Fun with The Pants Family

Sorry for the blurry picture. I'll have Pete upload the rest to Smugmug. At any rate, we were so grateful our friend Jennifer agreed to watch the dogs (we're watching Josh's dog while he's working Penn. until July) for a few days so we could have a quick getaway. We strategized about where we wanted to go and both agreed LA was the best choice. We love it down there (don't tell the NorCal peeps). So off we went. The trip down was uneventful; Lucia slept for a lot of it. Unfortunately/Fortunately, she's learned the word hungry and calls herself Cia, so we lost count of how many times she said "Cia hun-ree." We were armed with an astounding amount of snacks, and still we came up short. Oops. The hotel was gorgeous and HUGE but our room was unfortunately not. Oh well. Win some, lose some. Lucia of course managed to figure out how to climb out of her pack n play crib. Of course. Lucia and Danny played all the livelong day Wednesday, to the point where Lucia decided not to nap AT ALL, so um yeah, that was fun. Pete watched all three kids (!) while Mary and I go to go have a nice breakfast without kids interrupting. We talked about important things, and threw in some mentions of hair products here and there. I'm in love with Matty - he is SO precious and makes me want to have another baby like 5 minutes ago. He is just awesome. I held him a lot and rocked him in the chair. It was really awesome. We got to see David (rare these days I hear! He's been working his booty off) for dinner last night, which was predictably awesome (burgers!). I sometimes miss the good ol days sometimes (pre-kids) when I would drive/fly in, we'd sleep in and just lounge around the house and go out for amazing meals. But I cannot deny the joy of seeing the two kids play together, or talking with Mary about nap schedules or burping or well everything we don't get to talk about when we've got toddlers demanding attention. The ride home was pretty awful; "Cia" was bored, so we listened/watched this video more than a few times, and tried to sing her songs, etc. Any time I attempted to recline my seat (Pete drove) so I could nap, all hell would break loose. She did not like that at all. The good news is when we stopped for dinner she ate almost a full hamburger (despite eating 47 snacks throughout the ride). I think she gets freaked out when we travel, and has trouble sleeping because she's unsure of her surroundings. I can't really blame her, I'm happy to be in my own bed tonight too.

But it was so great seeing them and spending quality time together. Yay Pants!