I am gonna keep this nice and short cause knowing me I could write a whole story on here about our California Trip. We had an absolute blast on this trip to California. We made sure we saw some immediate family but we wanted to make sure we got to enjoy our vacation there and not be running all over the place seeing people. We stayed in  hotel in Costa Mesa. Ok, so it wasn’t the greatest hotel. Josh can can tell you, he was not too happy, but I did something cheap cause we didn’t really have the funds for this trip.

Nyla didn’t sleep too well. She was up every couple hours. Uhh, felt like a newborn again. Every night got better though. The plane ride for her was a little crazy. Now walking she just doesn’t want to sit still so she was quite the hand full trying to occupy her. Luckily we kept her from crying just some whining here and there. She did awesome during all the rest of the trip minus bed time. We were a little sleep deprived this trip.

We had a great time hitting up all my favorite places in OC. Fashion Island, South Coast Plaza, Irvine Spectrum, Laguna Beach, the beach, Avocado street beach shops, In In Out, Mastro’s, Back Bay Bistro, Swirlz Yogurt, Pinkberry, Pretend City….

It’s weird when we were there I felt like everything fell back into place like I lived there again and nothing changed. It was amazing, but then I realized I still had to go back to Oregon and everything really did change. I loved having Nyla there. I just can’t wait till we are back and I can do everything with her.

One of my favorite days was the last day Monday when Josh’s sister Ronie and our little niece Charlie Rain came out to hang out with us. We took the girls to Pretend City on Irvine. It was such a blast. Nyla was all over the place. It is a fun little town for them to play through out. So much nicer than the Portland childrens museum. Her favorite thing was the stage that had music and flashing lights with dress up clothes and music instruments. She always bolted over there to dance with all the bigger girls. She just loves attention already. It was great to see the two cousins together. They look so much alike. I just loved it and I know Nyla will love to be around her Auntie and Cousin one day.

We just had an absolute amazing trip and now we are gonna see what we can do to get ourselves back to the place that makes our little family happy and complete.

She got her own seat for the flight to Cali.

Pool time at my parents house!!

Nyla meeting her second cousin Ayden.

At my most favorite mall ever Fashion Island in Newport Beach.

The best frozen yogurt place out there, Pinkberry!!

Checking out all the boats and seagulls at Newport Dunes.

Me and my Hubby

At Crystal Cove for some beach fun

At Mastro’s for dinner in Newport Coast

My two favorite people

At Pretend City in Irvine

At the park