carmel, ca

we decided to take a road trip up to carmel, ca to visit zhara who was there nannying for a couple of weeks. we left a little before 9am on thursday morning and arrived at 4:30pm. thea was a little angel in the car both there and back. we stopped so that i could feed her once each way and then i gave her a bottle the other times.

it was so nice to take a trip, made us feel like our lives were at least somewhat recognizable to what they were before thea arrived. except that it took us more than a couple hours to pack all the crap one needs when traveling with a two month old: stroller, diapers, wipes, clothes, hundreds of bibs and burp cloths, moses basket, blankets, car seat, breast pump and supplies, etc etc etc.

we had beautiful weather and even took thea to the beach where she and i laid in the shade while zack surfed. she somehow managed to poop all over the towel in the short time we were there.

i didn't take as many photos as i should have but here a few....

roadside diaper change pit stop:



miller 15, our cottage:







zhara and thea: