Lucky Acorns: Sleeping in the City of Angels

Just returned from our trip to L.A. Overall, the trip went well. Miles was a breeze to travel with - he slept through the plane rides and only fussed a little when he was hungry. He settled into the baby bjorn for the long haul through security and between gates. The only stress came from the amount of stuff we had with us. We LOVE our Peg-Perego "super-duper" stroller (even got compliments on it while traveling), but next time we'll be taking an umbrella stroller instead! David had to work everyday so Miles and I did little exploring during the day, but we were able to do some sight seeing in the evenings together as a family. The weather was rainy and cool with temps in the 5os. We still enjoyed it! All those Southern Californians are spoiled! The rain (more like drizzle) was the top news story the entire week we were there!

What David and I did in L.A.:

We went to Hollywood Blvd and visited the Kodak Theater and looked at the stars' names on the sidewalk. We ate at a hole-in-the-wall Mexican Restaurant - the kind with plastic chairs and a T.V. playing telenovelas in the corner. We were the only customers. One woman was taking orders, cooking and serving. Her 6 year old daughter was there coloring and playing. She befriended us and the baby. She pointed out the artwork that her mom had painted that was on the wall and mentioned that her dad was sleeping in their apartment upstairs. A little bit of Mexico right in the heart of Hollywood.

How appropriate!

We're introducing Miles to high fashion at an early age!

We were able to get together with a few of David's fraternity buds at a local restaurant for dinner one evening.

We also went to Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Venice Beach was nothing like what we imagined. Granted, we were there at night in the "winter" season while it was cloudy and rainy, but we didn't see anyone other than the homeless camped out in their tents on the beach and tenants of beachside condos driving around in their BMWs. It was an interesting place... Here's the fun part...with two days left of the trip we decided to move from our hotel outside L.A. to a different hotel in Anaheim, literally 3 blocks from Disneyland. David was visiting an office in Orange so this was more convenient for him (and more fun for me). We didn't actually go to Disneyland theme park (the weather was rainy and it was just Miles and I), but we walked around "Downtown Disney" and enjoyed the sights there. Here is Miles posing in front of a water feature at Disneyland Resort:

What Miles did during our trip:

Slept

Hmmm....slept (notice the touch of red in his hair!)

and let's see....SLEPT! (this last picture is Miles on the airplane)

Poor Miles slept through most of the interesting parts of the trip, saving his crying and fussing sessions for when we were cooped up in the hotel during the day.

The scenery:

L.A. does everything big and bright!

There was some type of citrus fruit tree outside of our hotel. I couldn't tell if it was an orange or lemon tree - too big to be lemons, too yellow to be oranges. I think it had been neglected. How amazing that fruit grows right outside your door without even tending to it! This poor little midwestern girl needs to get out more often!