A Weekend in California with Aunt Adrienne

We had a fabulous weekend staying with our friend and Otto's Aunt Adrienne in San Fransisco. She even stocked her kitchen with all of Otto's favorites.

Otto loved imitating his Aunt Adrienne as they did some serious pucker practicing.



He especially loved early morning pajama time when he got to plan out the daily activities with Aunt Adrienne.

The first day they decided that we should go to Pt. Reyes National Seashore to see the elephant seals. So, we took a beautiful drive up the coast to the beach.

Once we got there there was plenty of time to explore the beach before we caught the shuttle bus which took us to where we could hike out and see the elephant seals. Otto loved squishing the sand between his fingers and picking up smooth rocks.

He loved strolling the beach and exploring. Notice he's walking now. Separation anxiety... never heard of it. Otto seems confident that someone who loves him will always be there.

From Otto's expression you can see his delight at such a beautiful place. We're very glad he's a nature boy!



So, here they are in all their glory...the stinky, loud elephant seals. We learned that they can dive up to 5,000 feet deep and stay underwater for up to 1 hour. They have arrived on the coast line to give birth, which we got to witness.

The second day we took a stroll along the coast just down the hill from Aunt Adrienne's house. Aunt Adrienne didn't join us for this one because she was running a 10 mile training run. You go girl!

After the run and stroll Aunt Adrienne took us to a beautiful market at the old ferry terminal on the waterfront. Here I'm introducing Otto to the most disgusting fungi on the planet. Some people refer to them as mushrooms, but they are just plain disgusting to me.


The weather all weekend was beautiful and we had a really fun vacation and visit! Thank you Adrienne for hosting us and our bobbling toddler all weekend!