Cardinal Cutie

 I took advantage of Leah wearing her Cardinals shirt and snapped a few pictures.  I can't let the season go by without sharing these. 

The biggest smiles were reserved for her "friends".

San Diego Vacation

I guess since it's officially fall, I should finally upload our summer vacation pictures and get caught up on my blogging.

Back in June, we took our first family vacation as a family of 3 and headed to San Diego.  I'm not quite sure how we decided on San Diego, other than Tim and I have always wanted to go there and I thought it would have lots for Leah to enjoy (zoo, beach, Sea World, etc).  I was also a little worried about how she would do traveling.  Usually when Tim and I travel we walk a lot, don't eat at normal times and stay out later than Leah's bedtime, so I knew our vacation style would have to change.  We ended up having a really great time and Leah did great.  We tried to get her to nap everyday and tried to get to bed at a decent time every night.  Sorry in advance for the bazillion pictures, I tried to cut it down.

 Our first day in San Diego, we headed to the Zoo.  It was wonderful!

 The zoo has a gondola that takes you from one side of the zoo to the other and gives you an amazing view of San Diego. 

 This was the view from our first hotel room.  We would see the bay and the Midway aircraft carrier and several other navy ships.

 Day two, we headed to Sea World.  I was a little disappointed there weren't any rides for Leah to ride, like there are in Orlando, but she still enjoyed the shows. 

 I have always loved the whale and dolphin shows and they didn't disappoint.I really loved the baby whale, so cute!

After Sea World and naps, we spent the evening at the beach.

 Day three we headed to the Safari Park.

This lion might have been the highlight of my entire trip, I just think he is gorgeous.  

The safari park is affiliated with the zoo and gives the animals more space to run. 

 The safari park had a carousel, so of course we had to ride.

 I just love her smile.

 

The city passes that we bought for the week, also included a pass to the Midway Aircraft Carrier, so we took advantage.  The perfect activity for father's day, I think Tim enjoyed it the most. 

Future aircraft controller??

We spent part of the afternoon at the beach.  I didn't realize how cool the water (and weather) were in San Diego. We stuck to the sand instead of the water.

Our last full day was spent at Legoland, which was a huge bust!!  I'm not sure if it was the park or the long lines, but both Tim and I were not impressed.  We didn't ride a single ride and left with our only souvenir, a Cinderella lego castle for Leah. 

They did have some neat cityscapes made from Legos.

We spent the morning before our afternoon flight on an ocean cruise around the harbor.

The only picture of the three of us.  

Thanks San Diego for a great time!  We hope to come back!