Carmel

This weekend we took a little trip to Carmel. It was a lot colder than we anticipated, but other than that it was a lot of fun!

We walked around the pebble beach golf course for awhile

Here's Chase in front of the 18th...

Livia was a great sport, despite the cold wind. But she had this thing against sitting back in her stroller. I tipped it back to try to get her to relax, and this is what she did instead...

We made a brief stop at the beach...Playing with Livvy:

It was really quite beautiful...

We went on a hike in Point Lobos and watched this mother seal (or sea lion?) try to teach her pup how to get up on the rock. They tried over and over again for about 15 minutes. It reminded me of teaching Livia how to walk (which, by the way, she's doing like a pro now)

Happy girl!We let her get out of the stroller and walk for a little while, but it was so rocky I had to hold her hands so she didn't fall.

Look! A little rock! Where did I find it?In Livia's mouth, of course. Yum! (And here she is going for it again!)

I seriously thought this squirrel was going to attack me. It came running at me and only switched directions about 6 inches in front of my feet. Yikes!

On the 17-mile drive

When I looked at this picture of myself afterward, I commented to Chase that it looked like I had wings coming out of my head. He took one look at it and said, "Actually, you look like a puffin." And then I couldn't help but laugh, because it's true!

See? (Okay, so technically this is a tufted penguin, not puffin. But it's the same idea)

We watched the sunset from inside our car (like I said, it was freezing!) and then headed back home. Such a fun little trip!