La Jolla 2009

Here is Addie's lip after she fell.  

We just had our fun filled vacation in La Jolla, CA.  We spent 6 wonderful days on the beach. There were lots of walks in the sand and splashing in the ocean.  The first evening started out a bit rough.  We were taking a walk in the sand and we were near the end so we got up on t Boardwalk and Addie fell flat on her little face.  Her upper lip was so swollen and cut.  She was in so much pain and up until 3am that night.  Monday was clod and cloudy but we still spent it on the beach.  That afternoon we were at the pool and met a really nice family with four kids.  I came to find out (once we were home) they were one of my friends sisters.  What a small world. Tuesday brought lots of sunshine.  Dilan got out on the boogie board with Andre's help and a about a 10 foot sea lion decided to join them.  Poor Dilan was scared to death.  Needless to say, he never took that boogie board out again.  We went to Carlsbad that night to have dinner with one of my oldest and dearest friends Shari and her hubby Dan.  It was such a fun night. Wednesday went back to the same old June gloom.  Shari decided to join us on the beach that day.  As Andre went to go get us sandwiches at The Cheese Shop it started to rain and then HAIL!  Who ever heard of it hailing on the beach?  Luckily I had Shari because she held Addie, I made sure the fancy camera was protected and Dilan and Haylee casually got under the umbrella.  Poor Andre was walking in this.  Luckily our food made it back safe, oh and Andre too.  The rain and hail stopped but it continued to be cloudy and thunder so we headed to the pool to eat.  It ended up being a fun day though.  Thursday brought Dilan's 7th birthday.  We took him to breakfast where he ordered a 4 egg omelet with bacon, sausage and onion.  He ate almost every bite.  By the time we were done the sun came out and it was beach time.  It was a beautiful day.  We spent almost the entire day there and finished it off with some pool time per Dilan's request.  We then took him to The La Jolla Shores Restaurant in the hotel.  It was a great dinner followed by an ice cream cake Andre picked-up at Haagen Dazs earlier in the day. We then took a really long walk to cap off our last evening in La Jolla.  When we woke up Friday it was of course the most beautiful day.  I took the kids to the beach for a couple of hours before our late check-out.  In all, it may have started as a crazy trip but it ended in a wonderful vacation.  I wish it would have been a bit longer.