California Dreamin PartTwo

Monday morning Brady's alarm clock on his phone woke us up at 5:45 utah time translating to 4:45 CA time!! Ellie woke up and fussed until I made a bottle put her in bed with us where she finally fell back asleep. Well at 5:30 I was still awake so I got ready and went for down to the hotel gym. When I got back I started getting ready, we were suppose to meet everyone downstairs at 8:00 to go to Sea World. Well at 7:40 Ellie was still zonked! I finally had to blow dry my hair I had stalled long enough, the little tyke didn't even budge. Everyone else left us behind and Ellie finally stirred at about 8:15! We quickly got her fed and dressed and headed out for Sea World. By the time we left we had missed rush hour though!

I was a little surprised Ellie with her love for animals that she was just not that into the park. At some of the sights she would rather run around and have Hailey chase her. Not until the evening shows did she even make it through an entire show. It wasn't on purpose that the 2 youngest on the trip wore matching outfits!!

At lunch time Ellie was getting a little tired so we decided to take her back for an afternoon nap. She fell asleep in her stroller and didn't even move when we put her in her carseat. Then we stopped for lunch and put her back in the stroller where she slept soundly. Not until the walk back to the hotel did she wake up!! I guess she was one tired little girl!

After coming back we took Ellie over to the Sesame Street Playground, she had a blast crawling around with the other kids and being free to go wherever she wanted. She did a little better at the night shows and fell sound asleep at Shamu and missed the fireworks. Oh well, maybe next time!

Tuesday was the free day of our trip and we spent the day on Coronado Island. We ate at a little cafe on main street and then went to the beach. Ellie loved playing in the ocean with her Daddy and crawling around on the towels! However, she HATED the planes from the Navy Base next door that flew over every 30 minutes or so! And the fact that Grandma, Grandpa, and Tami got lost on their way and missed the first half of the beach trip:( I also pulled out my camera and the batteries were dead, so I will have to post pictures once Jessica gets me hers! That night our little family went back to Old Town for some great spicy mexican food and a walk around! We found a great candy shop with the best salt water taffy.

As our trip was winding down we spent our last adventure at the San Diego Zoo. By this time we were pretty worn out and enjoyed most of the animals from the view of the seats on the guided bus tour. We visited the petting zoo and took a trip across the zoo on the SkyTram. Ellie loved peering over the edge at the animals below! However, Jessica took her for a walk on the other side and put her to sleep, so she missed the view on the way back. By noon we were done and headed back to La Jolla with the Johnson Girls for lunch @ Cozymels. The rest of the day we went swimming at the hotel, took naps, and started organizing and packing up our stuff!

That night Holly watched Ellie for us so that we could enjoy a dinner childless! It was so nice of her so we headed back downtown to enjoy fish and lobster. It was so good, we ate right on the water and despite the chilly breeze loved every minute. Then we walked around fisherman's wharf and took a drive along the coast of La Jolla before heading back to the hotel! We loved our trip and had so much fun, we can't wait for the next family vaca!!