The BIG 3-0!!!

In September I celebrated my 30th birthday in Cali!  Such a fabulous vacation it was and I am so fortunate to have been able to celebrate this big milestone birthday in such a memorable and relaxing way!  I did miss the little guy, and was a bit sad not to have his sweet kisses on my birthday, but we were able to Skype and received several sweet recorded video messages from him, so it was alright!

On our vacation, we visited San Francisco, Monterey, and Carmel... the weather was perfect, the sites were beautiful, and we thoroughly enjoyed the time together!  Here are a few pictures summarizing the highlights of our trip :)

 Wine & Cheese HH at the hotel on our first day

 The Inn at the Presidio!  We only stayed here our first night but it was our trip favorite.  If we make it back to SF, we will definitely stay here again!

 Our first day in Monterey: Our hotel is in the background... right on the water!

Saw so many of these sweet little sea otters + babies while kayaking

 Kayaking in Monterey- so much FUN!!!

An enormous colony of sea lions! What a bunch of funny (& noisy) creatures :)

My BIRTHDAY picture!  On the beach in Carmel By The Sea

 Troy climbing the rocky coastline of 17-mile drive.  The views along this stretch of road were just absolutely stunning!

We got a sweet rental car upgrade for my birthday :)

Lunch with amazing views at Nepenthe along Big Sur

One of the stops along the Big Sur- Bixby Bridge

Cable Car ride in San Fran

A blog post wouldn't be complete without at least one picture of sweet Ethan, so here it is!  After we got back from our trip we had a little garage sale in Dallas.  Ethan had fun rummaging through stuff, got some "new" toys from the neighboring garage sale, and enjoyed walking his dog!

Later this week, I hope to tackle his birthday, birthday party, and pumpkin patch festivities!  October was SO BUSY!!!  XOXO