Too busy Tuesday

The view in the mirror as we drove out of California...

So, I am posting the latest "milestone" a day late. Such is the life of an end-of-the-quarter AP teacher/mom/wife/housekeeper.

The latest adventure (although still a bit behind) was Emerson's first road trip to San Diego. This was both good and bad, as we had one of the roughest night of Emerson's life, but also got to introduce him to his cousin for the first time.

Some things were definitely different from the "old" road trip routine. First, we had to stop in Yuma not just for gas, but on the way home we also had to feed Emerson there. We did so after learning the hard way on the way out that when he gets hungry, and you are in the middle of nowhere, you pull off the freeway at the nearest exit and feed him in the car next to the Boarder Patrol jeep. Changing him there was even more fun with the freezing wind blowing into the car.  We also learned the hard way that trying to pack for the weekend on a Friday after work is not going to go very quickly. We rolled into town near midnight. This could have been part of the issue with Emerson's worst night yet.

Although Emerson slept well throughout most of the drive, the mountains and elevation change near San Diego were pretty rough.  Apparently, from what we can tell, the altitude change hurt his tiny baby ears and made his stomach all gassy. He was just starting to get a cold, which he still has, and perhaps the weird schedule and drive were the cause of him wailing like we'd never heard before nearly every hour for the entire night. He was also pretty chilly in the cooler San Diego air of his cousin's house, so this was all combined into my own personal hell for about 8 hours. We finally settled him down in the bed with us to keep him content and warm. Luckily, there was not a repeat performance the second night.

The good side of the trip was the beach time we got and the nice weather on what was one of the hottest February weekends in AZ history. We are really glad that we got to meet cousin Dylan and get away for a weekend.

Happy beach baby

Laying out in the sun (but only for a minute)

Dad- what is this place?!

I shall give you my intense stare for this picture...

Dad, what are you doing?

Oh! Getting my feet in the sand!

Hanging with cousin in the shade!

We also met a new friend- Emily and her baby Lucy!

So excited to play together when we are a little older!