Malia's 1st Road Trip-San Diego, Day 1

We left our home at 8:30am on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 and headed to San Diego for 5 days. Malia's 1st road trip...so exciting! We crossed our fingers hoping Malia would do well in the car..seeing that she would be sitting in her car seat for at least 7 hours. Malia took her typical 2 naps in the car, but for only 1hr the 1st nap and 1/2hr the 2nd nap. Even though Malia didn't nap long she wasn't crabby or fussy. We kept her busy with her music and toys...oh and course her favorite Cherrios!

It took about 8hrs to get to San Diego after taking 4 breaks-3 consisted of potty breaks, stretching, diaper changes, filling up our gas tank and the 4th was to eat brunch. We arrived in San Diego at 5:30pm..we stayed at the newly opened Courtyard Marriott (CM). It was actually very nice..better than we expected. This CM in Mission Valley is not like any other CM...the decor was so contemporary. Not only was our hotel nice it was situated in a very convenient area. Fashion Valley Mall and RiverWalk Golf Course was across the street, 2-3 other malls were within 15minutes and Daniel's family and friends were all within 15minutes as well...but as Daniel would say "San Diego is very compact".

After settling in our hotel, we headed over to Trophy's Sports Bar & Restaurant to eat dinner. After dinner, Malia met Auntie Christina and Uncle Erick for the first time. Uncle Jeremiah and Josh were out recording, so Malia did not get to meet them. Malia enjoyed meeting and spending time with her Auntie and Uncle. Malia especially loved climbing their stairs...up and down..up and down. Malia's getting really good at climbing stairs. We stayed at Christina and Erick's for about 1 1/2hrs and then headed back to the hotel...and conked out!! So that was Day 1....stay tuned for Day 2.