Life has been so crazy lately, and Brian has some time off this week, so we decided we needed to have a little get-away for just the 3 of us. Thanks to IVF racking up our credit cards (insert eye roll here) we had a lot of points to turn in to use for a hotel stay. Silver linings. ;) We decided to go to San Diego, and I had the idea to take Baylee to the San Diego Zoo since both her and Brian had never been, and I used to love going there as a kid.
We checked in to our hotel on Monday afternoon and Baylee immediately made herself comfortable. :)
Our hotel was walking distance from Seaport Village, so we walked down there for dinner our first night. I was craving a margarita, so we decided to have Mexican food at the little cantina there. Our food was amazing and the margaritas were 32 ounces! Yes. Please. :)
We walked around all the shops and Brian took Baylee for a ride on the carousel that was built in 1895. (So cool!) Once the sun started to set, we took a walk by the ocean for some pictures. A woman walked by and asked if we wanted a picture of the three of us, and we cracked up when we looked later on and realized Baylee had her finger up her nose in every picture. Toddlers!
Seaport Village is the cutest little place and I am so glad we went. We ended the night with cupcakes from Frost Me Gourmet, which were some of the most delicious cupcakes I've ever had!
It wouldn't be a true Tibbetts' vacation without some craziness, so of course, we had a little mishap at 1:30am in our hotel. :( Baylee is still sleeping in a crib, so she's not used to sleeping in a big bed at all. I slept in the hotel bed with her, but in the middle of the night she rolled off the other side. It was seriously the scariest sound ever hearing her "thud" out of the bed and start crying. I had put pillows down on the floor for her just in case, but she rolled just right to smack her face on the foot of the desk that was about a foot away from the bed and gave herself a black eye. I felt soooo bad! Brian ran to the ice machine and we put ice on it for a while, but she really just wanted to go back to sleep. When she woke up in the morning, it wasn't a pretty sight. :( She broke my heart! Thank goodness it was a bright, sunny day, because we had her wear sunglasses for most of the pictures at the zoo. My poor little thing!
Despite Baylee's little incident, she had an absolute blast at the zoo! She got to see just about every single animal, and told us that the lion and the sheep were her favorites. We had lunch at the full service restaurant there, Albert's, where we used to go when I was a kid, and it was soooo delicious.
My favorite animals were definitely the elephants, giraffes, and a sweet polar bear who plunged in the water right where we were standing to eat his honeydew melon. So cute! We got to ride on the skyway and do a tour on the double decker bus, which were both so fun! It was absolutely a trip we will never forget. :) Baylee picked out a stuffed lion as her souvenir, and he didn't leave her side the rest of our time there.
The zoo closed at 6:00, so we decided to venture out to find a place we had never been to for dinner. I googled "kid friendly dinner in San Diego" and the Corvette Diner popped up. It was an absolute blast, and soooo kid friendly! If you go to San Diego with your kiddos, I highly recommend checking this place out. It's a 50's themed diner where all the servers are super nice and fun. There's a DJ, dancing, an arcade and a full bar! The food and desserts are incredible. I got a grilled cheese made with two pieces of garlic bread and a chocolate peanut butter banana shake, and I'm still dreaming about them! :) Baylee even got to have her very first Shirley Temple!
Night number two was much less eventful, and Baylee slept great, thank God! :) That morning, we went to Old Town San Diego for a few hours before it was time to head home. We had fun looking in all the old shops and mini museums. We ate lunch at my favorite Mexican restaurant ever, Fred's, and then got on the road. We were all exhausted from all the fun we had, but I am so glad we did it. Now that Baylee is getting older, it has been more fun than ever to make memories like this with her! I will hold her first little trip with just Mommy and Daddy close to my heart forever. :)
Now we need a vacation from our vacation. ;)
Until next time! XoXoXo
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