California Vacation

I know I haven't written in a while, but I just got back from vacation in California with Grammie and Grandpa and Boppy and Grandad. Daddy didn't have internet access for most of the trip, so my blog went unfilled for a while. But we're back home now and trying to catch up.

We flew to California on December 26th through Minneapolis, but got stuck in the airport for 7 hours! Ada probably knows that airport pretty well. Daddy splurged for day passes to the Northwest first class lounge, so at least we had free drinks!

We spent the first night with Boppy and Grandad, recovering from our travel ordeal. They have two wonderful dogs: Schatzi and Emma. Emma is really funny and makes me laugh! Then we went to Grammie and Grandpa Chang in Palm Springs. They have two wonderful dogs, too: Kiera and Camryn. I knew Camryn from her visits to Iowa, but Kiera was really cool, too. They both make me laugh, even when I was tired and grumpy! Grammie read me a great story about a westie named Fergus that gets in lots of trouble, just like sister Skye. I reacted to the illustrated dog in the book with the same giggle that I do when I see a live dog. That means I can really recognize representative drawings- I can now translate 2-dimensional images to 3-dimensional objects! What a huge developmental step!

I also got to meet Uncle Darryl, who also lives in the desert. We all went out to dinner at a really cool Mexican place, Las Casuelas, which is one of daddy's favorite restaurants. We met up with mommy's former roomate and maid of honor, Dr. Karen. We had lunch at Olive Garden with Dr Karen and her son, Troy. It was a very friendly restaurant that appreciated having little children around- that's a good thing.

We finally left the desert to go back to Pasadena in time for the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl. See the next blog for that story!