Week 10 (September 24-30)

The week started of well because Jake came home from Peru. He got home just in time to go to Caroline's 2 month check up at the doctors office. Caroline got her first round of shots (1 oral medicine and 3 shots) this visit. Caroline cried when the shots were administered, but calmed down quickly after that. She was a little irritated the rest of the day, but she was an angel as usual. Here is a picture of her "boo boos."

Congrats Susan and Andrew!

Monday September 24th Megan Grace Wellman was born. Andrew called us in the afternoon to say that she had arrived by c-section and that Megan and Susan were doing great. Caroline and I went up to the hospital Wednesday to visit and got to meet Megan. She is so sweet! I am looking forward to Megan and Caroline becoming great friends. I spoke with Claire, Susan and Andrew's 2 1/2 year old, on the phone and the said that "She loves baby Megan."

SAN FRANCISCO HERE WE COME!!!

Thursday Caroline and I woke up at 4:00am to get ready to catch our flight to California. We went out to San Francisco to go to Chris' wedding.

Our flight left Tallahassee at 7:30am and Caroline did great on the way to Atlanta. We had one little accident...she had explosive poop while we were landing and it leaked out her diaper and onto her and me! We finally got to Atlanta and I changed her on the plane because I could not stand having poop on me any longer. We had a short layover in Atlanta and got right on the plane to San Francisco. This was a much longer flight than before, but she did really well. I had an isle seat so I was able to get up and down as much as I wanted without bothering anyone. One bad thing about flying with a child is that some/most airplanes do not have a place to change a baby. I had to lay her on a blanket on the floor to do it, but we survived. Everyone around us kept saying how good Caroline was on the plane. Jake met us at the airport and that was really nice because he could help me with the bags, the stroller and the car seat.
Thursday night was the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. The place where they had the wedding was really pretty. It was up in the mountains of Lafayette, CA (locals probably call them hills, but they are higher than the hills in Tallahassee so they are mountains to me). Caroline got to meet Roger and Gail, Brad, and Chris and Michelle. The dinner was at a steakhouse and the food was delicious!

Friday Jake, Caroline and I got up early and went into the city to look around. We went to Pier 39 and saw the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz from afar. We saw the sea lions and rode on the merry go round. Pier 39 also has a ton of shops and restaurants so we shopped and ate lunch there too.

Watch our video of the Sea Lions!!!

After lunch we walked down to fisherman's wharf and then to the start/end of a trolley car track. We watched trolleys come in, be turned around and then sent back on their way. We even got to ride a couple of blocks to Lombard street on one.

Chris and Michelle live on Lombard street so we walked down the curvy part and them met up with Chris at his house. Jake and the boys went to the Oakland A's baseball game for Chris' bachelor party while Caroline and I met my cousin Elizabeth for dinner in her neighborhood, Haight Ashbury.

Saturday Jake had his hands full with best man duties so Caroline and I had a lazy morning and then met Gail for lunch by our hotel. The wedding was at 4:00pm and everything turned out beautiful. Here are some pictures from the night...

The flight home was awful. We were supposed to leave at 2:10 PST and there were 2 different things wrong with our plane so that delayed us leaving until 7:00. we got to Atlanta around 2:00am and then had to wait in line for our hotel voucher. We finally got to sleep around 3:30 and then had to get up and head to the airport at 6:30am for a 8:30am flight home.

It was a long weekend, but we had a ton of fun and can't wait to go back!