Last week Ian and I went to visit my sister for 6 days and 7 nights. We had a blast, our week included prepping for a 30th birthday party (includes making cupcakes completely from scratch), body pump classes, cx works class, group training sessions, Sea World, Tough Mudder race (my sister, not me), butternut squash and sweet potato soup, spaghetti squash and fish, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, visit with our grandparents, menchies, Ikea, swim lessons/playground fun, visit to the town of Celebration for the Christmas set up that including a ice skating rink (made out of plexi-glass), snow (had a scent of dawn dish soap to it and the look of soap suds) and a train powered by a smart car. Here's some pics our of week!!
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Vacay part 2
Oh my we have been home for a month and have already gone on another getaway so let's not waste anymore time here and get this trip wrapped up.
Day 4 Teasure Island bound and my birthday: we arrived to Teasure Island, FL located our resort and since we were early for check in we proceeded to the nearest Publix to do some fridge/pantry stocking. And since it was my bday it was my pick for dinner. I wanted 2 things 1)eat local, when you eat local the food is usually better and why not help out the local folks of the town you are visiting. 2) must eat overlooking water, hello we are visiting the gulf coast and it's not like we have the opportunity everyday to eat overlooking water (ha when I wrote this we didn't have final word on our house so now we can eat every meal we are home over looking water). Good news I got both we ate the Friendly Fisherman we all had seafood except for Ian of course he indulged on a couple fries and a lemon. We did some wandering and then back at condo watched the sunset on the beach.
Day 5 beach day: I started my morning the way I had everyday of our vacation and that was with a workout. I tied up my shoes and hit the sand for a run on my way down I caught up to a another beach runner and we ended up running together which was great as if I ran by myself I would have stopped at the wrong condo...oops. Then it was back to the run for a spin through the shower to go to beach. Yes I just said I showered before I went to the beach I was sweaty, stinky and gross so showering was required. Once showered and bikini on it was down to the sand and waves till nap time. For nap time Marcus and I both took Ian up but Marcus had it under control so back to the beach I went where I indulged in 2hrs of sun, sand, and a nap...DELIGHTFUL!! That night we had dinner at another local restaurant and was not disappointed at all.
Day 6 beach day! I started the morning the same way I did the day before. After my run Marcus had his mom keep an eye on Ian while went down to the beach for a walk and some shell finding. By this day despite the day before being a relaxing day my fellow travel companions where wiped out. So while they bummed around it was back to the beach for this girl. Again I stayed down at the beach till nap time and I was back in the lounge chair till some thunder rumbles were heard. We cleaned up and since it was my MIL b-day it was her pick for dinner. We ended up at Macaroni Grill and I learned my darling hubby has some navigational issues and likes to live life on the edge when it comes to the gas light turning on. We were running on fumes, the GPS battery died, and the list goes on. Luckily we safely made it to a gas station and made it back to the condo...He won't be living that one down anytime soon though.
Day 7 travel day: up and at'em no time to waste. We must shower, eat. finish packing, load car and be on the road by 6:15a. Arrive at airport to find the check-in line about 40 people deep. Computers are down and the airline has 3 flights taking off 30min apart from each other...FANTASTIC. We received our 1st ever handwritten boarding pass, got our reserved seats on the plane, did a pre-departure airplane potty stop, annoyed a few passengers with our anxious 18mos old waited on the plane to take off for about an hr. Ian slept for a little bit, and made friends with the lady next to us. There is more to this plane adventure but let's be honest you stopped reading a long time ago. If you are still reading thanks and I will finish the plane adventure in a post of it's own. It will be short and sweet I promise.
Day 4 Teasure Island bound and my birthday: we arrived to Teasure Island, FL located our resort and since we were early for check in we proceeded to the nearest Publix to do some fridge/pantry stocking. And since it was my bday it was my pick for dinner. I wanted 2 things 1)eat local, when you eat local the food is usually better and why not help out the local folks of the town you are visiting. 2) must eat overlooking water, hello we are visiting the gulf coast and it's not like we have the opportunity everyday to eat overlooking water (ha when I wrote this we didn't have final word on our house so now we can eat every meal we are home over looking water). Good news I got both we ate the Friendly Fisherman we all had seafood except for Ian of course he indulged on a couple fries and a lemon. We did some wandering and then back at condo watched the sunset on the beach.
Day 5 beach day: I started my morning the way I had everyday of our vacation and that was with a workout. I tied up my shoes and hit the sand for a run on my way down I caught up to a another beach runner and we ended up running together which was great as if I ran by myself I would have stopped at the wrong condo...oops. Then it was back to the run for a spin through the shower to go to beach. Yes I just said I showered before I went to the beach I was sweaty, stinky and gross so showering was required. Once showered and bikini on it was down to the sand and waves till nap time. For nap time Marcus and I both took Ian up but Marcus had it under control so back to the beach I went where I indulged in 2hrs of sun, sand, and a nap...DELIGHTFUL!! That night we had dinner at another local restaurant and was not disappointed at all.
Day 6 beach day! I started the morning the same way I did the day before. After my run Marcus had his mom keep an eye on Ian while went down to the beach for a walk and some shell finding. By this day despite the day before being a relaxing day my fellow travel companions where wiped out. So while they bummed around it was back to the beach for this girl. Again I stayed down at the beach till nap time and I was back in the lounge chair till some thunder rumbles were heard. We cleaned up and since it was my MIL b-day it was her pick for dinner. We ended up at Macaroni Grill and I learned my darling hubby has some navigational issues and likes to live life on the edge when it comes to the gas light turning on. We were running on fumes, the GPS battery died, and the list goes on. Luckily we safely made it to a gas station and made it back to the condo...He won't be living that one down anytime soon though.
Day 7 travel day: up and at'em no time to waste. We must shower, eat. finish packing, load car and be on the road by 6:15a. Arrive at airport to find the check-in line about 40 people deep. Computers are down and the airline has 3 flights taking off 30min apart from each other...FANTASTIC. We received our 1st ever handwritten boarding pass, got our reserved seats on the plane, did a pre-departure airplane potty stop, annoyed a few passengers with our anxious 18mos old waited on the plane to take off for about an hr. Ian slept for a little bit, and made friends with the lady next to us. There is more to this plane adventure but let's be honest you stopped reading a long time ago. If you are still reading thanks and I will finish the plane adventure in a post of it's own. It will be short and sweet I promise.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
those people with that baby
Most of us have been there, stuck on an airplane with a baby who just isn't happy and everyone gets off and all they talk about is those people with that baby. My goal was not to be "those" people with "that" baby.
I've been asked by a few people how Ian did with the plane and time change. And like everything else he adapted quickly to his surroundings and went with the flow. Our plan was eat solids at the airport and drink bottle during take off and use pacifier on the landing to help with the change in pressures with his ears. We would do the samething minus the solids for our second flight. But as it is with most plans it didn't work out that way due to a delayed flight so onto plan B. Use pacifier on take off and landing, he slept during all the flights and if he was awake (which he was for maybe an 1/2hr) he was being talked to by the flight attendants, playing peek a boo with the people behind us or talking and laughing with us.
We did carry-on everything!! Since my parents arrived before us they took the carseat from their car and checked it with their luggage and when they got the rental swagger wagon my sister installed it and it was ready to go for airport pick-up. We side gate checked the stroller and it greeted us when we got off the plane everytime undamaged. And when we landed in Indy it was open and waiting for us (all the other times it was still folded). If you have traveled with a child then you understand what a blessing it was to get off the plan and not have wrangle your bags and child while trying to get the stroller opened. I thanked them over and over for that. Marcus was in charge of our 2 bags and Ian's diaper bag, I was in charge of my pump (not sure why he didn't want to carry the pump), Ian and my purse/tote.
On our way there we had seats right next to the engine but also behind flight attendants station which means LEG ROOM!!! Now, a regular seat does not bother me but when you are 6'6" apparently it's a little uncomfortable to have the person in front of you recline their seat and you are now stuck and feel like you are a dentist and you should be asking them to open wide.
On our 1st flight home we were in regular seating and in a row with 3 seats. Luckily our neighbor has 3 boys under the age of 6 and therefore knew what he was in for. As the plane landed he said how impressed Ian did on the flight, Marcus and I put our arm rest up and had Ian laying across our laps while he slept. Flight #2 we were back to just 2 seats but no extra leg room what so ever. We made it work as what choice did we have.
I had only one issue on the flight from San Deigo to Dallas and that was the flight attendent offered us no help in locating overhead open bin space so as Marcus and I are turning in circles with all of our stuff trying locate some room the flight attendant simply said look around and she went back to crushing her ice. Luckily the other passengers on the plane were kind enough to help us out in our search.
Before our flights I had read that if you are in a 3 seat row that you could try where one parent takes the aisle seat and the other takes the window seat in attempts to keep that 3rd person from wanting to sit with you. We did think about doing this but once on the flight we quickly realized it was a full plane and there was no point to do this.
Once we did land we waited to be the last passengers off the plane as we rounded up our stuff without having to stand in a long line as people waited to get off the plane.
The time difference was 3hrs, and the thought of before we left working on changing Ian's routine did run through my head. I decided not to worry about it, he slept when he needed to sleep and ate when he needed to eat. In true Ian fashion he adapted very quickly, slept through the night and maintained his normal eating routine. He went with the flow and we went with his needs, thanks Aunt CiCi for walking around with him at the baseball in search of an area that there was nothing around to catch his attention.
Thanks again to my parents for taking us all out there we had a great time and made some great memories.
I've been asked by a few people how Ian did with the plane and time change. And like everything else he adapted quickly to his surroundings and went with the flow. Our plan was eat solids at the airport and drink bottle during take off and use pacifier on the landing to help with the change in pressures with his ears. We would do the samething minus the solids for our second flight. But as it is with most plans it didn't work out that way due to a delayed flight so onto plan B. Use pacifier on take off and landing, he slept during all the flights and if he was awake (which he was for maybe an 1/2hr) he was being talked to by the flight attendants, playing peek a boo with the people behind us or talking and laughing with us.
We did carry-on everything!! Since my parents arrived before us they took the carseat from their car and checked it with their luggage and when they got the rental swagger wagon my sister installed it and it was ready to go for airport pick-up. We side gate checked the stroller and it greeted us when we got off the plane everytime undamaged. And when we landed in Indy it was open and waiting for us (all the other times it was still folded). If you have traveled with a child then you understand what a blessing it was to get off the plan and not have wrangle your bags and child while trying to get the stroller opened. I thanked them over and over for that. Marcus was in charge of our 2 bags and Ian's diaper bag, I was in charge of my pump (not sure why he didn't want to carry the pump), Ian and my purse/tote.
On our way there we had seats right next to the engine but also behind flight attendants station which means LEG ROOM!!! Now, a regular seat does not bother me but when you are 6'6" apparently it's a little uncomfortable to have the person in front of you recline their seat and you are now stuck and feel like you are a dentist and you should be asking them to open wide.
On our 1st flight home we were in regular seating and in a row with 3 seats. Luckily our neighbor has 3 boys under the age of 6 and therefore knew what he was in for. As the plane landed he said how impressed Ian did on the flight, Marcus and I put our arm rest up and had Ian laying across our laps while he slept. Flight #2 we were back to just 2 seats but no extra leg room what so ever. We made it work as what choice did we have.
I had only one issue on the flight from San Deigo to Dallas and that was the flight attendent offered us no help in locating overhead open bin space so as Marcus and I are turning in circles with all of our stuff trying locate some room the flight attendant simply said look around and she went back to crushing her ice. Luckily the other passengers on the plane were kind enough to help us out in our search.
Before our flights I had read that if you are in a 3 seat row that you could try where one parent takes the aisle seat and the other takes the window seat in attempts to keep that 3rd person from wanting to sit with you. We did think about doing this but once on the flight we quickly realized it was a full plane and there was no point to do this.
Once we did land we waited to be the last passengers off the plane as we rounded up our stuff without having to stand in a long line as people waited to get off the plane.
The time difference was 3hrs, and the thought of before we left working on changing Ian's routine did run through my head. I decided not to worry about it, he slept when he needed to sleep and ate when he needed to eat. In true Ian fashion he adapted very quickly, slept through the night and maintained his normal eating routine. He went with the flow and we went with his needs, thanks Aunt CiCi for walking around with him at the baseball in search of an area that there was nothing around to catch his attention.
Thanks again to my parents for taking us all out there we had a great time and made some great memories.
Friday, September 3, 2010
SD Part 4
Day #3 cont'd and Adventure #5 After adventure #4 we loaded into the swagger wagon and headed off to adventure #5 which was Disneyland. Have I mentioned before how much I love my sister's part-time/seasonal job working for the mouse? Yeah, well I love it!! We arrived and headed to the Happiest Place on Earth, this was Ian's first visit to the mouse but won't be his last as long as my sister works for the mouse or has some really great friends:) 
The "we are tourists picture" and check out that Castle, it's so itty bitty compared to Disney World's!! 
We headed towards some rides after my sister made a quick trip back to City Hall to obtain a ticket for herself as her Disney ID was apparently not good enough. We ran into some characters along the way (the pictures are in no particular order of how we saw them): The Chipmunks were headed in for a break and wouldn't stop for a picture so instead we walk with them while Marci snapped pictures: 
We got one of them, YAY: 
Curella DeVille was around and mean, she asked "how old that thing in the stroller was and then said you know mom, he's not going to remember any of this?" I said yes I'm aware no pose for a picture! No, that part didn't really happen like that but still. Marcus said I should've told yes and you're mean!! 
Apparently these 2 guys are from Alice in Wonderland (we really weren't sure at the time, they simply had a short line or actually no line at all so we took advantage of the opportunity) 
Penguins from Mary Poppins (again they didn't have much of a line either) 
The biggest difference we noticed was that the Characters were pretty much on their own, if you've ever been to DW all the characters have a character handler (security) walking with them and standing with them at all times. Apparently the guests in FL are really rowdy compared to those in Cali. We went on about 6 different rides and Ian fell asleep on each one except for the Toy Story one. He even managed to fall asleep to the Captain EO 3D thing we saw. Finding Nemo ride in which you ride in s submarine, Ian loved watching the bubbles. 
Next up was It's a Small World as it wouldn't be a trip to Disney if you missed it. 
While at Disney we celebrated my parent's 34th Wedding Anniversary (a day early) with dinner. Happy Anniversary!!! 
The restaurant gave Ian a kid's menu and I insisted on completing all the activities on it. Ian seemed a bit jealous of the attention I was giving to the activities. He is also sitting so far away from the table because he felt it was necessary to pull everything off the table. 
Ian with his Aunt CiCi who managed to not play Diaper Roulette the whole time. 
I would like to know the reasoning behind Disney putting rolls of toilet paper above the changing stations. Ian enjoyed it a lot. 
If you ever visit the Mouse with a lil one both DL and DW have Baby Care Centers in which you can go into and take care of all your babies needs in a comforting environment. They have a curtained off area to breastfeed or pump, a nice diaper changing area, and potties for those who are 42" or shorter to use. They also sell diapers, stage 2 food, formula, and pacifiers. While I was in there 2 dads came in and said in very desperate tones "I heard you sell pacifiers!!" one even asked if they had an area to let the kiddos nap while they ventured through the park. That question got a big NO!! And at the First Aid Center they will keep your pump for you while you visit the park without having to worry about carrying it around. We of course had to visit the one and only Mickey Mouse!! Ian loved him! 
Ian also kissed Mickey's nose but of course I didn't get a picture or video of that, and I only got video because the camera was on the wrong setting.
The "we are tourists picture" and check out that Castle, it's so itty bitty compared to Disney World's!! 
We headed towards some rides after my sister made a quick trip back to City Hall to obtain a ticket for herself as her Disney ID was apparently not good enough. We ran into some characters along the way (the pictures are in no particular order of how we saw them): The Chipmunks were headed in for a break and wouldn't stop for a picture so instead we walk with them while Marci snapped pictures: 
We got one of them, YAY: 
Curella DeVille was around and mean, she asked "how old that thing in the stroller was and then said you know mom, he's not going to remember any of this?" I said yes I'm aware no pose for a picture! No, that part didn't really happen like that but still. Marcus said I should've told yes and you're mean!! 
Apparently these 2 guys are from Alice in Wonderland (we really weren't sure at the time, they simply had a short line or actually no line at all so we took advantage of the opportunity) 
Penguins from Mary Poppins (again they didn't have much of a line either) 
The biggest difference we noticed was that the Characters were pretty much on their own, if you've ever been to DW all the characters have a character handler (security) walking with them and standing with them at all times. Apparently the guests in FL are really rowdy compared to those in Cali. We went on about 6 different rides and Ian fell asleep on each one except for the Toy Story one. He even managed to fall asleep to the Captain EO 3D thing we saw. Finding Nemo ride in which you ride in s submarine, Ian loved watching the bubbles. 
Next up was It's a Small World as it wouldn't be a trip to Disney if you missed it. 
While at Disney we celebrated my parent's 34th Wedding Anniversary (a day early) with dinner. Happy Anniversary!!! 
The restaurant gave Ian a kid's menu and I insisted on completing all the activities on it. Ian seemed a bit jealous of the attention I was giving to the activities. He is also sitting so far away from the table because he felt it was necessary to pull everything off the table. 
Ian with his Aunt CiCi who managed to not play Diaper Roulette the whole time. 
I would like to know the reasoning behind Disney putting rolls of toilet paper above the changing stations. Ian enjoyed it a lot. 
If you ever visit the Mouse with a lil one both DL and DW have Baby Care Centers in which you can go into and take care of all your babies needs in a comforting environment. They have a curtained off area to breastfeed or pump, a nice diaper changing area, and potties for those who are 42" or shorter to use. They also sell diapers, stage 2 food, formula, and pacifiers. While I was in there 2 dads came in and said in very desperate tones "I heard you sell pacifiers!!" one even asked if they had an area to let the kiddos nap while they ventured through the park. That question got a big NO!! And at the First Aid Center they will keep your pump for you while you visit the park without having to worry about carrying it around. We of course had to visit the one and only Mickey Mouse!! Ian loved him! 
Ian also kissed Mickey's nose but of course I didn't get a picture or video of that, and I only got video because the camera was on the wrong setting.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
SD Part 3
Day 3 Adeventure #4
Day 3 was our last full day we had in Cali. I awoke early to get my stuff taken care which of course included a workout and shower. Just because you're away from home doesn't mean you stop working out. And a workout was required before the next adventure.
This really wasn't an adventure but I did require a nap afterwards so that's the category that it's going in.
Adventure #4 can be summed up into 5 simple words: Hash House A Go Go (say that 3x fast). The owners are from Milford, IN which is a uber doober small town in Indiana, their menu choices are named after fun Indiana towns. Such as South Bend famous. San Diego was where they opened their first restaurant and they now have locations in Vegas. I have three to describe this adventure: YUMMY, SHARE, and PORTION CONTROL (wait that is 4 words, oh well)!!!
My sister's Blueberry Pecan pancake:
She put portion control into practice (she tapped into her inner fat kid):
Biscuits and Gravy (Marcus and I shared and also put portion control into practice):
Ian upset that he had to sit in the highchair while we ate, he really just needed a nap:
It was all so yummy and served up on turkey platters!!
One more adventure to go, are you tired yet??
Day 3 was our last full day we had in Cali. I awoke early to get my stuff taken care which of course included a workout and shower. Just because you're away from home doesn't mean you stop working out. And a workout was required before the next adventure.
This really wasn't an adventure but I did require a nap afterwards so that's the category that it's going in.
Adventure #4 can be summed up into 5 simple words: Hash House A Go Go (say that 3x fast). The owners are from Milford, IN which is a uber doober small town in Indiana, their menu choices are named after fun Indiana towns. Such as South Bend famous. San Diego was where they opened their first restaurant and they now have locations in Vegas. I have three to describe this adventure: YUMMY, SHARE, and PORTION CONTROL (wait that is 4 words, oh well)!!!
My sister's Blueberry Pecan pancake:
She put portion control into practice (she tapped into her inner fat kid):
Biscuits and Gravy (Marcus and I shared and also put portion control into practice):
Ian upset that he had to sit in the highchair while we ate, he really just needed a nap:
It was all so yummy and served up on turkey platters!!
One more adventure to go, are you tired yet??
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
SD Part 2
Day 2: My dad, sister and I started the day out with a run around the Petco stadium and Gaslamp Quaters of San Diego. Came back ate some breakfast and got around for adventure #3.
Adventure #3: snorkeling at La Jolla Cove, once again after some bad directions due to bad information that we were given we arrived at our destination. Seriously if you wanna just move to Cali all you really need is a rubbermaid tote on wheels, some wetsuits, fins, goggles and blow straws things and you got yourself a business. Needless to say I'm sure there is a group of small children that had nightmares that night. As they had to witness 6 adults trying to squeeze into small black wetsuits that the snorkel guide insisted would stretch out once we got in the 60 degree water. Yep I said the water temp was around 60 if not colder. All I know is that I lost feeling in my fingers and toes.
It was an adventure, we swam with sea lions, fish and a jelly fish that we swam way out an around. It was kinda hard to see anything and there was quite a bit of kelp and this seagrass stuff. It wasn't seaweed it was actual grass, I'm sure there is a real technical name for it but I'm going to call it seagrass. It was what I said an adventure and we can say that we swam in the brr chilly cold pacific ocean.
We headed back to the condo, an enroute someone I won't mention any names (it wasn't me this time) apparently ingested quite a bit of saltwater that revisited their towel. Wouldn't be a vacay if someone didn't lose it in the car. So it felt good that it wasn't me this time. Once back we showered and made out our game plan for the rest of the day. Which involved 2 more adventures.
Adventure #4 Harbor Tour Excursion:
We had orginally planned on doing the 2hr tour but we didn't have time so we opted for the 1hr tour instead
Ian's thoughts of the tour:
Marcus and I:
Adventure #5 The famous San Diego Zoo
The zoo is huge, we had no where near enough time to get through the whole thing, we did enjoy a nice dinner. But can I just say San Diego Zoo you need baby changing stations in your bathrooms even at the restaurants. Poor Ian has had to have his diaper changed in some odd places due to the lack of changing areas for babes.
Adventure #3: snorkeling at La Jolla Cove, once again after some bad directions due to bad information that we were given we arrived at our destination. Seriously if you wanna just move to Cali all you really need is a rubbermaid tote on wheels, some wetsuits, fins, goggles and blow straws things and you got yourself a business. Needless to say I'm sure there is a group of small children that had nightmares that night. As they had to witness 6 adults trying to squeeze into small black wetsuits that the snorkel guide insisted would stretch out once we got in the 60 degree water. Yep I said the water temp was around 60 if not colder. All I know is that I lost feeling in my fingers and toes.
It was an adventure, we swam with sea lions, fish and a jelly fish that we swam way out an around. It was kinda hard to see anything and there was quite a bit of kelp and this seagrass stuff. It wasn't seaweed it was actual grass, I'm sure there is a real technical name for it but I'm going to call it seagrass. It was what I said an adventure and we can say that we swam in the brr chilly cold pacific ocean.
We headed back to the condo, an enroute someone I won't mention any names (it wasn't me this time) apparently ingested quite a bit of saltwater that revisited their towel. Wouldn't be a vacay if someone didn't lose it in the car. So it felt good that it wasn't me this time. Once back we showered and made out our game plan for the rest of the day. Which involved 2 more adventures.
Adventure #4 Harbor Tour Excursion:
We had orginally planned on doing the 2hr tour but we didn't have time so we opted for the 1hr tour instead
Ian's thoughts of the tour:
Marcus and I:
Adventure #5 The famous San Diego Zoo
The zoo is huge, we had no where near enough time to get through the whole thing, we did enjoy a nice dinner. But can I just say San Diego Zoo you need baby changing stations in your bathrooms even at the restaurants. Poor Ian has had to have his diaper changed in some odd places due to the lack of changing areas for babes.
Monday, August 30, 2010
San Diego Part 1
This past week we hit the road then the air for a getaway and headed to San Diego, CA. If you recall here I mentioned that my dad was headed out there for his biannual (is that a word?) anyways his union conference that takes place every other year. And well seeing as though we had yet to visit the great state of Cali we took him up on his offer for us to join him, my mom and my sister there for a few days.
We stayed here, if you have never used vrbo.com before I suggest you look into before booking your next stay at a hotel. Anyways, my parents arrived on Sat the 21st, my sister arrvied late Monday night and we were to arrive late Tuesday. Well we arrived uber late on Tuesday due to a 2+hr delay in Indy. Fun times, Ian was a trooper and made friends wherever we went (who can resist a toothless, drooly smile and the laugh of a baby?).
He did great on the flights, yes flights. We flew from Indy to Dallas to San Diego. Security was uneventful, it was interesting to see the differences between secrutiy at Indy and San Diego as I was on edge as they were handling my liquid gold and testing it (no, I don't do anything crazy to my milk) I was concerned that they would drop a bottle before putting the lid back on. All they were concerned about was the milk and water bottle. Enough with that nonsense on that let's move onto the fun stuff
Day 1: I awoke around 7 SD time which is 11 back home (I can't tell you the last time I ever slept past 11 in the last 4yrs). Did my pumping, workout and shower while Marcus feed Ian then he showered and we hit the streets for a walk and exploring the area for a bit. Upon return my sister was presentable after her workout and shower so she looked up how to get to Balboa park so we hit the streets again and well her directions got us to a playground but not Balboa park and Ian was asleep by the time we arrived as well. So back to the condo we went as my dad was done with his stuff for the day. We hit the streets again in search of an eatery for lunch before adventure #1.
Adventure #1: We rented 2 tandem bikes, a bike trailer and a beach cruiser through Groupon. Once we found the bike rental place (which was an adventure in itself as the name of the place was no where to be found on the building) they informed us they only had 1 tandem. Lovely, my thinking all along was that my parents and Marcus and I would get a tandem and my sister would get the beach cruiser and pull Ian in the trailer. Well...instead I pulled Ian in the trailer and was stressed to the max. The bike rental people gave us directions on how to get to Mission Beach and well they forgot to inform us that we would be crossing a uber big bridge in which cars are just feet away going uber fast. So there I am trying to remember how to ride bike and learn to pull a trailer and in the meantime I've got Marcus and my sister behind me worrying the crap out of me about keeping the trailer on the sidewalk and making it up the ridiculously big bridge. I'm also laughing at myself trying to make it up the bridge in which I simply stop moving altogether and have to walk the bike and trailer up the rest of the way. We made it to the beach and Ian got to get out and visit the ocean he loved the water, the sand the whole thing!!
After our beach adventure, we loaded back on the bikes and Ian wanted no part of it. He cried the whole time and not just a wimpering cry but a get me the HELL (yep I said it) out of here NOW cry.
If anything he was our warning signal that we were coming through and if you are in our path you better move. We continued on for a little while and then it was best if we got back to the car ASAP. Needless to say that bridge was not going to get the best of me on the way and it didn't, those couple spinning classes came into use as I gradually built my speed to make it up without a problem!!
We headed back to back to the condo, relaxed a bit and got cleaned up for dinner and adventure #2 for the day.
Adventure #2: Padres baseball game at Petco Park against the Diamondbacks. I'm not a huge baseball fan but actually enjoyed it.
Ian got a bit fussy as he was still unsure of the whole time zone change so my sister took and and walked with him till he fell asleep although I really think she used him as bait to snag herself a guy. She denies it and maybe she is right as I was not told of any successful guy snagging. The Padres won and that wraps up day #1 and adventures 1 & 2.
Stay tuned for day 2 & 3 and adventures 3 & 4 & 5.
We stayed here, if you have never used vrbo.com before I suggest you look into before booking your next stay at a hotel. Anyways, my parents arrived on Sat the 21st, my sister arrvied late Monday night and we were to arrive late Tuesday. Well we arrived uber late on Tuesday due to a 2+hr delay in Indy. Fun times, Ian was a trooper and made friends wherever we went (who can resist a toothless, drooly smile and the laugh of a baby?).
He did great on the flights, yes flights. We flew from Indy to Dallas to San Diego. Security was uneventful, it was interesting to see the differences between secrutiy at Indy and San Diego as I was on edge as they were handling my liquid gold and testing it (no, I don't do anything crazy to my milk) I was concerned that they would drop a bottle before putting the lid back on. All they were concerned about was the milk and water bottle. Enough with that nonsense on that let's move onto the fun stuff
Day 1: I awoke around 7 SD time which is 11 back home (I can't tell you the last time I ever slept past 11 in the last 4yrs). Did my pumping, workout and shower while Marcus feed Ian then he showered and we hit the streets for a walk and exploring the area for a bit. Upon return my sister was presentable after her workout and shower so she looked up how to get to Balboa park so we hit the streets again and well her directions got us to a playground but not Balboa park and Ian was asleep by the time we arrived as well. So back to the condo we went as my dad was done with his stuff for the day. We hit the streets again in search of an eatery for lunch before adventure #1.
Adventure #1: We rented 2 tandem bikes, a bike trailer and a beach cruiser through Groupon. Once we found the bike rental place (which was an adventure in itself as the name of the place was no where to be found on the building) they informed us they only had 1 tandem. Lovely, my thinking all along was that my parents and Marcus and I would get a tandem and my sister would get the beach cruiser and pull Ian in the trailer. Well...instead I pulled Ian in the trailer and was stressed to the max. The bike rental people gave us directions on how to get to Mission Beach and well they forgot to inform us that we would be crossing a uber big bridge in which cars are just feet away going uber fast. So there I am trying to remember how to ride bike and learn to pull a trailer and in the meantime I've got Marcus and my sister behind me worrying the crap out of me about keeping the trailer on the sidewalk and making it up the ridiculously big bridge. I'm also laughing at myself trying to make it up the bridge in which I simply stop moving altogether and have to walk the bike and trailer up the rest of the way. We made it to the beach and Ian got to get out and visit the ocean he loved the water, the sand the whole thing!!
After our beach adventure, we loaded back on the bikes and Ian wanted no part of it. He cried the whole time and not just a wimpering cry but a get me the HELL (yep I said it) out of here NOW cry.
If anything he was our warning signal that we were coming through and if you are in our path you better move. We continued on for a little while and then it was best if we got back to the car ASAP. Needless to say that bridge was not going to get the best of me on the way and it didn't, those couple spinning classes came into use as I gradually built my speed to make it up without a problem!!
We headed back to back to the condo, relaxed a bit and got cleaned up for dinner and adventure #2 for the day.
Adventure #2: Padres baseball game at Petco Park against the Diamondbacks. I'm not a huge baseball fan but actually enjoyed it.
Ian got a bit fussy as he was still unsure of the whole time zone change so my sister took and and walked with him till he fell asleep although I really think she used him as bait to snag herself a guy. She denies it and maybe she is right as I was not told of any successful guy snagging. The Padres won and that wraps up day #1 and adventures 1 & 2.
Stay tuned for day 2 & 3 and adventures 3 & 4 & 5.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Friday Frenzy
What better way to end another week than with randomness.
*Jay over at Play's With Sirens is a fireman and any week when the guys have to work Mon, Wed, Fri they refer to it as hell week (yep, I said hell it's my blog and it's allowed cause I said so). Well I work hell week every week, what was I thinking?!?!
*Ian finally decided to show us what he can do and rolled over at our house I witness the roll in the morning and Marcus got witness that same night. I also got it on camera and in attempts to upload everything from the camera to the computer to a flash drive it didn't make the transfer and got deleted. I have since been waiting for a performance for the camera.
*Work has been work and we'll leave it at that. I am looking into other avenues though but nothing concrete. Marcus is also looking at different options. So if you pray and your prayer list is a little short the Z's could use some.
*We leave for San Diego in 25 days (whose counting?) and my sister has been looking at the weather and well folks we will be layering!!! Our goal is to each pack in carry-ons. It's going to take some planning and rolling. I'm thinking I will arm my parents with coupons and some cash to get diapers and food for Ian before we arrive. We are also trying not to have a jam packed schedule while were there either it is a vacation so we do want to do some relaxing. And of course workout as we will be doing some great eating!!
*Groupon, has anyone seen the deals they have on there?? Everyday I get a new one for the San Diego area in my inbox. For things that you may normally not think to do while there.
*there is serious thought going into starting P90x this fall, gotta get ready for swimsuit season next summer. (you can never start too early right?)
*Only a few days and we will find out if in fact Ali has found her lover boy or if she says bye to both Roberto and Chris. I have heard rumors that she is still single and choose no one. I do like Chris so if those rumors are in fact rumors I do hope Chris is her lover boy.
*pictures will be coming soon. A new camera is on order, although the only color they had left to order was orchid. Marcus is still a little unsure about it he keeps calling it pink and I keep reminding him it's orchid and it's a good deal, so get over it!!
Have a great weekend, we (I use the term very losely) are going to continue to work on finishing the basement although I did just ask for a pull up bar to be installed so it probably doesn't help that I keep adding things to the list. Oh well...
*Jay over at Play's With Sirens is a fireman and any week when the guys have to work Mon, Wed, Fri they refer to it as hell week (yep, I said hell it's my blog and it's allowed cause I said so). Well I work hell week every week, what was I thinking?!?!
*Ian finally decided to show us what he can do and rolled over at our house I witness the roll in the morning and Marcus got witness that same night. I also got it on camera and in attempts to upload everything from the camera to the computer to a flash drive it didn't make the transfer and got deleted. I have since been waiting for a performance for the camera.
*Work has been work and we'll leave it at that. I am looking into other avenues though but nothing concrete. Marcus is also looking at different options. So if you pray and your prayer list is a little short the Z's could use some.
*We leave for San Diego in 25 days (whose counting?) and my sister has been looking at the weather and well folks we will be layering!!! Our goal is to each pack in carry-ons. It's going to take some planning and rolling. I'm thinking I will arm my parents with coupons and some cash to get diapers and food for Ian before we arrive. We are also trying not to have a jam packed schedule while were there either it is a vacation so we do want to do some relaxing. And of course workout as we will be doing some great eating!!
*Groupon, has anyone seen the deals they have on there?? Everyday I get a new one for the San Diego area in my inbox. For things that you may normally not think to do while there.
*there is serious thought going into starting P90x this fall, gotta get ready for swimsuit season next summer. (you can never start too early right?)
*Only a few days and we will find out if in fact Ali has found her lover boy or if she says bye to both Roberto and Chris. I have heard rumors that she is still single and choose no one. I do like Chris so if those rumors are in fact rumors I do hope Chris is her lover boy.
*pictures will be coming soon. A new camera is on order, although the only color they had left to order was orchid. Marcus is still a little unsure about it he keeps calling it pink and I keep reminding him it's orchid and it's a good deal, so get over it!!
Have a great weekend, we (I use the term very losely) are going to continue to work on finishing the basement although I did just ask for a pull up bar to be installed so it probably doesn't help that I keep adding things to the list. Oh well...
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