Liam's Big Adventure

This week Mark left for San Diego to attend a four-day long conference for work. Since he was going to have a really nice hotel room right in downtown San Diego, Liam and I went down a day later to join him while my mom came down and stayed with Mattie and Ella. But since most of the pictures are of Liam, I'm calling this his "big adventure" :) Even in the few days we were there, we couldn't do everything. So, we just stayed close to the hotel because there was so much to do just within walking distance.

From the very beginning, Liam was enthralled with all the new sights. The airport, the shuttle, the hotel and then all the things we saw as we pushed him along in the stroller. He loved it and, as always, was happy to just look around and take everything in. Here is a picture of the hotel as Liam and I went out one day to walk down to the U.S.S. Midway aircraft carrier musuem. We were right there on the very end on the 19th floor with a gorgeous view of the bay, the ocean, and Coronado Island.

We walked about 1/2 mile down the boardwalk to the Midway and toured the inside and the flight deck. It was amazing and Liam had a great time looking at all the planes. Here's a picture of Liam sitting in an old ejection seat. In the next picture, I asked someone to take a picture of Liam and me both standing in front of an old plane up on the flight deck.

In the evenings, Mark came with us to tour the famous Gaslamp Quarter just two blocks away; we took the trolley to the other side of downtown and walked around Old Town San Diego; and our favorite place was Seaport Village made up of waterfront restaurants and little shops that was busy late into the evening and was just along the boardwalk behind the hotel.
Whew! We had a great time and hope to go back next time with the girls, too, and do everything else we didn't get a chance to this time.