First Family Road Trip....

Thanks to Uncle Buck (i.e. Auntie Becca)  and Uncle Reed traveling with us to Santa Barbara, we managed to enjoy our time at Susannah and Marc's wedding (once we finally found it!)...
My original plan was to be out the door by 10am Saturday morning (anticipating traffic and allowing plenty of time to get ready and relax at the hotel before the wedding @ 4)... I was ready by 10:30 (typical 1/2 hour late everywhere I go with baby), yet somehow we didn't get on the road until noon! maybe its a guy thing, but ryan couldn't understand why we needed to leave so early, or why I needed  "2 hours" to get ready at the hotel.
we finally get to our hotel @ 1:45 (we made great time), I quickly unload, feed baby, and begin the hair/makeup process (which takes twice as long when you are trying to keep the baby occupied simultaneously)... my plan for leaving the hotel by 3:30 fell through as we were in the car and on the road @ 3:50! to make matters more anxiety filled, google maps (for the first time ever) got us lost in Montecito... thank you OnStar for getting us turned in the right direction and to the Four Seasons 20 minutes late- so late that we realized it was one of those weddings that you walk in from the FRONT (where everyone sees you)... determined not to be those idiots that are so late, we found the florist and asked for a backway route (through the bridal quarters, but at least we got to see the bride and wish her well ;-)
The wedding was BEAUTIFUL (I doubt the Four Seasons has ever had an ugly wedding anyway!) and the weather was amazingly perfect (Suz got lucky the rain cleared out!)
After a full night (annnd can i just say- i lasted the whole night in heels without having sore feet the next day... annnnd i danced!) we relieved becca and reed of their free-birth control (i.e. baby sitting) duties.
After a quick breakfast and goodbyes, we parted ways with our awesome sitters and headed up to Morro Bay for the afternoon... most people will never understand out fascination with such a sleepy little beach town, but Giovanni's clam chowder and the walk out to the rock is worth the drive (especially when it is crisp, clear and sunny out- only 20 days out of the year practically!)
We got home @ 8:00 and vegged for the remainder of the night, too pooped to unpack or do anything remotely productive. I put everything off for tomorrow (now today), and somehow I find myself procrastinating once again as I am writing about our family road trip weekend instead of doing my domestic duties.... i guess its time to go put on my housewife hat and get busy now!

Feeling out her first overnight bed (much bigger and softer than her crib!)

here comes the beautiful bride

college girlfriends 6 years later

the end of a night out (still in the heels!)

Giovanni's with our lil' nugget

she was awake when we started our walk...

dad had fun taking her off-roading in the stroller...

long drive + long walk = one pooped out baby!