san diego…when can i go back?
Mike had his annual AAE meeting where he attends 4-5 days of classes, lectures, breakfasts, lunches, etc. This year’s conference took place in San Diego, and I wasn’t missing this opportunity to tag along. Violet was lucky enough to still be nursing and got to travel with us. She continued her well-behaved ways and was the best air traveler imaginable. On the plane ride to SD Violet was only fussy a couple of times, and the trip home was a dream with Violet sleeping nearly every moment from take-off to landing. The boys don’t really get to have that much fun when they go to these conferences because they are supposed to attend the events until around 5 p.m. each day, so it leaves us wives to entertain ourselves everyday. We managed.
Our friends, the Parks, were so kind to offer us a place to stay. Their home was awesomely equipped with all our needs and a pool and hot tub, too.
Christopher really took to Violet and me. He is such a sweet boy. Any chance he could he would hold my hand when we were walking. He’s going to melt all the ladies’ hearts one day.
I don’t know why I’m even posting this picture because I look like I have man arms in it, but I wanted to show proof that I was in San Diego.
On day 2 Janet and I met up with some other old friends from D.C., Jamie and Trang and their kids. Lunch first and then a boat tour. Trang and Brady could only eat lunch with us, so we made sure to get a quick picture with them. I can’t believe how big those boys are now; 3-year-old boys now. The last I saw each of them they were still babies, and I did their newborn shoots (well, I did Christopher’s 8th month shoot). Avery was younger than Annie is now and is presently 7. Time really flies.
After lunch we ventured on a seal tour. I guess the They Might Be Giants song “Boat of Car” does ring true.
Thankfully, we actually saw seals on the “seal” tour. There was also an awesome view of downtown and other historical landmarks.
On the car portion of the trip I spotted this Cinderella carriage and knew the girls would want to see it (and ride in it).
I also knew they would probably be most impressed with the baby ducks than the seals or any other cool San Diego things I saw.
One night we met up with some friends that we lived near in NC for dinner. Mike couldn’t resist the rickshaw for our ride home.
Here’s the back of our bike rider’s head.
Mike snuck in a nap with Violet on our trip home.
What a big girl who can sit in her own seat with a buckle!
Love this!
