Maycee's first trip to the beach!

We just got back from San Diego. And I'm asking myself why we live here in Mesa? It was so fun to enjoy the fresh ocean air and spend time away from reality. I am so glad we could bring Maycee along with us on our trip. It was a debate considering she was sick. But it was worth having her considering she LOVED the ocean. Shanna, Mark, and Nixen were with us, too, and that was fun having more people than just us three. We got home late last night and are feeling exhausted today. Maycee has been napping for the last 3 hours. I'm anticipating her waking any moment. I want to post this before the opportunity passes. School starts back up on Monday, along with our crazy lives. Did I mention, we are past the half-way mark of the semester and I will be finally doing hands-on clinicals? I'm really excited to start patient contact. Anyway....Shem and I both have enjoyed the break and will continue to enjoy it until Sunday at midnight.

Maycee was a good girl for most of the trip. Naps were off schedule and eating habits were horrible. She's still alive though, and that's what we're thankful for! She recovered quickly from the flu and has been a happy girl since. Unfortunately, I didn't get a ton of pictures. Just a few here and there. It was hard to be a mommy and photographer at the same time. All I can say is I love being a mommy and being with Maycee is my favorite thing to do! Shem and I love her to death!! :) Enjoy the pics!

Where we stayed: San Diego Mission Valley Worldmark (timeshare)

The view that we waited three hours for...long story...
But hey, I can't complain about a great price in a fun city!

We ate at Hash House. This is our tradition every time we visit! Everyone loved it. How couldn't we? It's the best breakfast place ever! Maycee and Shem walking. She's getting so good!

On the way to the beach..she fell asleep in minutes! Getting her beauty sleep, ready to play!

We went to Imperial Beach!

When we got to the beach, we took Maycee up to the shore and she loved the water rushing back and forth. It is was SO cute. And then she discovered the sand. I gave up chasing her and let her explore around. We discovered that she liked sand. She kept eating it and eating it. We were laughing so hard I could barely get any pictures! The next day, each poopy diaper had a bunch of sand in it. So glad she didn't get sick!

Nixen got buried in the sand!!
My two favorite people!

We hung out at Mission Beach and rented bikes. The kids were too cute sitting next to each other. It was fun to ride bikes along the boardwalk! Beach cruisers are the greatest!

Getting ready for our trip

Maycee came down with the flu this week. We've never seen her so sick. The poor thing was throwing up and sleeping tons. Let me add, she slept a ton, but not like we would have liked her to...up for two hours in the middle of the night crying. :( I hate not being able to take her pain away. She is such a happy, chipper little thing all of the time. Today we have been packing to go to San Diego. We weren't going to go until we saw improvement in her health and today she seems much better. Her fever went away yesterday mid-day. Although, her temp began rising again today so I immediately gave her some tylenol to reduce it. So far it's working. We are so excited to take Maycee to SD with us. It's going to be her first trip to the beach! We are watching her closely and have confidence she will be just fine for the trip...so don't go thinking we're practicing back parenting. Right now as I type, she's resting her little head on my chest...aw, she is so cute when she is sick. I took some pictures of her because she was acting hilarious earlier today. By the way, she is almost walking! She walks perfectly if she's holding someones hand. And last weekend she took her first steps without any help! Hopefully she'll be walking this coming week as she begins feeling a hundred percent better! Time flies, I say it over and over because I can't believe the little Maycee I'm looking at is already 13 months old.