wasn't sold on this idea.  We got her up at 5:00, changed her diaper, gave her some milk, and got in the car close to 5:15.  After putting gas in the car and ice on our food, we were off!  G was not falling back to sleep.  I gave her some food and water and that at least stopped her from fussing.  We made a pit stop at the Fry's in Yuma, and luckily for J, there was a Starbucks inside.  There was a gas station in the same parking lot, so J filled up while I nursed the beebs.  Then we were on the road again.  I gave G her baby to hold, and then just ignored her.  She was asleep by 8:00. 

G sleeping with her "deedee"

 

 

Genevieve slept for about an hour and a half, and then we stopped at the Golden Acorn Casino in Campo, CA.  J and I took turns using the facilities and walking G around.  One older couple joked that we were "teaching her early".  After nursing G again, we headed out for the last stretch of the road trip.  I read G's new Peekaboo Baby book, and then we played a few rounds of peekaboo ourselves.

Genevieve also played with her new magnet doodle board.

When we got into San Diego, J was hungry.  We stopped at a little commercial area and found a Fuddruckers.  G and I had turkey, green beans and some apple while J chomped down on a burger and fries.  Yes, I was a tad jealous.  After lunch, we headed to Fiesta Park on the bay while we waited for confirmation that we could check in to our condo early.  It was only around 2:00, and check in time wasn't until 3:00. 

The sidewalk was quite sandy, so the first thing that happened was Genevieve scraped her knees.  That didn't squelch her excitement for the park though.  She ran in the grass, though we had to be careful of all of the bees.  She checked out the water, and took a ride on a swing before we got the confirmation to check into our condo. 

We made our way to the condo and very carefully parked the car in our little parking spot.  After glancing around and setting up the pack and plan, we all went down for a nap.  To our surprise, G slept for a little more than two hours.  When she awoke, we got in warmer clothes as it was after 6:00.  We decided to walk 4 minutes across the street to walk along the boardwalk to find dinner. 

Our first view of Mission Beach

J decided on a pizza place where G and I had turkey, green beans, apples, and a pumpkin muffin.  We then walked along Mission Blvd. rather than the boardwalk to get back to our condo where we called day one a success.