San Diego 4/23/12

We decided to go on a short vacation to San Diego, CA with the fam to see the beach and Shamu! It was the perfect time to go. It was starting to get warm in AZ ~90-100 temps and we would also be able to avoid the crowds by going after spring break was over and before summer break began. I'm going to be sad when we have to start planning vacations around school schedules :( We left on Monday morning around 9. Derek had the idea to leave at 3 in the morning, but I squashed that pretty quickly. We made pretty good time, considering we were traveling with a 3 and 1 year old. The thing that really delayed us about an hour was when we got into CA we hit some weather that put us into ZERO visibility. Talk about scary. This is the type of weather that causes multiple car pile ups and can wipe out a whole family. Luckily Derek was driving and he was fully aware of the precious cargo in the back. Once we got through the mountains it was clear and traffic free the rest of the way!

We stayed in a Condo on Mission bay so we had all of the conveniences we would need, they even provided a pack and play and high chair (no they weren't old or recalled or even stained for that matter). Savannah was so excited she had her own room with her own tv and bathroom. When we weren't out and about she would hole herself in her room and watch cartoons on her own tv, we were all on vacation and got to do things that we normally don't do at home.

After we settled in we took a walk along the ocean and found a spot to have dinner. I thought the kids would be wiped out, but that wasn't the case at all. They both had a lot of pent up energy from being in carseats all day. They both stayed up late and I finally had to let Logan cry it out in the pack in play that I set up in the master closet.
Logan was not a fan of his "room". The only light it had was an overhead light that was incredibly bright. I tried to find a plug, so maybe I could get a night light for him, no luck. So I kept the door ajar with the bathroom light shining into his door, but Derek would turn it off when he went to bed. The condo got spooky dark at night and Logan woke up 3 times that first night. It probably didn't help I was weaning him off of formula. Too much change. So no one slept well that first night and that began my struggle with Logan during the entire trip.