A 1000 things... +2: San Diego vacation

We had loads of fun!! First, we got to hang out with friends and family. That alone makes for a great time!

Second, we got to add 21 bird species to our list. That's right, 21!! Very exciting! (I know you're all very impressed and jealous...)

We had a great weekend with our friends Dave and Caroline, and Kristen and Mark. We went to LA and shared a wonderful afternoon with Dave's parents, Perry and Betsy (who are awesome!), and Eli and Alice (Dave and Caroline's adorable kids). We also walked to the beach to get our feet in the Pacific Ocean. Ok, the guys got all the way in and wrestled with the waves, we girls just waved to them while watching Eli play with sand.

We also had a great day at the Del Mar race track (though we all left with emptier pockets...). The guys got to play golf on Monday morning at Carmel Mountain Ranch, and had a great time (Josh is the one with details here), while supermom Caroline kindly helped me get a better a idea of what Lovebug will need (Thanks, Caroline!!).

Caroline and Dave had to go back to LA, but Kristen, Mark, Bari and Rob went with us to a Padres baseball game. I'm not by any stretch of the imagination a baseball fan, I don't really have any interest. But I must admit I had a great time! And the Padres won!! Grandma Debbie said Lovebug was good luck... I'd like to think so!

We also got to see San Diego Bay close and personal on a tour with Grandpa Chuck:

And we got to see the entire Zoo!! The San Diego Zoo is huge!! Luckily, we have memberships and we divided the walk in 3 visits. I was beat after each, but happy as a clam!! It's totally worth it!! A few pics:

Gotta love pink birds!! And no bird is pinker than the flamingo! Awesome feathers!

Otters just make me jealous! That's the life!

We got to see 2 pandas! One of their female pandas recently had a cub, and they'll be in hiding for a few weeks. These pandas are awesome!

This polar bear looks so freaking comfortable, I just want to cuddle with him! That would be too dangerous, though...

Riding the Skyfari (which, incidentally, is free with your membership!)

Awwww, we're so cute!!

This is on the entrance to Elephant Odissey. I would recommend it if you have the chance to go, it's awesome! It's a comparison of the mega fauna that used to live in California and the fauna of today.