Welcome Home!

We finally made it home! The road trip home was successful, but definitely challenging with an infant. The days on the road were long as we had to stop every 2-3 hours for feedings, burping, changing of diapers and/or to console a fussy baby stuck in an infant car seat for too long. It also felt longer as we got a late start, around 11 a.m., and reached our final destination late at night, around 10 p.m. Flying is definitely easier and faster!

From San Diego, we headed to Monterey to visit the very popular Monterey Bay Aquarium. It is an awesome aquarium with amazing exhibits of sea life. The only downside was overcrowding. We picked the day where daycare decided to bring children and so it took awhile to get up close and personal to the exhibits. Since we were crunched for time, we went through and saw them briefly. Of course, Cooper only woke up for a feeding, burping and diaper change! We'll definitely have to return again as it is a pretty cool town to sight see. We ended our time at Monterey with lunch at Cannery Row Brewing Co. as our road trips aren't complete without a stop at a brewery!

From Monterey, we drove to Redding. Just a stop over, we just spent the night and headed to Portland, Oregon the next day..one step closer to home! We decided to spend 2 nights in Portland as we were exhausted from driving and wanted a day to relax. And that's what we did...walked around downtown Portland a bit, but mostly, we caught up on much needed sleep!

On Sunday, it was back on the road again. It was the short drive, comparatively, as we stopped by the grandparents' house in Olympia so they could goo-goo ga-ga over Cooper...and that's what they did! My parents were very excited to reunite with their grandson. He has grown so much from the last time they saw him which was only 3 weeks ago. It was at my parents' house that Cooper rolled over for the very first time!

After a nice visit with the grandparents, we took to the rode one last time and finally were home! And boy, does it feel great!!!

Cooper and I at Cannery Row on our way to Monterey Bay Aquarium.

One of many incredible exhibits at the aquarium.

Cooper sleeping his way through the aquarium. We'll have to wait until he's a bit older to return to Monterey.

Tummy time, which he doesn't like at all. Below is a video of him rolling over from tummy to back. He is crying because he hates tummy time. Poor guy!! We're torturing him to get a video as well as develop his neck/back muscles!