Day 3...Beach Day

Saturday was probably my favorite day of vacation.

The weather was perfect!!!

We spent most of the day on the beach playing, soaking up

the sun, and listening to the waves roll in.

 

It was the only day that we didn't spent much time in the car and in traffic.

Jason and I finally felt rested after our  sleepless night.

Kyler was happy and had very few melt downs:)!!!

 

I loved watching Kyler play in the ocean for the first time.

It was a bit cold, but he still had fun exploring, jumping waves, and playing in the sand. 

 

 

I had to snap a picture of the cookies Kyler got for me.

Since I wasn't able to fly with him he had asked the flight attendant if

he could have an extra bag of cookies for his mommy.



Jake said he held them for the whole flight and had to make sure he gave them to me.

Such a thoughtful little guy:)

After dinner that night we walked out on the pier and enjoyed the sunset.

I could get use to watching such beautiful sunsets.



 

Not the best picture of the 3 of us.

If you notice in the picture Kyler had stuck his finger in a hole which I didn't know.

When I went to lift him down it was stuck in there and he was lucky it didn't get broken.

After that he wanted nothing to do with having his picture taken.



Day 2...Checking things out

 

Once Jason and I arrived Friday morning at 7:00

Jason tried to catch up on some sleep while

 Kyler and I explored outside.

We stayed in a darling beach condo just steps away from the sand and water.

The picture above was taken from our front patio.

The complex was AMAZING!!!

It had a beautiful pool and hot tub, grilling area, and the

landscaping was breath taking.



 

 

 

 

 

 

After Jason slept for a few hours we enjoyed watching Kyler explore the Ocean

for the first time and watched some surfers.

 

Friday afternoon we had to take the rental car back to the airport in Long Beach since we wouldn't be needing it. We tried to leave before rush hour, but what should have taken us an hour ended up being double the time. Once we dropped of the rental car we made our way back to Huntington  Beach

to watch the sunset and have dinner. 

 

 

 

Day 1... Let the Adventures Begin

Last week we traveled to

Sunny California in hopes of enjoying

warmer weather and relaxation.

 

We started our travels bright and early Thursday morning when we left for the

airport at 7:00 a.m. Kyler was super excited to fly for his first time and

I was super nervous since I hadn't been on a plane for 9 YEARS.

Jason's younger brother works for Jet Blue and was nice enough to share his

buddy passes with us so we would be able to fly for free. The only draw back with using a buddy pass was we had to fly stand by and wouldn't know until the day of whether we would have a seat or not. Knowing this information we planned our trip so that we would be flying on less crowded days and we tried to work around all of the Spring Breaks and Easter.

 

After arriving at the airport, going through security, and waiting around in the terminal for 2 hours it  was time to see if we would have a seat or not. The odds of making it on were good when we had booked the night before, but when it came time there ended up only being 1 seat available.

We decided to send Jason's mom on the plane with hopes that we would meet up with her later that day when we arrived on the next flight.

 

 

Kyler was super disappointed and didn't understand why the

 plane and grandma Shirley left without us.

Since we had a good portion of the day to wait until the next flight we tried to

cheer Kyler up by taking him to the Children's Museum at the Gateway.

 







 

 

 

After playing at the museum for most of the day we headed back to the airport for round 2.

We unloaded everything again, went through security, and waited another 2 hours.

Jake thought for sure that we would make the flight. After all we were stand-by seats

2-5 out of 8 available seats. When the time came they called our name and said they had 2 seats left.

At this point we had to make a quick decision who would be going.

 Jake decided to go ahead and at the last minute we decided to send Kyler along

with him because his hopes were so high.

 

The plane was ready to take off so I had less than 3 minutes to hurry and gather his stuff, say good-bye, and give Jake instructions. Once they were boarded and ready to go I asked Jason if he had gotten the car keys from Jake and he had forgot that important detail. So they hurried onto the plane found Jake and returned the keys to us. While all this was happening I was a mess.

I was crying out of frustration, exhaustion, and worrying about how Kyler.

 

After searching for other flights and finding nothing we made the decision to drive.

So back to the car we headed with a LONG 12 hour drive ahead of us.

 

 

Kyler LOVED his first flight and was such a good boy.

Since he and Jake were the last to board there weren't two seats left together.

So Kyler ended up sitting in between two older ladies while Jake sat across the isle.

When they landed in Long Beach, Kyler was lucky enough to sit in the cock pit and check

out all of the buttons.

 



 So after being up 24 hours straight, going to the airport twice, driving for 12 hours straight during the night we finally made it to our destination.

Days 2-6 coming soon...

and I promise they won't be as lengthy.