Rejuvenation.

Thursday after Ryan got home from work he packed up the car and headed up North. Everything was ready in a nice little pile, with my shoes and sweater on top, and also Fin's playmat ready to go. Ryan swiftly unpacked everything I packed for him (insert me being pissed...silently as i watched him pull it all out...and that it took me all day to pack and do laundry with a  2 year old unpacking everything here),  he then repacked...ggrrrr... loaded the car up and we were on our way. Somehow my sweater and shoes and Fin's playmat didnt end up in the car, but thats neither here nor there (love ya Thomps :)) oh and  I forgot my deodorant, so I smelled like an Old Spice man all weekend.  I cried till we got to Ventura, cause I already missed Curren SO much, and I just felt very very guilty only taking Finley.

7 Hours and 3 pit (tit) stops later we arrived. The hotel was really gorgeous, had 3 restaurants, a spa, and just really really nice. Our room was supposed to have a crib in it, and didnt so i called down and asked them to run one up, I was thinking, wow I bet it's going to be some beautiful Pottery Barn crib with Shabby Chic sheets or something, then this metal cage arrived. With a bumper circa 1991, whatever, she slept just fine in it!

The next morning we slipped Fin into her bathing suit for her first swim in a pool!

 It was chilly but she LOVED it!

 Homegirl and Daddy had the whole pool to herself, she just lights up with Ryan

 I was trying to not think about how much FUN Curren would be having in the pool :(

 Ate at cheesecake factory..yuumm.  Its always interesting eating there since I used to work there...I think niiiice hit the 1 minute bread out mark...and drinks within 2 minutes and I totally act like i'm the manager lurking over the waiters every move. So ridiculous. Our waiter was really great.  During this dinner I realized it would have been very stressful to have Curren there with us. We had just called him and I missed him sooo much and was crying so my eyes were puffy and I didnt want to be in any pictures. He was having a rough time at home and I was sure it was because he was confused as to where we were at.

 The next day Ryan had conferences all day from 7am to 6 pm so I waited..and waited for Fin to wake up so we could go be tourists in San Fransico!

 and waited...

 at 10 am housekeeping knocked on our door and woke her up! Thank God! You may be thinking...why didnt you just wake her up? I NEVER wake a sleeping baby, lesson learned.

 I was kinda nervous driving up there solo, I sort of get lost easily...luckily we had our trusty GPS to depend on. Except as I was approaching this sign...and taking a picture the nice lady inside the GPS was yelling STAY TO THE RIGHT STAY TO THE RIGHT....RECALCULATING YOUR DESTINATION. oh crap. I ended up in the middle of some neighborhood where they were doing construction (of course) and it took me 1/2 hour to get like 5 streets down. The houses there are so effing cute and original, i loved every color and detail each one had. Luckily Fin (the best baby in the world) slept through the whole damn thing.

 I took pictures of myself in traffic. The trusty GPS got us to our location, Golden Gate Park. On my other trips to SF i never ventured this way, we always stuck to downtown by the Wharf..China Town all that, so it was really nice to see this side. My goal for the whole day was to get a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge, sometimes you can see it here but today, it was foggy.  I was expecting Golden Gate Park to be a huge open green on the side of the GG Bridge...you know like on the beginning of Full House, where they're having a picnic? Yeah totally not that, waaay better! I found this observatory that was FREE and we strolled up and got a great view of the city. We cruised around, the park is huge like MASSIVE there was lots of lakes, buffalo (what?? yes buffalo), a carousel 3 museums, and tons of really lovely gardens.

 Finsteree was getting hungry so we had a little tit stop and drove down to the coast, I saw a little hiking trail so I grabbed her and a diaper and headed up, I knew we were getting close to the bridge but I still couldn't see it! We finally got to the top (shoulda put her in the Ergo) and we were so lucky to have this view! The flog literally cleared as we were walking up. People that were there, (locals) said this sight from this particular point was SO rare, so we felt very very lucky!

 As we headed back down the trail I totally started tearing up.  I just felt so lucky to have this beautiful little girl, who was so calm and so up for anything. Everywhere we went people stopped and would just comment on how beautiful she is, and how blue her eyes are, and how sweet she is. I just love her so much and I'm really happy I got to have this experience with her.  It was then that I really started to enjoy this vacation and I realized I need to soak this time up with her, and with Ryan and know that Curren is OK, and is having fun.  It's so easy for some people to part with their kids and have some time away, I just felt so bad and guilty at first, but from here until we were leaving I really enjoyed my time relaxing and doing whatever I wanted...not to mention the sleep, the sleep was really amazing!!! If you're a mom you know what i'm talking about!!!!!! Sleeping is such a treat.

 Real, working Windmills, another part of GG park

Finley started to get sleepy again, so I thought I better head home and take advantage of her sleeping on the drive...so back on the 101 SOUTH and then........ I saw it........the GIANT BLUE building with YELLOW letters...YESSSSSSS IIIKKKEEAAAAAA!!!!!! I exited that freeway so fast it wasn't even funny. We picked up some goods...and then headed home.

This was our view from our room. I got so freaked out cause planes would come by so fast, right in front of our room and all I could think about was 9-11 and those poor people in the twin towers seeing the planes headed right towards them, I can't imagine the horror. I wish I could have gotten a pic of the planes they were SO close.

We are now heading home and I am writing this blog before we leave cause I know I wont get a chance when I get home, cause i'm going to be holding Curren for the next few days!! It was nice to have a break, to  talk with Ryan, go out to dinners, to sleep, and travel around, meet some new people, and get to know my Finster a little more but I am all rejuvenated and ready to see my Curren! I have to also say we are so lucky to have my mom and dad who watched Curren all weekend! Along with  my sister in law and nephews so gave my mom a break! AAANNNDD our great friends Brett and Heather and their baby Evan came by to help out too, we are so lucky to have so many helping hands!!