Coronado 2016

We navigated uncharted territory and took the whole family to Coronado last week. We had a great time, despite some flight and normal toddler issues. Believe it or not, we will do it again, like once a year, tops ;).

Our early flight out was cancelled due to the Denver airport being closed. It came as a mega surprise as we had everything at the ticketing counter, and by everything, I mean all three kids, three carseats, carry ons, a stroller, and two large suitcases. We felt like we were in a bubble. How did we not know ahead of time?! No notifications or anything. We had to reload the car and keep busy until our flight which had been rebooked for 3pm. The rest of travel connections were rather uneventful. Piper had a great first flight but melted down in my arms for the entire three hours of the following flight. By the time we had landed, she had puked all over both of us, fortunate for her, I had a change of her clothes, unfortunate for me, I was left to let the vomit dry and smell of it for nearly four hours. I did have a couple of tearful breakdowns wishing she would just sleep. We survived.

California was great fun. Our only decisions were beach, pool, ice cream, and where to get take out for dinner. Our only commitments were daily naps for Greta and Piper and a photo shoot with our wedding photographer (photos to come soon). We did get out to the aquarium one day and to story time at the Coronado library, which the kids enjoyed. The kids had a blast. Sully loved the beach and was so happy to just be jumping over the waves. Greta was more fond of the baby pool and loved to jump in and splash to her heart's content. Piper went with the flow and was just happy to watch the other two. Dave and I completely enjoyed watching them explore and gain confidence in their new surroundings.

We did have a bit of drama, Piper had a fussy few nights and the culprit was her two front teeth with finally popped through about halfway through the trip. Greta was forced to sleep in a twin bed which I'm certain she loved, and especially loved to come in and find us in the middle of the night, followed by Sully, which ended with Dave taking them both back to their room and sleeping with them as Piper was up so often in the night that she would wake everyone up. Every night was a sleeping circus. Sullivan wiped out in the condo one evening and split his eyebrow on a table which landed him in the ER. Fortunately he only needed skin glue, but he will end up with a battle wound. He was so brave. We were so proud of how he handled everything.

We had such a great time, but we were happy to get home and get everyone back in their own beds, even if only for the first few hours of the night. We are already looking forward to next year.

Lots of photos!

Flight out, Dave relaxing ;).

Flowers for the week. 

Everybody say 'beach day!'.

Family photo (first of many). 

Sand castles with daddy. 

Beach nap.

Dave and the kids in the twin beds pushed together.

Big girl! 5.5 months.

Dog beach photo. 

Moo Time.

Heading to the pool. 

Baby pool fun. 

Coffee at The Del. 

Sweet and sassy.

Scripps Aquarium. 

Sam photo with the La Jolla cove behind us. 

Piper! 

Library fun. 

Daddy and Piper.

Mama and Piper on a beach walk. 

Sully being so brave. 

Greta, Dave did her hair :).

Finally, a photo of me and all three! 

Heading home, waiting for Dave to get a cart.
My instructions: everyone get in your seats! 

Three sleepers on the flight home.