April Recap and Big Sur

April was a fun month and we got to go camping in Big Sur (south of Monterey and Santa Cruz).  Big Sur is the coastline that is full of mountains and cliffs close to the ocean.  We camped up in the mountains because we didn't have to reserve the spot ahead of time.  The 2 hour drive was a little rough for Kaitlyn since she wasn't tired, but when we made it into the trees she was happy.  We set up the tent and she thought it was so awesome that we were outside.  She dragged her ducky all over in the dirt, but she was so happy.  We got her to sleep rocking her in our arms for a long time and putting her in her bouncy seat.  She slept pretty good and whenever she started making noise, we just bounced her back to sleep.  It's always nerve-wracking to take her because we are so worried about her making too much noise or our neighbors making too much noise.  Luckily the party down the trail never got too loud and Kaitlyn slept through it.

We woke up and went on a hike to view the McWay Waterfall.  It was incredibly beautiful and goes straight into the ocean when the tide is right.  Kaitlyn loved looking down into the water.  It was so blue.

Next we drove to Pfeiffer Beach (we just barely saw the turn off, it seemed hidden on purpose).  It was very windy and cold here, but absolutely beautiful.  Jeremy climbed all over the rocks and I was hoping the uncoordinated people watching wouldn't try to follow him.  Luckily they knew their limits.  The water came rushing into the caves and would crash around and spray up (3 pictures down).  We think the beaches here with the crashing waves on cliffs and rocks are so beautiful.

Kaitlyn wanted to chase the seagulls of course.

The drive home was wonderful because Kaitlyn slept (a late nap) almost the whole way.  It was a quick trip, but amazing.

One day I was trying to keep Kaitlyn busy while I took a shower, so I let her watch Baby Einstein on my phone.  I got out of the shower and here she was, innocently watching her show while all the evidence was surrounding her.  She sure had fun pulling out all the wipes, one by one.

Here we are playing in the fountains at Stanford.

We also had a great ward Luau with traditional food including the roast pig.  They cooked it in a pit behind the church.  It was delicious.

Here is Kaitlyn's first pig tail.  She finally let me do it.  I did cheat and use Baby Einstein to keep her distracted.