Our Last Days In LA

This was our last day in LA.  I was ready to go home by now but Pops planned a trip to Huntington Beach which was a lot of fun.  It was just gorgeous there.  Here Pops is explaining that each night the beach closes at 10 and these big machines come through and rake the beach.  This is explains why it was flawless!  Not a rock, pebble, piece of trash on it.  

We saw this large group of junior age kids with red caps and swim suits.  My mind went immediately to Bay Watch but it wasn't, few!  Pops asked the life guard and he says its like a summer fitness camp and 80% of them don't become lifeguards but some do.  They sure were working hard!

Then after some play time we ate lunch on the beach.  I love how they served everything in these boxes so you can just take it to any where on the beach and eat.  Yum!  

Then Pops wanted to rent a bike, I guess that's what you'd call it.

We had fun driving up and down the walkway.  It was fun to look at the ocean and people.  Hudson was getting a bit tired so we quit a bit early.  He went down really late for his nap but it ended up working out really well because we had 7:45pm reservations for The Rainforest Cafe.  We were hoping to make it because we tried the night before but the wait was too long.  

My parents headed to see Joe before the traffic and we opted to have a family evening and let our boy get a good nap for his flight the next day.  Well, he woke up around 6:30 and we were off on our own to Downtown Disney.  I love how you can shop, eat, and watch entertainment without going into the park.  We rode the ART, Anaheim Resort Transportation.  It was a fun bus experience!  We came to our destination and Hudson was ecstatic!

He loved showing his bearies the aquarium!  We were lucky and had seats upstairs near the elephants, probably one of the best seats in the house!  The elephants come "to life" every so often with movements and sounds.  We were also near another huge aquarium and some Gorillas.  My favorite part were the thunderstorms.  The whole place would darken and a storm would come through with thunder, lightening, and rain/mist.  It was so cool!  We had a great family dinner.

The next day we moseyed around the hotel room and Hudson got an early nap.  When he woke up we were off on our last airplane ride(s) home!  Hudson was entertained again with his suitcase:).

The flights were great but we were ready to be home.  Hudson was a great trooper and got to watch a little Curious George on the way home for lack of entertainment sake from mommy and daddy:).  

The best part was when we got home, Hudson was so excited!  It was time to head to bed and I offered his old room (with his crib converted) even though I didn't want him to sleep there b/c I was worried he would never move into his new room, but he said "I want to sleep in my new room!"  And he did!  He was so excited to be in his new room and hasn't looked back since!  Thank you Disneyland bunk beds for transitioning my boy into his new room!

Good night sweet boy!  

You were such a delight the ENTIRE trip, we'll just have to go back:).