Kenzie did great on the 1hr 15 minute flight. It worked out well because she hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so most of the flight we were able to keep her occupied feeding her grapes and banana bread. She played with some toys as well. I was glad the flight wasn't any longer....she was JUST starting to get restless by the end of it.
We landed at the San Diego airport at around 8:30am and by the time we got off the plane/picked up our luggage/went to the bathroom/etc...it was around 9:15ish and Chip's dad picked us up. **Chip's parents had driven over the Saturday before which worked out really well as they were able to take some bigger baby items over for us (pack n play, high chair, car seat, etc) We also drove home with them at the end of the vacation.** We got to our hotel in Coronado and got everything unloaded. Kenzie fell asleep about 15 minutes before we got to the hotel, so I sat in the car with her and Chip went up to the room and set up her bed so I could bring her straight in and put her down. Of course it didn't work out, as she woke up the SECOND we opened the car door to get her out and wouldn't go back to sleep as she was so excited to explore her new surroundings!
Around 11am we went out for a brunch/early lunch at one of our FAVORITE little places to eat at called Bino's. Their specialty is crepes but all of their food is GREAT! We like to get a berry crepe or a blintz and a club sandwich and then split both...have some normal food and then some sweets : ) YUM!
We went back to the room after we ate and Chip and I got Kenzie to sleep for awhile by laying down on the bed with her. We didn't mind the little nap either, as we had gotten up so early!
That afternoon we decided to just stay nearby and go to the pool which was right below our hotel room. A scary, unfortunate event happened on the way down to the pool. Our hotel door opened up to a flight of fairly steep tile stairs. Some men had just been spraying down the awnings over the stairs and the bottom few stairs were still wet, but we didn't see this. Chip was going down the stairs first and was carrying Kenzie. He was also wearing flip flops as we were going to the pool. As he stepped on the 3rd step from the bottom, his right foot slipped out from under him and he fell very hard on his right hip and elbow....this was also the arm he had Kenzie in. God really protected them....Chip bruised his elbow quite badly and it still isn't QUITE better, but it could have been MUCH worse. Thankfully, Chip was able to hold Kenzie up enough as he fell that she DID NOT hit her head at all! It was close, but she was not hurt in any way. As if this wasn't enough, Chip's older sister Liz hadn't seen why he fell, so as we rushed down to help them she hit the water and fell EXACTLY the same way he had fallen! It was horrible. The hotel was great about the situation and called and checked up on them once or twice even. Luckily no one had any serious injuries and it didn't ruin our vacation or anything.
So we got down to the pool and it was FREEZING, but I still got in part way with Kenzie...she liked jumping up and down in the water. Here are some pictures from our afternoon pooltime:
Here we are enjoying the water.....brr it was SO cold!Kenzie also really liked sitting on the edge and kicking/spashing : )
After swimming we decided to take a walk on the walkway by the beach. It was such beautiful weather...70 degrees and sunny! Here are pictures from our walk:
We got back from our walk and Mom B made a wonderful dinner of chicken salad sandwiches on croissants. Her chicken salad is my favorite EVER : )
After dinner, Kenzie went to bed and the rest of us played Yahtzee. The first day was pretty low-key and a lot of fun!
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