Anniversary

We had a great weekend in Carmel. Steve started the weekend on a helicopter ride for work. He went to an oil rig and took a ton of great shots. He even saw a whale. He learned about the oil rig and how people live on it. I am sure I would have been freaked out or queasy on that thing.

It was crazy warm in Carmel. So we decided to take a walk along the beach in Monterey. We rented a Surri. It is a bike with a canopy and two people pedal and one person sits in the middle. Gavin rode in the basket in the front. It was a little small for all three of our butts but we made it work. It was really fun. Gavin was a bit freaked out at first and wouldn't wear his helmet or sit in the basket. Eventually he did. The ocean breeze was awesome and it was great to be outside. We got a yummy lunch, Gavin sat through the whole thing and was pleasant and strolled around Cannery Row. Definitely a quality day when you can enjoy eating lunch with a 2 yr old.

To make the day even better, Mom and I hit the shops for some sales. We did some serious damage and concluded that we were helping to stimulate the economy.

We headed down to the beach at sunset and it was one of the best sunsets I have seen in a while. Gavin was loving it and running all over the place. He could not resist the sand and the puddles. Steve and I were dressed to go out for the night and Gavin got soaking wet. He had a ball so we just let him go crazy. Luckily we had a change of clothes in the trunk. We got him dry and then headed for our date night.

Gavin didn't even cry which is a shocker when we left. That is the good thing about Nana babysitting. We had an awesome dinner at a restaurant called Luca. We had salad, wine, amazing pumpkin ravioli, dessert, and coffee. yummo. We went to a movie and made it home around 10 to find Gavin bathed and in bed. Ahhhh, nice.

The weather was so nice that we went for another hike on Sunday through the trail and the mission. We went down to Carmel River. We have done this walk a few times and we should have known Gavin would pass out again. We forgot the stroller, bummer. Gavin ran and ran on the trail. He said...."Hey everybody, RUN, RUN!". Only person that ran was me. It was really cute. Bailey and Gavin and I ran along the trail. Once we got to the ocean, Gavin was pooped. I carried him half the way, then tried on the shoulders. He was too heavy so we decided to park it while Steve ran home to get the car. Oh my aching back!

We hung out for a while and tried to get Gavin to take a nap. Steve went surfing and Gavin was wide awake...playing with toys and Bailey. We packed it up around 4pm and Gavin was out like a light in about 10minutes. We made it home safely and we were bummed that Monday was coming. The house is still not put back together since the carpet was put in but we will power that out this weekend.

Gavin has been sleeping in his bed now for almost a month. No more pitter patter coming into our room at 2am. It is great. Now in stead of walking into our room in the morning, he hangs out in his room. Our alarm clock is now "Da, da, dee dee, da" instead of "Mommy, it's wake up time"