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DaddyO and I have been talking about going out of town for a weekend so we loaded up the car Friday afternoon and headed north. As luck had it, Rosie's great uncle and aunt in San Rafael were available so we met up with them for the evening. It was so amazing to see Rosie go straight into Tio- and Tia-Avo's arms. It was kisses for Tio and then snuggles in Tia's arms (thought she would fall asleep there!). Rosie relaxed while we were treated to a delicious dinner at Il Davide's, where Tio and Tia are familiar faces. Then we headed back to their home where they were gracious enough to let us spend the night. We had a great time talking into the night and then continuing in the morning. Rosie made herself at home and chased after the dogs. We really enjoyed our time catching up.


From Tio and Tia's place we headed back to downtown San Rafael for an Arizmendi's bakery breakfast. We then organized impromptu meetup #2 with my good friend and former coworker R in Fairfax. We went for a nice walk and met the new baby (though not a little baby anymore).





The unfortunate part was the car getting swiped by a van. But damage was manageable so, a headache for another day. Lunch was at the Hummingbird Cafe where we enjoyed southern faire of chicken n waffles and fried green tomato BLT. Tasty!

On the road again. We just went with the flow and the flow directed us to the Point Reyes lighthouse, aka the edge of the earth (forgot how far out that lighthouse is!). It was quite windy but the air was fresh and the lapping ocean waves soothing.

Rosie learned a new word: fog



The decent to the lighthouse:


330-something steps!:



Taking cover...windy!:


Blown away by the gorgeous view:


So much fog that it collects on the branches and drops, making it feel like rain:


Lighthouse was pretty exhausting so Rosie took a second nap. Thank goodness she transfers easily into the stroller, otherwise we'd be stuck in the car. While Rosie napped we walked around Point Reyes Station. For dinner we headed further up north in a search for oysters and found them, along with Rosie-approved crab Mac n cheese, at a restaurant by the water called Nick's.

Our last stop was through Petaluma in an attempt to delay Rosie's bedtime. With the sun going down earlier Rosie's been getting sleepier earlier, which means waking up earlier so we wanted to push sleepy time forward a bit. We stopped by a Powell's for a dessert for me and then to get frozen yogurt for DaddyO and Rosie. "The Moyo eat the Moyo want":


The drive home went by quickly and now Rosie is asleep in the crib (after a little bit of coaxing).

Just what we the doctor ordered: a healthy dose of spontaneity!


p.s. New recurring joke: pretending to sleep and Rosie yelling "Yake up!"