Amy's Birthday Weekend

 

In January, Gian approached Chris and I to discuss ways to surprise Amy for her 30th birthday. Amy loves the beach so Gian found this great place close to Monterey. He did it all- from making the beach house reservations, to the flights, to the rental car all the way down to finding a bakery that made gluten free cake. We met the Falcos at the airport on Wednesday night. Caroline and I waited at the bottom of the escalator and when Amy rounded the corner we yelled "SURPRISE!!!".  It was so amazing to be apart of this weekend!

Thursday was the hang out day.  We played on the beach in the morning and then the afternoon.  It was warm and prefect to run and play all day. This was the perfect beach for the following reasons:

no wind

warm sand

no crowds

lots of shells and sand dollars

We wore the kids out, put them to bed and stayed up late. Confession time- I ate 6 s'mores.

On Friday we went to the Monterey aquarium 

Shark!

 This aquarium was amazing.

In this picture Caroline is dancing in front of the tank.  She was very excited to be around all those fish.

For lunch we ate down at the wharf. I ate claim chowder in a sourdough bread bowl- WOW! nothing like it.

In the afternoon we went back to the beach and played until dinner.  After dinner we put Caroline down in her pack-n-play and watched her in the monitor as she appeared to fall asleep.  All of a sudden she was at the door banging and wanting to get out.  YEAH- she can now get out of her pack-n-play. Chris and I took turns patting her back until she fell asleep.  In the morning she jumped out and greeted me with "Mommy wake up!"

Eating outside and then back to the beach.

In the afternoon we went and rode the Sierra. We rode up and down the beach front.

We ate sea food again for dinner:

A little apple juice for Sam

Caroline ate Calamari -octopus without even  knowing it and LOVED it.

It was such a fun trip!  Thank you so much Falcos for letting us be apart of this amazing weekend.  Happy birthday AMy!