The Vacationy Days

When you go on a trip that includes a family wedding it is generally less of an actual vacation.  It was nice that we were there for the whole week before the wedding though because we spent the first half of the week playing.

Monday was beach day.  We met up with Brad and Mel in Newport.  We got a late start, but it worked out well because the sun didn't burn off the marine layer until about 45 minutes after we got there.  My main goal that day was to not get anyone sunburned.  Peeling in professional wedding pictures just isn't pretty.  We had a good time despite our permanently grumpy Talia baby.  She didn't like the sand or water AT ALL.  She wouldn't even sit on the sheet on top of the sand.  It was my lap or nothing.  Her daddy took her for a walk for a bit and forced her feet to touch the sand while I got a little break to lay in the sun with Mel.  The boys loved the sand and water and had a blast.

 

 

If we didn't have a fussy Talia with us we probably would have stayed until dinner time.  As it was we lasted about 3 hours.  After we packed up our stuff and stashed it in the car we walked to a nearby Subway for a very late lunch.  There was a donut shop right there too so we got a donut for a treat.  Mmm . . . donuts.

 

When we got home everyone got bathed and showered.  While Ian was giving the boys a bath Weston was showing him his wiggly tooth.  It had been wiggly for several weeks, but by now it was hanging by a thread.  Ian told Weston to just pull it out, so he did!  And Weston officially lost his first tooth while in California.  He was so excited and felt so grown up.  He was definitely excited about the tooth fairy too.  Ian's tradition growing up was that you put the tooth in a cup with a little water in it and left it out in the kitchen for the tooth fairy instead of putting it under your pillow.  Convenient, right?  Weston also left the tooth fairy a note, which she thoroughly answered.  The teeth are used for building the city where all the tooth fairies live of course!  Anyway it was an exciting night.  I can't believe my baby's baby teeth are falling out.  Kinda sad.

 

 

On Tuesday my mom took us to the Santa Ana Zoo for our outing.  We ate a picnic before we went in and then wandered around checking out the animals.  It was a gorgeous day and the animals were very active.  Unfortunately I was not feeling well at all and spent most of the outing sitting on benches trying not to throw up or pass out.  The kids enjoyed it though and even Talia had some happy moments.  Luckily it's not a humongous zoo, so we saw it all in a couple of hours and then headed back home to rest.

Next post . . . pre-wedding preparation days.  Decorating, bachelorette party, and cousins!