Post-Thanksgiving

Baby,

Thanksgiving was a success! We had so much fun. Mommy and Daddy got up at 3:30am on Thanksgiving morning and packed us all up in the car, picked up Grandma and Grandpa, and drove up north. We did two stops to get gas, do bathroom breaks and stretch our legs. You slept most of the way and didn't fuss very much at all. We left at 4:30am and got there at 10:30am. The drive was roughly 5 hours since we did two stops. Not bad eh?

Once we arrived at Auntie Liza's house, we hung out, ate, played basketball, shoot pool, ate some more, helped cook, took a walk, ate some more, and just relaxed. We even took some family Thanksgiving pictures. They turned out great. There's something that I've been doing the last couple of Thanksgiving. You know, Mommy and Daddy found out we were pregnant with you on Thanksgiving day 2 years ago. Every year since, ok fine, it's only been 2 years, but what the heck, I've been testing to see if I am blessed with another child. I tested of course and it was negative. I was a bit bummed since if I was pregnant, your sib would be expected to be due on your birthday. How cool would that be? Either way, I am already so blessed with you.

On Friday, we got up, took our time getting ready and did a bit of shopping. After we shopped, we took you to the park to play and you had a great time. Then you poo'ed so we had to go home and clean you up. We decided to go for a drive to sightsee and we didn't see much. You fell asleep so Mommy and Daddy stopped by the store to get you more milk. We went to bed rather late that night and woke up early on Saturday morning.

You, me, Daddy and Grandma hit the road at 6am. Our destination was Hearst castle but we stopped along the beach since we were on Pacific Coast Highway and the view was amazing. We took some pictures, let you play in the sand a bit, and kept on driving. I drove the curvy mountain parts by the way (pat on Mommy's back). We arrived at Hearst Castle around 11am and did the tour of the Grand room. The place is amazingly big and beautiful! You did wonderful during the tour; however, you were a rambunctious one after that. You wanted to run everywhere, touch everything. You were a little menace. You wore Mommy out but I thought you were still the cutest child.

We hit the road again and drove 45 minutes to Morro Bay. That was a dud. It was literally a big rock with piers and restaurants, but nothing that was really interesting or impressive. Blah.

We hit the road again and our next destination was Santa Barbara 2 hours away. We arrived around 5 I think, checked into the hotel and rested. The Hyatt was right across the street from the beach. It was beautiful. We had a pool view which was nice. We decided to have Thai food but State Street was so packed. We ordered the food to go, walked the strip a bit, then got our food and dined in our hotel room. We called it a night from all the traveling and sightseeing that we did.

We got up Sunday morning, had breakfast in the room again, then headed to the beach to let you play on the swing set and in the water. You had a good time and I love the pictures/videos of you and Daddy.

We drove 2 hours and were back to home sweet home.

I would say our Thanksgiving was a success. We traveled, spent time with family, spent time on the beach and vacationed a bit, it was great. You are the bestest child ever. I love you always.

Mommy