Braelyn Bits: California Girl- Part 1 Santa Barbara Weekend

We took a vacation to California to visit Joaquin’s side of the family and spend a weekend in Santa Barbara. We took off on Saturday night after Braelyn went to sleep. She slept almost the entire way there only waking up about 30 minutes before we arrived and going right back to sleep once in her bed. We woke up the next morning and headed off to Santa Barbara. Braelyn was amazing in the car and we only stopped once (at the Biggest Outlet mall I’ve ever seen and mommy satisfied her Carter’s fix!). Upon reaching our hotel we realized the room we had didn’t have a bathtub in it. After talking to the front desk we got a free upgrade and our little girl got to take her first big girl bath.

We made it up to the hotel and then took off for Whale Watching! My lil’ sailor did so well, even sleeping and taking her dinner on the boat. We saw 7 whales and I was pretty impressed with our experience.

The next day we headed off to Solvang which is a Danish town so Braelyn could explore some of her Danish roots. We went to the Spanish mission, ate aebleskiver,(it’s basically a Danish pancake rolled into the shape of a tennis ball topped with powdered sugar and raspberry jam) and visited the Hans Christian Anderson museum.