Epic Road Trip

We finally did it!! An epic road trip! We knew we wanted to go sometime before the summer and figured it would be a great time to take advantage of Trev's spring break. We ended up getting 30 mpg for the 2271 miles we traveled. Go Subaru! We couldn't have asked for a better turn out and it was such an exciting experience for all of us. 

McCoy did pretty well in the car. He had a few rough hours when he wasn't feeling well and threw up in the car but it did get better. Here are some fun pictures of the drive and him using the passenger seat as a foot rest. Having a forward facing car seat makes the world of a difference (minus the head bobble thing but as you can see in the proceeding picture, we took care of that problem.)

 Eating some Pringles....yumm. 

Finally some shut eye. 

1st stop...Grandma's and Grandpa's.

We drove 4 hours to St. George, UT and my grandparents were sweet enough to let us stay with them that night. McCoy wasn't feeling well and sadly threw up that night :(. We debated continuing our road trip since no one ever likes to be traveling while they don't feel well. We're glad we did continue it though because this is a trip we hope we'll never forget. 
McCoy found this little antique miniature bike that had wheels of his dreams. He spun the wheels on that thing for about an hour straight. Like I mentioned above, McCoy wasn't feeling well so anything to occupy him and keep him distracted from being sick was fabulous! McCoy played outside with grandpa too and he loved it. The whether there was perfect for playing outside. Not too hot, not too cold. Grandma and Grandpa were such great hosts and made us feel so welcome. We even stayed up until 12:30 that night playing "Phase-10" with grandma. It was a blast and Trevor loved learning a new game since he'd never played it before. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!!

Here you can see that he really didn't feel well. He was so sleepy by this point. Poor guy. 

Our travels then lead us through St. George and to Los Angeles, CA as our second stop and we stayed with Trevor's grandma this time. Trev's grandma has lived in the same home for as long as Trevor can remember and he said it was a lot of fun to recall and tell about some of his childhood memories there. She owns a beautiful property with beautiful and delicious fruit trees, mostly consisting of orange trees. When you walked outside you could instantly smell them. I could see why Trevor was so fond of this place. It was beautiful. Every kids dream. It had a pool, basketball court and all the sweets from fruit a kid could want. It was great. I didn't take any pictures of it and we're kicking ourselves because I would love to show you what we enjoyed. 

McCoy stayed in the "Office" and in that same room were two big drawers full of toys that even Trevor remembers playing with. McCoy had a blast. 

 In the morning McCoy was finally feeling a little better and had gone some time with out throwing up. Here he is sitting at grandma's table waiting "patiently" for his oatmeal.

 Don't ask me what he's doing here. He's always had this weird obsession with looking up at things. I'm pretty sure he was trying to get the light fixture hanging from the sealing. Funny Boy. 
Here's a video of aunt Diane blowing some bubbles for McCoy. His reactions are priceless and Trev always gets the perfect shots. (Link Below)
Bubbles

While we were in L.A. we visited the L.A. Zoo. McCoy didn't enjoy the animals quite as much as I thought he would. We forgot only one thing on our trip and that was our umbrella stroller. We searched thrift stores everywhere but had no luck finding one. Finally when we were doing laundry in grandma's pool house, we found a really old but still usable stroller that I'm pretty sure Trevor used when he was McCoy's age. We're glad grandma still had it. But let me tell you, he sure did love pushing the stroller around. Actually he loved that more than anything else. Having a little boy push a stroller blindly down a walk way in a zoo with about 50 other people already walking there, isn't the most ideal for a parent. But hey, it kept him happy so we had fun. 

This bird totally looks like the bird from "UP". 

 These gorillas were so funny. They were all so lazy. 

 So were the zebras. 

 Look how nasty this guy is. It makes me sick every time I look at it. He even had a horn sticking straight out of top of his mouth...so nasty. 

 The giraffes were definitely our favorite of the whole zoo. They were so beautiful and I couldn't believe how big they were. Such an amazing animal to see. (Link Below)
Giraffes at LA Zoo

 McCoy's definitely my little "momma's boy". Here he is reaching for me while I take photos of how silly and dramatic he's being...couldn't help it:). 

Trevor's best friend Tom Leach lives in L.A. as well, which is pretty much the entire reason we stopped in L.A. to begin with. Tom and Trev grew up right next door to each other. They have so many memories together and I had only met Tom one other time a few years ago. It was great to see him and his girlfriend, Lauren. On Friday, Tom treated us to a very nice dinner at the VIP lounge above "The House Of Blues" club on Sunset strip. It was great to get out as adults while Trev's wonderful aunt Diane took care of McCoy. After dinner we got the chance to have a tour of down town L.A. which included Beverly Hills, Bel Air and UCLA campus, courtesy of Tom and his sick new 2011 Acura TL. It was beautiful and also great to see Tom's neck of the woods.


The next day we also had the pleasure of going to "Pann's", a breakfast restaurant with Tom. It was delicious. 

After Pann's, we met up with Lauren and got to go visit the Santa Monica Pier. Tom used his great skills playing the "carney" games and won McCoy the cutest little frog. The first thing that McCoy did was give it a big kiss and a hug. I think Tom really liked McCoy and I'm pretty sure McCoy liked him back once he knew he could get toys from him:) Lauren for sure was McCoy's favorite. When McCoy and Lauren met for the first time, the first thing that McCoy did was softly pet her cheek while just staring at her. It was adorable. 


Just off the Pier there was of course the beach. McCoy could live there. It was so great to see him so happy and entertained. He LOVED the sand. It was way too cold to go in the water.  Up until that point of him discovering the sand, we were convinced that water was the only thing that could make McCoy happy no matter what. But now we know better. He had sand in every place imaginable. He loved it and we all sat on a blanket and watched the entertainment.  

Thanks for the great weekend Tom and Lauren!


Our next stop was the bay area about a six hour drive to visit Nicole and Trevor's friends Owen and Alyssa. Nicole took us out for dinner and then to taste some amazing frozen yogurt. Thanks Nic! Here's a video of McCoy at the restaurant. (Link Below) 
McCoy and the salt shaker


We stayed the night at Owen and Alyssa's. They were great hosts as well! We stayed up talking and watching a few of our favorite TV shows. They have a cute little dog named Jax and McCoy had a blast playing with him. They're a good fetch team. Alyssa even made us some the most delicious biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Thanks you two!!


Lastly, it was off to Grandpa and G.K.'s house (Trev's dad, Keith and his wife Kim) in Folsom, CA. Kim's daughter Sophia was so sweet with McCoy. McCoy always enjoys playing with younger and smaller people like him but for some reason he's very fond of little girls including my little sister Jill and Sophia. They had so much fun together and Sophia was so good to let McCoy play with all her little toys. One toy in specific was a pink stroller just McCoy's size. He loved that thing and played with it practically the whole time. Here's a video of him playing with it outside grandpa's house. (Links Below)
Enjoying the outdoors with his stroller
McCoy's play stroller


The last night of our trip, Keith took us to a great LADY GAGA concert. Linda Leach, Tom's mother, was so sweet to watch McCoy for that night while we once again had the chance to be out as adults. McCoy and Linda had such a fun time. McCoy came home with two little animals from carnival games from when Tom was a kid. I told you, Tom loves those carnival games. It was so cute and Linda said that McCoy was such a good baby boy, thankfully :).


The concert was probably one of the best and most entertaining concerts I've ever been too. She was a great performer and the crowd was very entertaining. There were tons of people dressed up as her, some you couldn't tell if they were male or female. It made for a fun and interesting night as you could imagine. It was very fun to get a taste of what Lady GAGA's world is like as the "Mother Monster" and her fans as her "little monsters," as she calls them. Very memorable! Thanks Keith and Kim!! 


We almost didn't bring McCoy on the road trip and even had the courtesy of Traci to watch McCoy. We decided a few days before that we had some attachment problems...ok, ok, it wasn't McCoy, It was me. I couldn't stand thinking about leaving him for 9 whole days. I'm glad we made the decision to bring him along. It wouldn't have been the same without him and he made the trip that much better. It was our first official Wood family road trip and it couldn't have been any better. 


Thanks again to all of those who generously helped us with beds to sleeps in, meals, fun entertainment and even some of the best baby sitters we could have ever asked for. We couldn't have had such a great trip without you all!