Tuesday, July 29 - We made the flight out here. Adeline did okay. It's hard for a little person to be cooped up for so long, and her sleep schedule was so off. We did finally arrive in California and after picking up our rental car and exiting LA (faster than we thought we would) we had our first stop at In-n-Out - it's always one of the very first things we do. From there we continued to head up the coast and stopped off in Santa Barbara for a couple of hours to visit with Alan's grandpa who recently had a stroke. He was elated to see us and really enjoyed our visit - especially seeing little Adeline running around. After our visit we finished our road trip up to Alan's parents' house in Arroyo Grande. By the time we got in it was after 9pm and of course feeling like after midnight to us. Adeline didn't sleep very well that night so we ended up snuggling her close in our bed. She was okay after that :).
Wednesday, July 30 - Alan spent today with the guys celebrating the final days of his friend Mike's bachelorhood. They went shooting and played some game where they pelted Mike with grapes and blueberries and made him strip... not sure I want to know more. Anywho, while Alan was out doing "Guy Stuff" Adeline and I went up to Morro Bay to visit with our friend Rhiannon (whose husband was also engaging in the aforementioned manly activities). Rhiannon and I visited while Adeline and Nayeli (Rhiannon's two-year-old daughter) played together. It was funny to see Adeline be the baby. I'm so used to her being the older big one :). We went back home and headed to bed fairly early. Alan was supposed to be out camping with the guys that night, but because he was lacking a sleeping bag he came back home to sleep - after a shower because he smelled like campfire :).
Thursday, July 31 - Today the manly activities began again in the morning. They went down to the lake and did some crazy things. After getting cleaned up Alan and I headed out to the wedding site for the wedding rehearsal. Adeline stayed home with Grandma and Aunt Laura. After the rehearsal we went to the rehearsal dinner where they served delicious tri-tip. Oh how I miss California food!! Since Adeline was hanging out with Grandma and Aunt Laura Alan and I went out, just the two of us, after the rehearsal dinner. We were going to go somewhere for dessert but couldn't think of anywhere to go. We ended up getting a package of Dibs at the grocery store and then we sat in the car by the Pismo Beach pier and gazed out at the ocean. It was nice. We miss our ocean.
Friday, August 1 - Today was the day Alan and I set aside as family time. When we finally got going in the morning around 11, we went out to visit Grandma at work to show off Adeline. That made Grandma's day, and everyone was excited to finally see this little girl they've heard so much about. We then went up to San Luis Obispo to go to another one of our favorite food spots - Firestone Grill. We always get the steak cobb salad and it never disappoints! We walked around San Luis for a bit and then went to Alan's grandparents' house for dinner with the fam. We saw Alan's Aunt Beckie and Uncle John there, too. It was a good time of visiting and catching up. For the second time this week, however, Adeline was moved in the middle of sleep and therefore did not fare too well that night. She slept with us again.
Saturday, August 2 - Grandma came into our room and picked up Adeline in the morning when she woke up so that Alan and I could sleep in a bit. That was nice, although sleeping in these days is more like just resting till 8am. Oh well. Grandma watched Adeline again while Alan and I went out for Jamba Juice - yet another thing that does not exist in Mass that we really miss. We came back home just in time for Alan to get showered and head off to the wedding to be with the guys for a couple of hours before the ceremony. Grandma and I got Adeline all ready and headed off to the wedding. It was about 100 degrees outside and the entire group of guests was seated in the hot sun. All things considered Adeline did very well. We partied, danced, ate, had fun with friends we hadn't seen in years and miss dearly before we parted company with the Central Coast folk at about 9pm. From there we drove down to Orange County and stayed with my Grandma Jo. Again, super late night for Adeline. We got to bed around 1:30am.
Sunday, August 3 - That brings us to today! We skipped church this morning because of the late night we had last night. That and I wanted to preserve Adeline's nap time at all costs! Once she wakes up we'll head down to Newport Beach to my Grandmother and Pa's and swim and play and do the Fantasy Football draft.
I think that brings y'all up to date! There will be more later in the week when we arrive home.
Much love to all,
Meredith - for The Conrows
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