San Diego

Last Friday Ethan and I headed down to San Diego to visit my sister. Her husband was in Africa for 10 days so she needed some company and I've been looking for an excuse to go down to visit her. Ethan did fabulous on the flight down. I was a little nervous having to entertain him myself, but he did a super job of sitting...something he doesn't do often and I had a very gracious woman beside me with a seat in between us. It worked out well.

It was so great to see Eric and Kara's place. It was crazy being in my "little sister's" house, as we are always at my house or my parent's. It was fun to see her as a wife and in her element. I enjoyed going to their church and meeting their friends and seeing the places they like to walk to and hang out in. It helped to picture her all grown up now:) Thanks sis for letting me into your life for a while.

Kara picked us up Friday and we hung out at her place and went for a walk to see her neighborhood.

Kara and Eric have a studio with a loft and lots of fun "stuff" for a one year old to get into. Most exciting was the stairs. By the end of the weekend Ethan made it up and down the stairs all by himself. One time he even hauled my running shoes all the way up with him. Why he thought that would be a good idea? I'm not sure.

On Saturday after Ethan's morning nap we headed out to the San Diego Zoo. We're not sure who was more excited to go, Mommy and Auntie Kara or Ethan.

This was the hippo habitat and fish tank. Ethan loved looking at the fish and knocking on the glass.


Auntie Kara and Ethan posing by the Elephant.

This is Ethan doing his sign for please (which is actually the sign for more, but he uses it for please) while he was watching the elephant.

After church and a nap on Sunday we headed over to "Dog Beach." Once we got there I realized why it was called Dog Beach. There was literally a dog for every 2 people there. I have never seen so many dogs in my life. But if you know how much my son loves to watch dogs, you know he was in heaven. He loved the sand, water and dogs. He had his first experience eating sand....he wasn't a fan!

Testing out the water. So much warmer than Northern CA!

Here is a picture of a section of the beach. Look closely and you'll see all the dogs!

Kara flew back up north with us on Monday. It was nice to have an extra set of hands. Ethan wasn't as thrilled with remaining seated for an hour and a half on the way home.

On Tuesday my mom, Kara, Ethan and I went out to my parents house in Monterey. Kara hadn't seen it yet and my mom had some stuff to bring up. They have furniture now so it is fun to see it take shape.

Smiling for Auntie Kara and hanging out with Nana.

Our little monkey...so much energy!

We stopped at some outlets on the way home. Ethan was loving playing in the cars. He would get in and stand up on the seat, hang on to the railing and yell. He is such a little boy!

All in all it was a great week. We had lots of fun with Auntie Kara and can't wait for the next time she visits.