We traveled to California for my cousin Dieter's wedding to the lovely Jen. We left a few days early to have our first family vacation in Monterey and then traveled to Yosemite for the wedding.
I was somewhat nervous about how things would go with Clara. We had gotten the go ahead from the pediatrician to put her to sleep flat in the crib. Up to this point she had been using a tucker sling for reflux and she had been without it for less than a week before we left. We were blessed that she slept well in the various portacribs.
One thing that was quite different from our previous trips was that she no longer fits in a sink for baths. I put in her the tub, which was novel for her, and had to take her in the shower a couple times because there wasn't a tub in one hotel room. She wasn't quite as fond of the shower.
She was a joy to be with and traveled really well in the plane and in the car. For the two of us, who both like to plan things out (read 'over-schedule'), it was a nice change of pace to just take our time and relax in the necessary flexibility that comes with having a wee one!
Pictures from Day One
In historic downtown Monterey
I was somewhat nervous about how things would go with Clara. We had gotten the go ahead from the pediatrician to put her to sleep flat in the crib. Up to this point she had been using a tucker sling for reflux and she had been without it for less than a week before we left. We were blessed that she slept well in the various portacribs.
One thing that was quite different from our previous trips was that she no longer fits in a sink for baths. I put in her the tub, which was novel for her, and had to take her in the shower a couple times because there wasn't a tub in one hotel room. She wasn't quite as fond of the shower.
She was a joy to be with and traveled really well in the plane and in the car. For the two of us, who both like to plan things out (read 'over-schedule'), it was a nice change of pace to just take our time and relax in the necessary flexibility that comes with having a wee one!
Pictures from Day One
In historic downtown Monterey
On the Seventeen-Mile Drive
One hole of many...
Seals? Sea lions? I went to the aquarium and I still don't know the difference.
It was very windy and in the fifties...such a nice change from Houston weather. Unfortunately, I was under the impression that it would be in the fifties at night, so you will notice that I wore the same sweater every day. I'd like you to take a good look at it, too. It is white and it stayed white the entire trip!
The famous Lone Cypress of Pebble Beach
An unfamous, dead, lone cypress
At the green of the eighteenth hole at Pebble Beach
