Ileigh's first LONG road trip

We had a great time in California. Ileigh was really good. We left early friday morning, and the drive took about 6 hours or so. We only stopped once and Ileigh did pretty well in the car. (To my suprise). She only fussed a little. We got a port-a-crib at the hotel. We brought the monitor and several toys with us. She loved being able to crawl all around the hotel room carpet and only hurt herself twice. We ate out for every meal. Ileigh ate lots of cheerios, crackers, and crusts. We went to Balboa island and Ileigh saw the bay and all the boats.



We rode the feiry (sp?) and we all sat on the beach. I took this pic of dad and Ileigh on Balboa beach.


I let Ileigh play in the sand and she only ate a little of it!



I took Ileigh down to the water and showed her the waves. That is Austin playing in the background.


We had a drink at the Harborside Cafe (formerly Tail of the Whale). I took this cute pic in the light from the window.



That night we ate at TGI Fridays and Ileigh took a short nap in her carseat. She had a very difficult time going to bed that first night. She is used to being rocked to sleep and there was no rocker at the hotel. She woke up about 4 times (but daddy thought she slept through the night, I can't imagine why!).
The next day we went to Laguna Beach with Ellen. We collected shells and the scenery was beautiful!





Austin loved playing in the waves..




Daddy held Ileigh in the bjorn and she was soo tired from no sleep.

That made mom and dad a little grumpy too. We went to an art fair and bought some bath sea salts. That night we saw my nieces in their play "The Trials of Alice in WOnderland". The play was crazy weird and I loved it. Grandma babysat for the 2nd time and said Ileigh was an angel . I think she should watch her more often!
Monday we went back to Balboa and walked around. We rode home and stopped 4 times. Ileigh had a smelly suprise so we had to stop a little bit extra. She did great and slept while we watched Garden State and Monsters Inc.
I thought it was a great trip. Aunt M is a very nice sister =) and she gave me some of my nieces old dolls and books. Her dog was so excited to have what he thought was another doggy to play with (it was Ileigh). I was pleased with how well Ileigh adapted to new surroundings. By the third day, Ileigh was good at sleeping in the port a crib and even took a nap in her stroller (there is a first for everything!)