Kenny in California

As you may know, we just spent Thanksgiving with my Dad and Step-Mom in California. This means that Kenny experienced his first plane rides, warm weather, and a visit to the Pacific Ocean in the last week. I was a little hyped about preparing for the trip and totally forgot my nice camera! So, here are some shots I grabbed on my phone. 

Here is Kenny at the MSP airport on the way out. In retrospect he was pretty much an angel on the getting-there part of the trip. In this photo he is sitting in a little lounge listening to a saxophone player playing Christmas tunes, while smiling and waving at him intermittently. Take my word, it was adorable. 

We got there and Kenny was thrilled to see Grandpa Dave, Grannie Annie, and *surprise* their two awesome dogs - Sadie and Tink (shown here).

The next day *another surprise* Auntie Andria showed up with cousins Nora, Soren, and Susanna!

We went and played at the park together.

Because I didn't bring my nice camera I didn't get hardly any pictures of all the people we visited with. I stole this shot from Andria to show the whole group. Here we went to get ice cream at this cute little shop in town. (See Kenny cheesin' for the camera? The whole family was impressed by his modeling aptitude)

One day of the trip Eric and I took Kenny to Long Beach to visit my old friend Stacey Atsaides, and her man Andy. This is where we got to see the beach and other "real" California scenes...

Kenny with a big old palm tree.

Kenny in the sand! In truth Kenny got really sick this day. He was miserable with his nose running and coughing up a storm, but he such a trooper, he took time to enjoy the beach anyway.

Stacey and Andy (cute couple!)

Daddy and Kenny on the beach

Stacey and Andy's awesome little house. It's very close to the beach and they spent the last year totally remodeling it. 

Back at home Kenny played in some boxes with Grannie Annie.

And he hung out with the unstoppable Great-Grandma Jo who flew all the way from Florida to be with us. 

Kenny with Grannie and Grandpa right before it was time to leave. See Kenny's shirt, it is 9am and he is already soaked in drool because he also started to get 3 molars at this time!! Right before our flight - and he was already sick with a bad bug!

Even though he feels terrible, Kenny always smiles for a camera!

We made it through an exhausting 4 hour flight from LA to Chicago only to find that we had missed our connecting flight to Minneapolis! Kenny was exhausted, felt terrible, and was coughing uncontrollably at some points, and we had to spend 4 hours in Chicago waiting for another flight. We didn't leave there until almost 11 pm. 

Baby boy finally konked out on the last leg home. We arrived home around 1 am to find that they had lost our bags! But no worries, we were home! Kenny has spent the last five days recovering from his sickness and he seems almost as good as new. What an adventure!