We went to California for close to two weeks over Christmas.
We spent the first half in Napa with my family and the second half in Brentwood (an hour away) with Stephen's family.
It was really nice having a seat for Alice on the plane instead of having her on our lap. Unfortunately, for some reason during the descent she refused to eat or drink anything (I even had suckers and candy for her), so her ears hurt and she just screamed for like 20 minutes. When we landed she stopped and seeing out the window how fast we were going she said "Oh, woah!" really loud and everyone around us laughed.
My parents, of course, soaked up as much Alice time as possible so there were a lot of moments like these:
Trips to the park.
As well as much needed date time for me and Stephen.
We went to dinner, saw movies in the theater, and spent one lovely morning driving up valley and stopping at a couple wineries for Stephen to taste wine. Sure made us wish we lived closer to family!
We, of course, spent some time with our friends the Dunnes while in Napa.
Alice and Evie playing piano together.
Best buds!
We spent one day in San Francisco with my parents and my niece Kalynn.
Alice LOVED ridding on the ferry.
All day and for the rest of the trip, and even now occasionally she will say "Alice in the boat... Mommy in the boat....Daddy in the boat...."etc.
After the ferry ride we went to the Exploratoruim (a kids science/play place).
Most of the stuff is for older kids but even though she didn't understand the science, she still had lots of fun.
She loved this smoke machine thing. I think she would have stayed there all day if we let her.
The boat ride back.
We did a big Cooney family Christmas one day.
Tried to take pictures in front of my parents tree but 2-year-olds are really not good at taking pictures.
Alice with her cousins Kalynn and Haylee.
Haylee and I.
We spent one day baking with my mom.
Alice enjoyed that :o)
Then part 2 of our trip began Christmas Day...
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