Last Day in San Diego

Jeremy is even more red now and completely handicapped. He can barely walk and lift anything and he feels like he has the flu. His shoulders are blistering and his skin looks badly burned. He and I both had backpacks so we could have our hands free for carrying Livi, the carseat, the porta-crib and 3 bags. Since he couldn't put the backpack around his shoulders, I had one less hand for our airport adventure. Oh well, it all worked out fine.

The plane ride home was much better for me this time, because Jeremy sat by Livi so he had to deal with the meltdowns. I figured since he was already miserable, why make both of us suffer ;)

I caught up on my reading and had a good time hangin' out with Landon. I also thought back on the trip and noted a few things I wanted to remember:

First, a few things Landon said:
-"I want to sleep in long pajamas while we are here so my bare skin doesn't touch someone else's bed"
- "Dad, what does X-Rated mean"?


Something funny that Emma asked me:

"Mom, what does it mean when people keep doing this with their hands?"

"That means Hang Loose"

Oh, well that's not good, someone should tell them to Hang Tight so they don't fall. How do you sign that"?

One night Emma was laying on a pillow and Livi grabbed her by the hair and pulled her up. Emma started crying and so Jeremy went over to Livi and pulled her hair so she could see how it feels. Livi started laughing and wanted him to do it again.

We brought Livi's video monitor with us and one night I flipped it on and saw a totally different room with a different baby. It freaked me out for a second, but then figured out it was the baby next door. What are the odds we both had the same camera!? It was a lot of fun spying on them, I'm sure they felt the same. Whatever, you'd do it too.

All in all, I've decided that I love this place after all, and would love to come back again. The weather is perfect every day and the people are always so happy. I would love to learn to surf since I found out I have some mad skills on the boogie board. Also, my skin is normally really dry and itchy in Utah (thanks eczema) and it was absolutely glowing in San Diego. If it weren't so expensive, we would move here. It definitely gave us the itch to move to a warmer (but reasonably priced) place.

We also learned that we won't be traveling on an airplane until Livi is potty trained, sleeping in a bed and can follow directions. It's just too much stuff to bring and the plane is too hard with her. It's kind of disappointing because we wanted to go to Hawaii next year to renew our vows with our kids. It's our ten year anniversary and we thought it would be fun to go back to the same beach we were married on. Now we know there is no way we can go as soon as next year, but at least we know. We're still going to do it, but we'll just have to wait another few years. Maybe we can talk someone into watching the kids for us so Jeremy and I can go alone. If you are still reading this, you are probably a grandparent, aunt or a really good friend (or just really bored). Just think about it ;)

I'm exhausted and school starts tomorrow. I have to find their uniforms, backpacks, and unpack and do the laundry. Oh crap, I also need to charge my camera. I can't believe my little girl starts all-day Kindergarten tomorrow! AAAHH! I'm so glad we all spent this last week together since we won't see much of each other during the school year. I'm really going to miss them during the day, it's been an amazing summer.