I went on my first road trip to a place called Carmel with Mommy & Daddy. We also went to the Aquarium and saw all kinds of really weird looking things. I have seen some of the things when I watch the Nemo movie but it was neat to see them for real. I had a stuffy runny nose while I was there and it was hard for me to sleep so I got to sleep with Mommy & Daddy in their bed and I loved it. I wonder where we will be going next?

For my birthday we decided to take our first real road trip to Carmel. It was a last minute decision and we had a hard time finding room but we had a great time. We headed out of town on Friday and ate lunch in Tracy at Sonic Drive In and then stopped in Gilroy. Thanks to my ISO buddy Paige (from Gilroy) she was able to give us the correct exit to take for our pit stop.

The place we stayed at was wonderful. It was so quite and the views were beautiful. We stayed at Carmel Valley Ranch and it is on a golf course. They are two room ‘suites’ with a nice big bathroom and living space.

There was even enough room for Lily to crawl around. The staff was great and we were able to get a highchair, crib and a hummidifer for Lily. When they delivered the crib they also gave her a cute little stuffed dear and baby shampoo, lotion & baby oil. I thought I might have a hard time getting to sleep without hearing the street racing, semi-trucks and the motorcycles we normally hear at home but I was wrong because I fell asleep rather quickly and stayed that way until Lily woke us up.

Lily had some trouble sleeping because she has a runny nose from teething and I think that not being in her own crib was weird for her. Needless to say she ended up sleeping with us on both nights. She started out in her crib but when she woke up at 2:30 or 3:00 A.M. screaming we thought it was best for us (and our neighbors) for her to spend the rest of the morning in bed with us and she agreed.
On Saturday we ordered room service for breakfast (very good food too) ate lunch at the Club House on the golf course and took our time getting ready to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We got to the Aquarium at 3:00 and spent a full three hours there. I was so surprised how well Lily did. She absoulutly loved it. She looked at everything, even the sharks, penguins and the jellyfish. She also got to see the Ocean for the first time.

On Sunday we took our time checking out as their check out time wasn’t until noon. We went to a store called Sandcastles by The Sea to get Lily a StoryBook Musical Doll. She got one as a present when she was born from Rita Zanzinger and we were right down the street from the store so we decided to get her another one. She picked out an Alice in Wonderland doll. We got on the road at about Noon and headed for Auntie Claudia & Uncle George’s house in Walnut Creek but made a quick pit stop in Gilroy for a diaper change and exercise time for Lily. She was more than happy to get out of the car and play with her cousins when we got to Walnut Creek. We finally made it back home by 6:00 P.M.

Louis and I would like to try and make a trip to Carmel every year. It is so beautiful there and Lily can have fun too as there are a lot of things for her to discover at the Aquarium.