go, san diego, go!

i had been both excited and dreading this trip for some time. excited because it's vacation! but dreading the plane ride with a rambunctious 2.5 yo AND being big and uncomfortable at 31w pregnant.

but the plane rides to california and maui actually were not bad. maddy did great, and i was fairly comfortable.

we arrived in san diego monday evening and went straight to the hotel to sleep.

tuesday we spent some time exploring the city and grabbing lunch at in & out.

then thach went to play golf at torrey pines, while maddy and i explored the hotel and had dinner with kristi and her baby, jaya.

wednesday was a fun, but exhausting day! we got to the zoo at 10am and stayed in the balboa park area until 5:30pm!!

all maddy talked about was how she wanted to see elephants, and how they were her favorite. but when we got to the elephant exhibit she was scared and wanted to leave! but as we were leaving the zoo, she insisted on taking a picture with this elephant.

we were able to get a great view of the baby panda bear, su linh. maddy also really liked the koalas, which we visited THREE times, just to try to catch one of them awake... FAIL!

her most favorite, though, was baby jaya! she just adored that sweet baby! who wouldn't? she's such a smiley baby. i don't believe kristi for a second when she says she can be a bad baby! i bet she's an angel all the time!

thursday was our last day in san diego and before we headed to the airport, we went to the la jolla beach area to hang out. we walked around the shops and attempted to sit on the beach for a bit, but maddy wouldn't have any of that.

other than the beach freakout, we had a great time in san diego. the weather was great, and it was good to see kristi and mitul and meet little jaya. and i don't know what it was about that city, but maddy ate like a champ there!