San Diego Zoo

Randy finally had a day off so it was off to the Zoo! Such an amazing place. We plan to spend lots of time there while we're in San Diego so get used to seeing lots of pictures of animals!

Natural History Museum

First few days...

We arrived on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday we went grocery shopping, swimming in the pool, and hung around the apartment. Thursday I met up with a friend I haven't seen in 12 years, Kim - we used to work together at the USS Arizona Memorial. She took us to a beautiful spot called La Jolla Cove. 

Overlooking the Cove

The Cove - popular dive site

Climbing trees and gathering cones

Kim and Lucas walking a pier that overlooks a sea rookery. 

 On Friday, we did the Seal Tour - Picks you up, drives around to Point Loma and in she goes! 60 minutes of touring San Diego Bay. It was interesting.

Frances slept the whole time we were on the water

This is a the Navy dolphin training site. If you look closely at the woman, you can see a dolphin right in front of her.

Captain Lucas

After we got dropped off, we wondered around the plaza - found the birds...

...and the kites.

Tomorrow we hit the Natural History Museum! Should be fun. Keep you posted!

Welcome to San Diego!

We arrived on Tuesday - Election Day - to a sun filled sky. Plane trip went well. I was worried. Luckily, we had a row to ourselves. Both the kids did great. Frances slept the first half, cried just a bit - wanted out of her seat. I looked the other way when she sucked on her seatbelt. But, it was worth it - very nice to be reunited with Daddy.

First plane trip for Frances

Arriving in San Diego! Beautiful.

Checking out the new TV.

8 months

Frances turned 8 months yesterday, and I forgot. Didn't get reminded until Randy called around 8:30 last night and said, "I can't believe our little girl is 8 months!" I was sure she was turning 8 months on Tuesday, when we leave for SD. But, lack of sleep and frantically trying to prepare for travel - I lost track of my baby's age. Bad mommy. However, Frances is growing well and doing great. She got her two bottom teeth last month; she squirms around a lot but no crawling; she can stand up and hold on to something, if you put her there, but soon falls. She says over and over when she's mad, frustrated or tired, "Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma." It's a sweet sound, so sometimes I let her sit there and cry just to hear it. I know - Bad mommy.