This Trip was so much fun and I'm so glad we went. Justin's Fam had been planning this trip for months and we had decided not to go because taking a 2 month old and an almost 2 yr old did not sound fun. They stopped by on there way out and convinced me that it would be fine. So I got excited and had to convince Justin that it would be fine. We still went back and forth all the next day and finally around 2:00 I decided we would DO IT!!!! So I packed very quickly and waited for Justin to get home to pack and we would leave asap. We ended up leaving around 7:00 and drove straight to San Diego. Luckily I have an awesome fatherinlaw who got us a room and stayed up til we got there to help haul stuff in. And the drive there was great. Brit watched a movie and then slept from Vegas on. And Hadley only woke up to eat once. What good kids and great start to the vacation.
The next morning we woke up to head to the zoo. Now if you have been around Briton in the last few months you know he has 2 speeds and 2 speeds only. FAST and FASTER!!! There is no walk in him and he refused to put the monkey backpack on. So there was a lot of fits and tantrums through out the day, but overall he did great! He sat in the stroller more than I expected, but not enough! They need to make strollers where the seats are 2 or 3 feet off the ground so they can actually see the animals. When you're in the stroller you cant see them and he did NOT like that. He absolutely LOVED the animals and could have watched the tigers all day if we would have let him. He did NOT want to leave them. He learned a lot of new animal words that day and of course the sounds to go with them. Hadley slept all day of course, thanks to my wonderful motherinlaw who held her in her wheelchair with her and my sweet nieces who hauled her around all day. I think I held her once or twice:) But remember both Justin and I had to keep tabs on Brit! Here's a few pics of us at the zoo.
Toward the end of the day, we were eating and Brit was running around. Well on his way back to the table he fell and face planted it, hitting his forehead on the bench. I gave him a hug and heard Melissa gasp. This is what I saw when I looked at him!!!
I could not believe my eyes, I had never see a
goose bump that big in my life! We took him down the nurse and they gave us some ice and just told us to keep an eye on him. I still can't believe how big it is!
Another story at the zoo is this CRAZY mountain lion that attacked my
motherinlaw. Well if the fence
wouldn't have been there, she would have been lunch. It came out from it's cave and ran right toward her and just went crazy. It was hissing and clawing at her, and pacing back and forth not ever letting her out of its sight. It was nuts! We all just sat there in
Aah and
LeAnn was yelling at Randy to get her out of there!! It was quite funny.
Justin and I were super worn out, but we survived and had a great day.
Oh yeah, and it was my Birthday that day too! Happy 25
th to me!
The next 2 days we headed to sea world. We saw all the animals and even a few shows. Brit loved the dolphins and Shamu. Now whenever a Seaworld commercial comes on he goes, "Shamu Shamu!" It's so cute! He especially loved the Sesame Street part and we ended up spending most of the 2 days there. He played in the water, went on a few rides, jumped around the jump house, and even climbed up the ropes with mommy to the GIANT playhouse. The first time he went on the rides, he was not a fan. He would cry and then scream and then cry some more, but then the 2nd and 3rd time he seemed to like it and didn't want it to stop. Once again we were thankful these 2 days to have our sweet nieces and LeAnn to hold Hadley while she slept! They were troopers.
DAY 1 @ SeaWorld
DAY 2 @ SeaWorld
At the end of day 2 of Seaworld we headed to the beach to play in the water. Unfortunately it was a little too cold and we didn't do much in the water. And as you will see below, Hadley especially loved the water. I'm so mean! Our camera battery ran out here and we only got a few pictures, but Jen has some way cute ones on her camera and maybe eventually I'll get them:)
Like I said before, I don't have anymore pictures, but the next day we went to the Wild Animal Park. Now maybe there are people out there who like this place, but I thought it was a waste of time and money! Maybe I was just very ready to go home, but if you are considering going there, call me first and I will try to talk you out of it:) haha.
Well we had a wonderful time and I'm so glad we went! I know Brit won't remember much, but I will! I love spending time with Justin's family and always have a great time with them. Thanks again for letting us come last minute!
