Wine Country

Last Thursday we were on our way to the airport yet again. This time we were heading to California wine country for Blake and Emily's wedding (hang with me for a second, Emily is Annie's husband Nick's little sister, so she is sort of family...in a very extended sort of way). We were so excited to be invited to share in the festivities and were stoked to be heading to California for their special day.

As usual, Cameron stayed awake for the entire flight...until about 5 minutes until we touched down in San Francisco. I don't really get why she does that. She is normally exhausted when we're flying, but for some reason she gets super amped up until the last few minutes of the flight.

When we landed at the San Francisco airport, Cameron, Mimi, Uncle Ross and I hung out at the baggage claim while Papa and Daddy went to pick up the rental cars. The baggage claim was deserted, so Cameron had a blast running around being goofy. She kept trying to jump, which was awesome because she can't quite manage to get any air yet. ;)

 Checking out the airplane

 Cheese!

 "Where is Daddy?"

 Taking a little break from all the "jumping"

 High-five!

 "Hello, can I help you?"

"Well, let me just tell you how it is Mr. whoever you are!"

We drove over the Golden Gate Bridge on our way out of the city. It was a little foggy, but we could still see the bridge, most of it at least. (Cameron didn't see any of it because, of course, she was out cold in her car seat.)

 Ryan was stoked to be crossing the bridge

Friday, we enjoyed lunch at In-N-Out Burger and then headed over to the pool at Nick and Annie's hotel. Cameron made instant friends with Nick's cousins Anna and Emma. They were AWESOME at keeping Cameron and Cole entertained during the trip.

Saturday we decided to do as the winos do and go wine tasting, (although I didn't really do much tasting seeing as baby isn't a huge fan of wine. :)) Instead I got to hang out with Cole and Cameron, which is always entertaining. Plus, the wineries are beautiful, so it was a lot of fun to just get to see them. We went two different places, Simi and then Coppola. Simi was a little bit smaller winery, but Coppola was huge and had a pool, restaurants and lots of fun things to look at.

 Cameron hanging out in her blue stroller in the winery gift shop.

 She is totally obsessed with this stroller.

 Wine and cheese ain't got nothing on juice and cheerios...just ask these two!

 The boys tasting at the first winery, Simi

 Checking out the creek behind the Simi tasting room.

 Uncle Nick and Cameron outside of the Coppola winery.

Big hug! They are so sweet.  

Saturday night there was a welcome dinner for all of the wedding guests. Cameron, of course, found Anna and Emma right away.

 Anna, Cameron and Emma

 Annie and Miss Finley

 The girls...Cameron was way to busy to join us for this Kodak moment.

Cameron practicing her big sister skills

The wedding was Sunday at Paradise Ridge Winery. The setting was beautiful, the ceremony was beautiful, the bride was beautiful...the whole thing was just perfect. Cameron did great during the ceremony and we all had a blast at the reception.

 Dennis and Emily

 Nick did a reading during the ceremony

 Cameron was really good during the ceremony...yay!

 Nick and Finley

A natural dad, look at how well Uncle Nick is multitasking!

Isn't this a beautiful setting? (And two beautiful people too of course!)

 Ryan and Cameron during the father-daughter dance.

 Cameron, Emma and Anna on the dance floor

 Uncle Ross and Cameron

  Cameron even participated in the bouquet toss!

Monday, we visited a few more wineries. My favorite was Kendall-Jackson. They had a beautiful garden area out front. 

 Making a few calls before heading out

 Cole and a ginormous wine bottle

 This gate kept them occupied for a LONG time!

 Running around with Uncle Nick at Kendall-Jackson

 Waiting while Papa, Mimi and Daddy finished up with the wine tasting

Tuesday we headed back to San Francisco so we could catch our flight. Yes, you can go ahead and call me mom-of-the-year...my child is chowing on fruit loops and drinking juice. Talk about a sugar overload. (But strangely enough it didn't make her conk out. She was awake the whole flight until the last 5 minutes...AGAIN!)

Our trip was so much fun. We always love hanging out with Nick, Annie, Cole and Finley and it was so much fun to see the rest of Nick's family. I just can't believe the trip is already over. When we were planning this trip I kept thinking, "that's right before the baby comes" and now it's over. I guess that means we better get our act together and get prepped for baby!