On Friday night, we decided to go take KK to Monterey as our version of a Babymoon but more appropriately called a KK-moon.  We booked a room at our favorite hotel, Monterey Plaza Hotel, and stayed overnight on Saturday night.

With the start of my maternity leave this weekend, we thought it would be a good time to take this mini vacation with our first born.  It could very well be the last real trip that we take as a family of 3.

We lucked out with gorgeous weather there.  It was sunny and just the right temperature outside.

Of course, we visited the aquarium and saw some favorites and some new things too.

We took our little girl to the beach nearby and she had a wonderful time collecting rocks and playing in the water.KK was so excited to play at the beach, which she kept calling “Hawaii”.  And our “Monterey House” was the “Manta Ray House” to her.

Jia and Jason also decided to take an epic drive down to meet us for dinner.  It was their first big outing with the twins.  It’s definitely a new experience for all of us with so many kids now.  Here’s Jia squished in a booth between the two sleeping babies at dinner.

Toni (above) and Thomas (below) were very well-behaved and slept through most of dinner.During dessert, they both needed to eat so Jes kept Thomas company as he was waiting to be fed.

We’re so glad they came out and I think they were surprised that it wasn’t as scary/painful as it initially seemed when we invited them.

We had a really nice weekend together and look forward to meeting Peanut.  Vacations will never be the same with 2 kids in tow but we’re ready for that next adventure!!