Babymoon

Thanksgiving was great this year. P got thursday and friday off and my siblings who live close by had other plans for thursday (in-laws) so my mom decided to do thanksgiving dinner on wednesday night. It worked out great and the food was amazing! THanks MOM!

P and I decided to take a little trip...but not too far cause baby is 2 weeks away from his big debut. So on thursday morning we drove up to Ventura/Santa Barbara for a camping/slash surfing trip. Unfortunately there were NO waves but the weather was absolutely perfect and it was SO fun to have some alone time with my amazing husband before our new little family and life change.

As most of you might know already Pehrson's Dad was in the Air Force so growing up he moved around a lot! He never really stayed in one place for very long. He has memories all over but Ventura is where his mom's parents lived for years and it was a place that never moved. He has so many memories here and it was so fun to see a little bit more of Pehrson's childhood. I would love to someday see ALL the places he lived. Here is a picture of his grandparents old house...apparently it looks way different than it used to...but it was still fun to see. And the big dogs that used to scare P when he was little still lived next door.

Then we drove around the corner to this beautiful lake called...Lake Casitas. Had a picnic and took a nap.

After the lake we went back to the beach and he took out the soft top for some little waves at C-street before the sun set.

The sunset was breathtaking and the weather was perfect.

On thursday night we decided we would see what the big craze about black friday was all about. We both have never really experienced the madness of this shopping day. So we went to the Camarillo outlet stores around 11 am. And there were SO many people there already. They didn't open until 12 am but people were waiting. There were lines and lines outside of the stores and throughout the night the lines kept getting longer. It was crazy! There were definitely some good deals but i still just couldn't believe how many people were there to shop. We got back to our camp spot and fell asleep around 3. I surprisingly slept pretty good for being in our car on a twin mattress at 9 months pregnant. ha. We got up the next morning to another beautiful sunny day. We went down to the Santa Barbara board walk, took a shower on the beach (the water was freezing) then rented a surrey and a tandem bike for a couple hours.

We stopped off at this bird refuge pond and enjoyed the scenery.

We rode a tandem bike all around downtown Santa Barbara and looked at all the cute little shops. I loved it! It was such a cute town. And lets just say I got some pretty funny looks from people being so pregnant riding bikes all over town. One lady said to her daughter right in front of me, "I can't believe she is riding a bike pregnant" then proceeds to walk past and give me the stare. It was pretty classic. And maybe it was stupid of me, but I felt safe and the baby LOVED it...He told me!

It was sad to see the weekend end. But it was wonderful and I am so thankful for so many things in my life. Laughter being one of them. Pehrson always knows how to make me laugh and I really believe it soothes the soul. Thanks for such a wonderful weekend best friend!

Now the count down really begins...