California --- DAY One

That's right.... we are in San Francisco, CA. Evan, Dan and myself opted for a little luxury at no extra costs... and we flew a direct flight out of JFK on Virgin America. It's a great airline... and not that expensive... it is actually the lowest priced fare from JFK... How did everyone survive the 6 hour flight. Well, Evan was on antibiotics for mild ear infection (he started his course a week ago) and Dan started his course of antibiotics for his ear infection several days ago!! So needless to say we knew it could end up being difficult.

But it wasn't the bad. Evan was relatively well... he had moments in which the surrounding passengers dreaded having Evan sit near them... But that was only moments. Evan had no problem with his ears on take off or landing. Unfortunately, Dan wasn't as lucky. His meds weren't kicking in and Evan's antics kept Dan up most of the flight.

We did come prepared to entertain Evan. He got his own set of 'noise cancelling headphones. And it was totally worth the money. He'd only keep it on for a minute or less but loved the idea of sound coming out of them and putting them on and taking them off his head.Evan did get over an hour of sleep as did Dan and myself. It wasn't enough to make up for the lack of sleep during the week and the night before, but at least we got some rest.

My cousin Tony meet us at the airport and we got our first taste of CALIFORNIA!!! He lives in Livermore, CA. Ever been? Probably not. It's a cute up and coming town east of Oakland and in wine country.

It turned out to be a hot day. So Tony opened up his hot tub and Evan had quite a frolic.
And he did love it... he loves slipping and sliding away!! He wasn't scared at all when he "dipped" into the seats of the tub. But Evan enjoyed splashing around and cooling off.

To finish settling in... we made a required trip to "Thar-jae"(aka Target). It was nice to have those things that didn't fit in the suitcase like diapers and wipes for the week!! And of course we had to buy a ball for Evan to play with while out here.

We also got to stroll down the revitalized area of Livermore. It's like the center of town with little quaint shops and restaurants/bars and a nice green and memorial to victims of Sept. 11, 2001.
As we retired for the night at 10:00, our bodies hadn't adjusted to Pacific Time zone... so what would the morning bring... what time would Evan wake up?