Chloë and I jumped in the car and headed north this past weekend to visit friends up in the L.A. area. It was fun to get to go on a mini-mother-daughter adventure together! We stayed at our friend Heather's house in Santa Monica. She's Chloë's godmother and she is so good to Chloë! She has been a big part of her life from the start which is so special. We had a busy weekend: Chloë and Heather exchanged Christmas presents and Chloë got A BIKE!!! And not only a bike, but A CARS BIKE!! Then, we had a one-year-old birthday party to attend. It was someone Heather knew and Chloë and I were tag-alongs. Chloë is big on the birthday party circuit here in San Diego so she really worked the party up there in L.A. She made herself right at home at the party: blowing bubbles, playing with the little boy's toys, eating the Elmo cake, having a near tantrum because she couldn't open his presents, etc. Good times. She even was sent home with a goody bag. After the party we let her ride her bike around the neighborhood and she just took off like she had been riding bikes for years! She absolutely LOVES the bike and rode and rode and rode. We were jogging to keep up with her and I had about 30 near-heart-attacks as she zoomed around corners, kept looking back at us and nearly going off the sidewalk, etc. We also went to a football playoff get- together later that afternoon. The get-together was at a home where a 5 year old boy lives so Chloë was in hog heaven with all of his toys. She played with trains, legos, spaceship stuff, rubber snakes and insects, etc. She was on cloud nine. The next day we hit up the Santa Monica farmer's market. Heather lives close to it so we walked and Chloë rode her bike. We headed back to San Diego later that afternoon.
Anyways, we are back in home now. We missed Myke, Owen & Eli but we definitely enjoyed our road trip! Some photos:
Ready for our road-trip!
Strapping on the hat and ready to work the party!
little piano at the birthday party
bike time!
Chloë & Heather
How did my baby get so big?!
She found a friend to play with at the football gathering.
snakes!!
I wear my sunglasses at night..
Chloë & Angie
Checking her bike at the bike valet at the Santa Monica farmer's market
Giant pancakes and balloon animals! This is great!
Chloë & the Heathers
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Heather rode back to San Diego with us on Sunday afternoon to spend time with the boys, too
(and to see some San Diego friends)
Heather & Elijah
Breakfast on Monday morning in Pacific Beach
Heather & Owen
Hi Sarah,
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