Tahoe

Last weekend was our first official family trip. Our good friend JJ who we have known since high school, mom was getting married in Lake Tahoe. JJ and his wife Casey had a baby boy Jake on November 6th 2008, so he is only 6 weeks older than Jackson. This was going to be the first time that they have met. JJ is a Marine and is stationed in San Diego, so it's been a little challenging getting the babies together. This was also a special trip because he is being deployed October 1st for 12-14 months. It was a weekend of wedding fun, baby meeting and bonding time.

We left for Tahoe on Friday and went to a BBQ for all the out of town guest coming up early for the wedding. Jake and Jackson were so cute together.....Not quite sure what happened in the crying picture, but I love it!! The three of us headed back to the hotel around 8pm to get Jackson to sleep. This was the first time sleeping in the pack n play.....and it was a complete success! Nic got ready and left to meet the guys at the casino. I have to say it was quite boring being stuck in a hotel room with a sleeping baby at 8:30 on a Friday night! I caught up on some shows and went to bed......only to be awakened at a ridiculous hour by my DH (darling husband) because his room key didn't work, lol!










On Saturday we headed to Sprouts, one of our favorite little places to eat in Tahoe. We had two bowls of yummy Olympic oatmeal with granola, banana's and brown sugar with rice milk and a carrot, cucumber and apple juice. Nic was a little full from the Chicken fried steak he ate at 2 am but he took one for the team and ate again with me. Nic headed off the golf course while Jackson and I took a 2 hour walk around Tahoe. We had a great time, did some shopping, went to the Marina, went to the Lake and did a lot of people watching!! We picked up Nic, got lunch and had a picnic by the Lake.



We all enjoyed a nap and then got ready for the wedding. The wedding was held on a yacht....it was beautiful! We cruised the Lake and enjoyed the sunset over Emerald bay. It was a great time! After the shipped docked at 9pm we headed back to the hotel. Nic went out again while Jackson and I caught some zzz's at the hotel. The next morning we enjoyed a great brunch at Riva Grill.....one of my favorites! Then back to life.....back to reality! Luckily this trip was a great trial run for Disneyland in less than 3 weeks.....yippee!!!