Vacation

Yes! I am on vacation! Which means a bit of a blogging vacation as well (as if I wasn’t already on one of those). But I am keeping up with the world (or, rather, allowing the world to keep up with me) with frequent tweets and the occasional mobile pic uploaded to facebook.

A few highlights thus far:

The plane ride was MUCH better than expected. When we went to bed the night before Brian looked at me and asked when exactly we decided that flying a six month old to the West Coast was a good idea. I told him he was crazy for worrying and she’d be fine. Inside, I was terrified. Fortunately, it wasn’t bad at all. Keeping her happy on the flight was much easier than getting around the airport (not to mention out of baggage claim, to the rental car shuttle, and into our car) with a stroller containing three carry-ons, a six month old in a baby bjorn, a hanging bag and three large rolling bags. We really need to learn to travel lighter, but in our defense, we had to pack for two weddings, three cities and 10 days of vacation. Anyways, she was fine and I only found myself walking up and down the aisle shuuushing her once in the 6+ hours we spent in flight. The secret? Lots of formula, a babybjorn and an endless supply of skymall magazines for her to shred to pieces.

And now we’re here, and the weather is hotter than it has been this time of year in several decades. God’s favor? I think so…it drops 20 degrees the day we leave. Some of my favorite things are my early mornings with Avery before everyone gets up; this morning she enjoyed a breakfast of Gerber baby oatmeal on the patio.

And, of course, taking her swimming has been a highlight! We’ve done it three times already. Truth be told, she is pretty indifferent to swimming and probably enjoys bathtime much more, but I still take her, and she doesn’t hate it!

Off to dinner in Laguna Beach!