Harley & Maureen's Visit-Fletcher 9 Weeks

 Last week, our friends Harley and Maureen flew out to visit us for the week. It was such a great visit! We love having company, and we think it's so neat that we have friends who flew all the way from Pennsylvania just to hang out with us in San Diego for a few days. We kept really busy while they were here. The weather was perfect, so we were able to get in a lot of pool and beach time. We took them to La Jolla to see the seals, Coronado to have brunch and see the Del, a Padres game, several breweries, Old Town, and we got free tickets to the air show at Gillespie.

 

 

It was a really great visit!

Jesse's Patching

Jesse patched on June 5th, which marked the official end of the FRS. The ceremony was at the Miramar O Club, and they're always a lot of fun. They say that Miramar has one of the last real Officer Clubs. All of the current 101 students, along with anyone from squadrons that pilots are patching into, come to the patching. The class adviser gives a nice little roast of each student, and then a representative from the new squadron welcomes the pilot by pulling off the 101 patch, and applying the new squadron patch. VMFA-242 here we come!

Fletcher's 2 months old!

It's amazing what a difference a month can make! Fletcher is changing SO much. He's alert, looks around, and smiles a lot. Fletcher had his 2 month vaccinations last week. I was really nervous. I didn't want him to be sad or cry, but they really weren't that bad. He definitely cried, but it wasn't nearly as bad as when he had the blood drawn for his thyroid test. He cried for a few seconds, and then I gave him an oral vaccination, which must have tasted pretty yummy, because he stopped crying right away. We love playing with him! He's such a happy baby, especially in the mornings. He's started grasping objects, but it's just by accident.

Fletcher Month Two
 
Weight: 13lb 2oz
 

Length: Around 22.5 inches

Sleep: 7:30pm-6am. Sleeps swaddled in his crib at night, and naps in his bassinet

Milestones/Developments:  

Sleeping through the night!

Smiling

Cooing

 

Adventures: 

Watching Dad fly jets

The Hotel Del

Going to the beach

First brewery

Going to the movies

Swimming

 

Discoveries: 

I have a voice!

 

Favorite things: 

Car rides

Stroller rides

Eating

Paci

Tummy time
Mr. Fan
Bath time/pooping in the bathtub 
Being out of the house

 

Not so favorite things: 

The heat
Being in the house during the day
6pm

 

Visitors/new friends this month:  

Grandpa
Nakita
Lillian 

Next doctors appointment: 4 month check-up, blood work, vaccines

Other news: We're flying to NC next week!

The Hotel Del Coronado

Eating brunch at The Del was on our San Diego bucket list, so Jesse and I went yesterday. For the low, low price of $85 per person, it's all you can eat and drink.  I wanted to wait until I was no longer pregnant to really enjoy the experience.  Fletcher was VERY well behaved and napped the entire time we were there. The Del is a pretty incredible place and their brunch is something out of your wildest culinary fantasies.

They have several stations, including 'International', 'Foods from around the country', 'dessert', 'chocolate fountain', 'cheese with fruit and nut pairings'.  'traditional breakfast', 'ceviche station', 'seafood', 'carving stations', and more. The dessert station had a chef there who was making fresh desserts (everything you could possibly imagine) right in front of you. And she made these little pastries and you could choose the type of frosting and toppings you wanted on them.  The seafood station included several seafood dishes, along with fresh shrimp, oysters on the half shell, and king crab legs. The chocolate fountain had several stands of just about anything you could ever dream of covering in chocolate. The carving stating even had lamb. 

It's also open bar. Even though it's 'help yourself', you still get a waiter who calls you by your name, places your napkin in your lap for you, and never lets your glass get empty. He also brought us new place settings every time we finished a round. I wish the pictures could do it justice. Unfortunately, I left the camera at home, so all I have are iphone pictures with silly snapchat captions.  I stole the last picture from their website.

 

 

 Jesse decided to try beating his oyster allergy. He was halfway successful :)

 These are different kinds of salt!