San Francisco April 12-17

Fantastic five days in San Francisco, CA (April 12-17)! Thanks to Melissa, Veda, Lila and Mo for hosting us and allowing us to crash at their place, they made our stay so welcoming and enjoyable, and certainly a home away from home, so BIG THANKS to them! I'll list some of the daily highlights below, but overall it was a great first trip for Elsie, she was a breeze to fly with, praise the sun! And there was so many fun things to do and see in San Fran, certainly more to do when we go back!

The last time Spencer and I visited was in 2013, right before our trip to Hawaii. Spencer was working at Enterprise, I was a grad student at Boston College, we were living in Chelsea, MA and enjoying our busy 20s. Certainly a different time for us both!

My parents joined us for all of our trip, then stayed in CA several more days to drive the Highway 1 and see the Los Angeles area. And Spencer's mom flew out for a couple of days, which was soooo awesome! She and I were pretty sick most of the trip, unfortunately, but that didn't hold us back!

Friday, April 12

• Baby's first flight, take off 3:37 pm and land 3 hrs 45 min later (ahead of schedule). She had a crazy fun time just running around the airport, making friends, jumping, spinning, up and down ramp, good to tire out before flight because no kids play area. Dad ran all around with her and every so often she would run back to me for high 5.
• First flight with Elsie not as bad as Spencer thought, as bad as I thought. She was full of energy, didnt want to sit and didn't care as much about watching Daniel or Elmo as Spencer and I hoped. Probably just excited for her first flight. She didn't sleep much until 10 min before landing, so she must have tired herself out or it was basically about bedtime at that point.
• We were seated together in a 2x2 plane, which worked out great with no extra person in our seats. We were in the last possible row, so she could stand and go in back if she wanted. She got a kick out of kicking the seat in front of her, unfortunately, and it became a terrible game for us to try to stop her :(
• Mom and Dad rented a van and picked us up from the airport and we all made the trek over to Melissa's house (30 min drive). Was a really chill night with a super late bedtime for everyone, even with the 2 hour time change.