Keeping up with the Kanes

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Southern California Baby Tour, part 2

FRIDAY

Friday began with a morning spent at Coronado Island.

We checked out Sue's new office and then had a delicious breakfast at Rhinoceros Cafe.

After breakfast it was time for the beach! The day couldn't be more beautiful with a clear, sunny morning and just the right amount of breeze. We set up our spot close to Hotel Del Coronado and headed for the water to dip our toes and get Chloe's first experience in the ocean.

In attempt for a memorable photo op, we adventured further out into the low breaking waves.

Woops! A big one snuck up on us!

What fun!

We hung out on the beach for a while, enjoying the beautiful surroundings.

We will definitely be making regular trips here in the future!

Next up: our 'first' date!

Simon and I drove up the coast once again, but this time sans baby. We attended our friends' beautiful wedding in La Jolla and really enjoyed getting out to enjoy each other and let loose a little.

SATURDAY

Time to say goodbye to Sue and San Diego and make our way to Orange County to visit Morgan's cousin Anna, her husband John and their little guy, Justin (5 months). We really enjoyed our visit and are looking forward to more play dates with these two little cousins.

On the road again, now to Redlands to visit Morgan's brother and family.

Brian, Eva and all the kiddos: Jake, Olivia, Jonathan, and Sarah.

SUNDAY

A little playtime in the morning at Chloe's first hotel and then a nostalgic breakfast stop: Olive Avenue Market. Morgan's Grandparents' (Ed and Thelma Seidlitz) old grocery store.

The drive home went much quicker, already being on the East side of the valley. Chloe almost slept the entire trip home, only stopping because we had to take a potty break!

All in all, it was a wonderful getaway and Chloe was such a trooper.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Southern California Baby Tour, part 1

We love to travel and we didn't wait long to take Chloe on her very first road trip. On a long weekend in September, we visited family in San Diego, Carlsbad, Tustin, and Redlands and also attended our friends' wedding in La Jolla.

WEDNESDAY

We packed up the car and hit the road around 11:15. One stop for lunch and two stops for Chloe, and we finally made it to Simon's mom's condo in downtown San Diego about 2 hours later than normal at 6:45. Not bad for a traveling with a newborn!

Sweet dreams

Us and all of our "stuff"

Good evening, San Diego

THURSDAY

Good morning, San Diego

After visiting with Sue at the condo in the morning, we headed up the coast to Carlsbad to visit with Morgan's Aunt Carol and cousin Edward, his wife Sam, and their son, Miles (16 months). We got a tour of Aunt Carol's cute, new beach house complete with a fig tree, pond and safe room (the previous owners were FBI and CIA agents!)

Chloe got some snuggles with her Great Aunt and second cousins and we got a taste of what's to come with a very busy little toddler!

Aunt Carol lives just a couple blocks from the beach and about a mile from downtown Carlsbad so we headed for the beach walk to go out for lunch at Norte, a great little Mexican restaurant we love to eat at.

It was a bit windy so even though the sun was shining, we kept Chloe bundled up and just enjoyed the views and salty, ocean air on the beautiful walk along Carlsbad Beach.

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Stay tuned for the remainder of the trip where we take Chloe to Coronado Island, go out on our first date since Chloe was born, and head to Orange County and Redlands to visit with more of Morgan's family.