Mini Vacation

We just got back from 5 days on the coast. It was wonderful to recharge our batteries and have tons of fun with family. Adia spent Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night with DiDi while Daddy and I stayed in a hotel. DiDi was a little worried about keeping Adia busy and what nighttime would be like, but Adia did really well. She didn't nap so she'd go to bed really early and sleep pretty late. They had fun at the park and Adia loves shopping with DiDi.

When we arrived at DiDi's house on Sunday morning, Adia came running to the door. She gave us a little smirk, but then ran back into the living room to play. I think she was worried we were going to take her. Despite being pretty indifferent to our return, she started following me around the house and didn't want me out of her sight.

We headed to the beach, even though Adia didn't want to get in our car. Adia was excited to see the sand, but wanted to be carried to the water. She immediately sat down and started digging in the sand once the toys were out of the bag. She ended up covered in sand, but she didn't mind at all.


We walked near the water for a little bit. Daddy chased her with the wheelbarrow, Adia giggling and screeching. She thought it was the best game ever.






When we were all thoroughly frozen, we tried to convince Adia to head back to the car. She wasn't thrilled to be headed back. She wanted DiDi to carry her and got super excited when a helicopter appeared. She loves watching airplanes so the helicopter was a treat.




When we got back to DiDi's house, Daddy fell asleep on the couch so Adia, DiDi and I went to the park. Adia wanted to show me how she can climb up the big ladder and go down the big slide. She'd first done it the day before with DiDi and given her quite the scare. Adia quickly climbed the ladder, sat down on the slide and down she went. She said "Weeee!" the whole way down and when she got to the bottom, immediately said, "Again!" She went on it several times before heading back to the little kid area. That didn't last long before she wanted to go back down the big slide and play on the big kid equipment.






We spent Monday at Gamma and Papa's house. Adia was so happy to see them, even though she didn't like seeing DiDi leave for work. Adia watched Wall-E with her buddies and a little Kung Fu Panda. She ended up taking a long nap on me.


That evening we met some friends for dinner. Adia acted shy, but the second we walked in the door at their house, Adia followed the girls right into the bedroom and started playing. She loved every minute of it. They ran around squealing. There was lots of laughter. Adia was definitely in her element. When the girls went to bed, Adia climbed into my lap on the couch and fell asleep. She woke up when we put her in the car later and stayed awake until we got back to DiDi's house. She insisted on saying goodnight to DiDi and then we cuddled and fell asleep.




Tuesday was another Gamma and Papa day since DiDi was at work. Daddy and Papa thoroughly wore Adia out by chasing her around the house. Adia also tormented the cat and dragged Gamma's purse over for the usual emptying.






She found a lolly pop in Gamma's purse and all hell broke loose. She ate some of it at the kitchen table, but bit her tongue. She started screaming bloody murder and had a full out tantrum when they took the lolly pop away. She came running to me, but her tantrum continued. Eventually she just snuggled up against me and fell asleep. She slept for over 2 hours while I enjoyed the snuggles. It was definitely a much needed nap.


Dinnertime was quickly approaching so Gamma, Adia and I went to the grocery store. Adia had a blast riding in the car cart. We came back to the house and Adia played with the cat while I cooked dinner. Papa and Daddy came back from their movie and entertained Adia. Adia kept climbing in her chair, more than ready to eat. She didn't end up eating much once we all sat down. She actually dumped her cup of water in her plate instead and refused to eat anymore. We took some leftover steak and a potato to DiDi before heading back to Eugene. Adia was super happy to see DiDi and stole bites of steak from DiDi. Adia insisted on seeing Pig Pig. She said goodbye to her before we loaded up in the car. Adia started crying when DiDi closed the door. She wasn't happy to be leaving her, even though DiDi will be in Eugene this afternoon.

We got home pretty late last night. Adia stayed asleep through the transfer from the car seat to bed. She was up bright and early though. She's going to be so surprised to see DiDi today and even more surprised to have everyone come visit her for Thanksgiving tomorrow.