1,400 Mile Road Trip with a Newborn

Sorry for the month long break everyone! August has been quite an interesting month for us. Long before Brandon was born we decided to plan a 1,400 mile road trip up the coast of California with our best friends the Hellman's and Rohman's to introduce each other to our new additions (the Hellman's have a son named Tyler and the Rohman's have a daughter named Charlotte.) Great idea in theory, but once Brandon arrived we soon learned the only thing he hates is the car and car seat. Wondeful! Here are the cities we stopped at: Huntington Beach (1 night), Santa Barbara, Templeton, San Simeon (1 night), Big Sur (1 night), Tiburon (4 nights), Lake Tahoe (3 nights), Mammoth Lakes (1 night), then back to San Diego....our ears are still ringing from Brandon's objection to driving in the back of my 4runner.

Here are the 3 rascals sharing a play mat in Lake Tahoe. As you can see Charlotte is going to have her hands full when she gets older. Brandon grew up quite a bit during that week and a half long trip. He's started to reach out and touch the toys hanging from the play mat, just like his friends.

Some highlights from the trip included this hike we did in Mammoth Lakes. It was a beautiful hike and the views from the lakes were breathtaking. To see some additional pictures, there is a link on the left side of the blog

Update on Brandon: He now weighs 13 lbs and is 23.5 inches long at 11 weeks of age. He's starting to talk (aka coo'ing) and can now giggle when we make our ridiculously high pitched sounds at him. I guess it's true when people say; "Enjoy the baby time because he'll be grown in no time". No kidding.