First trip to CA

After a quick pit stop for baseball tickets for the upcoming season we drove to Seatac. We had plenty of time to spare and made it through the security without much trouble.

Ely was ready for his bottle before his naptime. By the time we were ready for take off he had already finished his bottle and fallen asleep so I woke him up to drink some water so that his ears would pop. He was tugging on his ear but stopped after a little bit. I think we are okay for now. We'll need to repeat this again when we land. For now, Ely is soundly sleeping. I had brought a ton of little toys for him just in case...even my nintendo ds.





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Ely woke up with an hour to go before we landed. We kept him busy with toys and such but he got bored. Luckily it was a short flight.











He seemed to be surprised from the sounds when we landed but he was happy when we got up from our seats. He loves to smile at people and at time touch them. I have to remind him that we don't touch strangers but he has a mind of his own and a bit stubborn. Luckily people didn't seem to mind it.

We were lucky to get a rental car that we are familiar with- Accord. Last time here it was a red impala and it was not a pretty site. Unfortunately we were not familiar with the carseat and "we" were installing it incorrectly (for about 45 min). A nice Hertz guy came by and figured it out right away. He had come by 45 min earlier and asked if "we" needed help but "we" thought we didn't. :)

To let Ely roam around freely after spending so much time in a airplane we went to a local mall expecting to find a playarea. It had lots of highend stores but no playarea. There was a carousel in an Easter theme that Ely and I rode on. Ely didn't like the ride and pushed himself off of the bunny he was sitting on. Unfortunately for me I had gotten motion sickness by then and had to stand there holding Ely anxiously waiting for it to stop spinning. I wonder if Ely had motion sickness too.











Ely wants to crawl around everywhere. While we were at the mall he wanted to crawl. I had to let him for a little bit because he had been sitting all day long. I did spray his little hands with sanitizer pretty well afterwards. :) I brought walking wings for when we go to the zoo tomorrow. it will give him a chance to check things out without getting his little hands dirty.

It is pretty funny how Ely's on a schedule. We were driving back to our hotel and Ely was fussy. Right around 7 pm, his eyes were slowly closing and he eventually passed out in his carseat. People were dresses up and going out for the night but here we were
checking in on a Friday night at 7pm. Fortunately for us we were very tired and needed a nap too.





Once we put him in the crib he woke up.