San Diego Vacation : Day 2

Our second day in SD we went to the famous San Diego Zoo. I have ALWAYS wanted to go and again Josh got in free so we just had to pay for me to go. My friend Becca and her son Noah came with us for the first half of the day and then they had to get home for lunch and nap time. We ended up leaving when they did and went and got lunch at CHICK FIL A! For those that do not know that is the closest one to us now and there wasn't want near us in CT either. All you Texas people don't realize how many fast food restaurants you guys have! It is OUT OF CONTROL! I think Texas needs to learn from all the other states in that department and not have so many! Not that I don't like a good greasy burger or fried goodness every now and then! Anyway...back to the trip. After lunch we decided to let Adah take a nap in the air conditioned car so we went for a drive to check out SD! We drove....believe it or not.....over the Coronado Bay Bridge...SCARY.....to go check out Coronado since everyone said how pretty it was there! Not gonna lie...I wouldn't mind living there! I however would NEVER go back across that bridge often! After the drive we headed back to the zoo.....Adah woke up and I fed her in the car and she was good to go for another 3 hours! We headed back into the zoo and finished up looking around! We had so much fun in SD and were so glad to have been able to see our friends Becca, Jason and Noah! Here are a few pics from our day at the zoo!

Adah at the Hippo exhibit! She loved watching the Hippo swim!


The gorilla kept putting his butt in our face!


The Panda exhibit was crazy...you couldn't talk....and there were a lot of crazy obsessed panda people there!
The Leopard was my favorite!
Becca took this pic for us before she left so that we could have a family shot!

Sweet sleeping Koala!
RACHEL!

Taking a break to look at the trees!

Amanda has a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb...

So if you really know me then you know that since I found out I was pregnant I have developed this new found obsession with anything lamb! So when deciding what Adah should be for Halloween I thought what better than to be my little lamb!

We ordered this costume and got it in today and I just can not wait to put her in it and take pictures! (ps this is not a pic of Adah)

How cute will she be!!!!!

San Diego Vacation : Day 1

The first day in SD we decided to check out Sea World! Since Josh is in the military he gets in free along with up to 5 dependents once a year! We figured since we get in free then we might as well go! We are so happy that we decided to go! Adah loved being outside all day and getting to ride around in the carrier and Josh and I loved seeing all the animals especially SHAMU! You would have thought we were 13! If you have not seen the SHAMU show than you are missing out! It is way cool! Along with SHAMU we saw Polar Bears, Walrus, Baluga Whale, Penguin, Pink flamingos (who btw where walking around in the middle of the side walks! funniest thing ever!), manatee, sharks, fish, rays, Dolphin, Eel! After a day full of walking around and looking at the animals we decided to take a Gondola ride out over the water to get a good view of the bay and the park....we also took a tower ride that spun in a circle slowly so that we could get a all around view of SD! Since it was Adah's first visit to SW she had to get a souvenir so we decided that since SHAMU was our favorite that it was hers too and who goes to SW w/o getting a stuffed SHAMU! She actually got a SHAMU puppet that squeaks!

After leaving the park we went back to the hotel for a little bit and then headed over to our friends the Williams house to catch up and go out to dinner! They lived in CT also and just recently got stationed in SD! We had a great time catching up with them! Did I mention that I think EVERY place should do like Sea World and have a nursing room with a changing table and a rocking chair that is air conditioned.....BEST THING IN THE WORLD!!!!

The Polar bear posing!

The flamingos taking a break in the grass from their stroll down the sidewalk! Did you know that flamingos are pink because they only eat shrimp!?!?
The greatest show on EARTH! SHAMU BELIEVE!
This is what Adah thinks of the show!







Adah and I on the Gondola ride....not gonna lie I was a little freaked out! I all of the sudden have this new fear of heights.....maybe b/c I had such a precious thing in my arms....she didn't care one bit!

First Family of 3 Vacation!

Josh finished up his next to last official quarter last Friday and had this week off before starting his last quarter this coming Monday. Since he had so much time off and we don't have much time left here we decided to take advantage of it and visit San Diego while are still here! We absolutely LOVED it!

We left Monterey on Sunday and headed for SD...it took us about 8 hours total to get there! We were a little nervous to be traveling with a 4 month old who is bf but she did WONDERFUL! We decided to leave early since she is happiest in the am and most cooperative! We drove for 3 hours which was halfway mileage wise...and stopped for lunch and to let Adah get out of her carseat and get a clean diaper on....she slept the whole first 3 hours! We got back on the road after lunch and stopped about 1.5 hours later for a diaper change and then one more time about 45min outside of SD at a Vista look out point. We made it to SD around 4pm...got to the hotel and set up the pack n play then went out and got some dinner to bring back to the room! Unfortuntly we didn't realize that staying in a hotel with a baby ment that when she goes to bed all must be quiet...lights out...so Josh and I laid in the dark playing on our phones and on the computer watching the Cowboys game w/o the sound on!

Since there are several pictures and stories to tell about each day, I will do each day as its own post. The first day we went to Sea World...the second day was the zoo and Coronado Island.

Here are a few pics of Adah from the trip to hold you over until I can get the other posts and pictures up!

Mommy and Adah the morning we left! I was paying attention to Josh and Adah was actually looking at the camera...go figure!

This has nothing to do with the trip but I wanted to put it up for Uncle Josh since he got this for Adah! Wreck 'em!
Adah on the car ride to SD....watching her Video on my laptop...thanks G-pa and Nana!
This is what Adah thinks of her first trip to Chick Fil A!
Excited to be in SD!