Vacation Time! (part 2)

On Sunday we went to the San Diego Zoo. It had been a couple of months since we had been to the Phoenix Zoo, so we were curious to see how much more aware of the animals Zach would be. It turned out he was really interested in all of the animals!

From Zach 2009 July (includes San Diego)

He was pretty excited by the first group of monkies we saw (wonder where he got that from Mommy?). He was watching them jump and play, and he was fascinated when he dropped his sippy cup and one of the monkies came over thinking he dropped food. He was really excited to see the monkey so close-up!

From Zach 2009 July (includes San Diego)

We went through a good part of the zoo checking out some more monkies and gorillas, the hippos, and the pandas before Zach was ready for a nap. So we found a place to chill for a while and had a snack. Usually we go through the zoo without really taking a break, so it was nice to just relax for a while. After Zach woke up and had some lunch, we headed off to check out the polar bears, lions, elephants, etc. He was pretty excited watching the giraffes too. He watched them for a long time. We were at the zoo for several hours, but he was still in a great mood when we were ready to leave.

From Zach 2009 July (includes San Diego)

And he may have gotten a couple of new stuffed animals while we were there.... :)

The next day, our last full day on the road, was Mommy and Daddy's day. We headed up to Temecula to visit some wineries. Unfortunately Christine caught a little of what Zach had before we left and wasn't feeling too hot. So we just hit one winery before heading to the restaurant at Ponte Winery, where we are members of the wine club. We had a pretty good meal, including Zach, who got his first kid's meal ordered for him! Yum, buttered noodles!

From Zach 2009 July (includes San Diego)

Ponte has a nice area around their restaurant with a fountain and some grass, so we thought we'd hang out and let Zach play in the grass some. Turns out he's a little desert baby. He was not a fan of the grass!

From Zach 2009 July (includes San Diego)

Once Christine picked him up though, he was fine.

Unfortunately we had to head back to the real world, so Tuesday morning we headed home. When we left the San Diego area it was 64 degress. By the time we got home it was 114 degrees! We picked up 50 degrees in 6 hours... :P And we wonder why we saw so many Arizona license plates over there!

All in all we had a great time on our first family vacation!