Road Trip (Part 2)

After a long drive we got to our hotel in Monterrey, we got some gluten free pizza for dinner and then had a very uncomfortable night. I don't know if Ellie got a little nervous sleeping so many different places each night but she would not sleep unless she was with us. She has always been a good sleeper but with so many changes lately shes a little thrown off and we decided that instead of ruin the other hotel guests' night by listening to a baby scream, we would just let her sleep in our bed. Ellie took up the whole center of the bed and we barely slept, so the next day we were pretty unmotivated to do anything. But we convinced ourselves to go to the aquarium and we loved it. Ellie loved staring at the big blue tanks and wouldn't take her eyes away from the "open sea" exhibit. The rest of the day we just relaxed in the park and watched the surfers. Walked around town and ate a terrible lunch. But everything was really pretty and we were lucky to get another beautiful day.

We got back into the car and drove up to right outside San Francisco. We had a really nice hotel suite with a living room and separate bedroom so Scotty and I actually got to stay up past 9pm after putting the girl to bed. In the morning we woke up to rain and spent most of our morning in San Francisco lost. This immediately put a damper on how Scotty felt about the city and decided he didn't like it there at all. But we finally found out where we were and walked in the rain to the wharf to get Scotty a bowl of clam chowder, he was a little happier after that and then the sun came out so our day just got better. We had the most amazing cupcakes and contemplated getting a sundae at ghirardelli square but thought we had had enough sweets already. Then we just had fun just seeing the sights and walking around.

By the afternoon we had had enough city, were definitely not city people! So we started the drive back down south. We stopped in Visalia to visit Scotty's sister Jen and her kids. Ellie was in heaven, she loved these kids. We had so much fun hanging out with the family, we hadn't seen any of them in over a year and it was so fun to see our niece in her play and get a two day break from driving.

 Cant you tell they are all cousins! Sunday night we said our goodbyes and drove the 5 hours home. We got back at 11:30 and Ellie could not have been more happy to be back in a place where she recognized. We are so glad we got to go on this trip and make memories as a family. It was a great time but all that driving gets a little tiring. Now back to real life, Scotty starts work this week and hopefully Ellie and I can finally get back into a routine.