Staycation Day 1

On Saturday May 25th, we left for our Anniversary Staycation. We didn't have anyone to watch Hudson, so our romantic weekend getaway turned into a fun family trip. We left right at Hudson's nap time so he could sleep in the car. When he woke up, we decided it was time for lunch, so we grabbed a bite to eat at Fashion Island. 

Then we did some shopping and grabbed vegan cupcakes at Sprinkles for dessert.

Next we drove down to Dana Point to visit Papa and take Hudson to the beach. Hudson was so cute with Papa. He gave him kisses and sat in his lap staring up at him in admiration. It was so special! 

Hudson also liked the beach! He was not fond of the sand at first, and kept squishing his toes in while making a scrunched up face. Then he seemed to kind of like it and took off walking towards the water. The water was pretty cold and the smarty pants lifted his legs up avoiding the wave and letting me get all wet in my jeans. :) 

From there, we went back to the Ritz Carlton, where we got married 5 years earlier. It was so fun to walk around and reminisce. We even got to go in the ballroom and I danced in the exact spot Nic and I had our first dance with my new little man, Hud. 

We went to one of my favorite restaurants in Huntington Beach, Sushi on Fire, for dinner. It was so delicious! On top of the amazing food, Hudson was so well behaved!

After dinner, we went to check into our hotel. The girl checking us in was acting all weird and excused herself to get something. I thought Nic had maybe arranged some sort of gift or surprise, but when she came back with a Manager I was a bit suspicious. Nic was worried they had cancelled our reservation, and I thought they were going to offer us something. It turned out that the entire hotel was booked because it was Memorial Day weekend. Since we had a Hyatt membership and we were celebrating a special occassion they had selected us to upgrade to one of their Presidential Suites! 

Here is a site that has some pictures and information on the suite! It was amazing! We had been nervous about having to stay in the room during naps, but that was definitely not going to be an issue. The room (well, to be accurate, rooms) were amazing!! We had a kitchen, free wine and beer, a dining room, living room, media room, huge bathroom, closets, bedroom, two balconies (one of which was massive!!). It was spectacular and we could not wipe the massive grins off our faces!!

We put Hudson to bed then enjoyed the wine, fireplace and jacuzzi tub. It was the perfect start to our vacation!