Charlie goes to Cali!

Flashback to one year ago on Mother's Day 2010.  Matt just came home a month earlier from Afghanistan and we were excited to head to San Diego to welcome him home.  Matt, Dawn, and Erin surprised us with the big news that she was pregnant and expecting the first grandchild of the Boggs side of the family due in January 2011.  Justin and I weren't pregnant yet and had no idea that we would end up having a baby in January as well! :)

Flash forward to 2011- Charlie and Miles are born and just 13 days apart.  Charlie Austin born on January 2nd weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces.....

....and Miles Henry born January 13th weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces

We have been looking forward to boys meeting since they were born, so you can only imagine what a special weekend we had ahead of us!

We left Friday morning bright and early.  Justin and I love to travel and we were so excited to introduce our lil' guy to our love of traveling.  We quickly learned that traveling with a newborn is quite different.  We never check bags and we now have a trunk full of bags just for a long weekend away!

Our adventure begins....

We flew SWA and they were wonderful!!! I was not surprised and it made our first flight experience that much easier!! I was a little nervous about flying with a teething 5 month old but he did great!!!

The flight attendants even gave Charlie his first wings and first flight certificate....they were awesome!

One diaper explosion, two flights, two feedings, and four hours later we made it to LAX.  Yay! We did it!!

We then headed over to the rent car area and were ready to head to Huntington Beach...

....but before we headed to the beach, we had to introduce Charlie to In-n-Out Burger :)

 He was pretty excited about his first experience....it was yummy!!!

One hour later we made it Huntington Beach

We stayed at the Hyatt Regency and it was beautiful!!! 

Mom and Dad had already arrived and we met them at the hotel restaurant while we waited on Matt, Dawn, Erin, and Miles to arrive.  They were super excited to see Charlie as usual! :)

Matt, Dawn, Erin, and Miles arrived it was so fun to meet Miles for the first time.  He was handsome and it was fun to see some of the same characteristics in the boys.  They both have the Boggs cheeks for sure!

This interfered with Charlie's afternoon nap time and he decided to skip the fun and nap.  I don't blame him- it had been an adventurous day!  He was a trooper!

We then got ready for dinner- don't they look handsome....

.....and headed to Duke's for dinner.  It was in downtown Huntington Beach and right on the water.  The views were amazing and it was fun being so close to the ocean.

The meal was great and once again Charlie slept through dinner.  Poor thing! He was exhausted!

After dinner we walked along the pier for a while....

The next morning we headed for breakfast and Dad and Charlie had some cute Dad/Father moments. :)

Breakfast at the hotel was yummy!!

Then we headed outside for more photo opportunities :)

Miles tried to talk to Charlie, but Charlie was not interested. He was ready for the photo shoot to be over! 

Then, we headed to the beach.  It was a little cold so we didn't get close to the ocean, but it sure was fun! We can't wait to take Charlie back when it is warmer.

Next stop.....the pool at the hotel!

For dinner, we went to Javier's in Newport.  It was yummy!!! Again, Charlie slept through dinner.  

After dinner, we headed to Balboa Island.  It was a cute little town full of shops and the famous frozen banana! 

There was even a store named after Charlie....

....and I found this house for the three of us.  Isn't it cute?!  I loved it!!

Once we got back to the hotel, we had another photo shoot of the boys.  Dawn bought matching shirts for them and they looked cute! Here are a few of the best.  Charlie was more interested in his thumb and fingers than Miles.  It will be fun to look back at these pictures when they are Seniors in High School!!!

Maw-Maw bought the boys these USA shirts and wanted us to send her a picture of them...

The next day we said our goodbyes to the fam.....

....made one last trip to In-n-Out....

...and said goodbye to beautiful California.

What a wonderful first family vacation we had! We all had a blast and it was so fun to have the entire family together.  We can't wait for the next time we are able to get the boys together!