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Last night at 8pm we drove out to LA. It was a bit of a pain for me since I'm not a night person, but I correctly assumed Brandt would sleep most of the way. I had hoped he'd sleep the entire way, but he woke up after three hours so we stopped to pee and snack for ten minutes. So with the one stop and a lengthy 55 mph speed limit construction section it took 3:50. Not too shabby!

This morning we woke up early and took a walk down to Echo Park. There were so many birds around the lake I thought Brandt was going to get a hand cramp! Bird is still his main sign and he insisted on signing it at every duck, swan, and plain old bird (...and jogger...and dog) we saw.

I was a little worried about the flight--we haven't taken a long flight since Brandt's been mobile, but it went well. He was awake and playing for the first bit and then took a super long nap until shortly before landing. We sat next to the sweetest 4-year-old girl who helped keep him entertained.

Tammie and Jeff greeted us at the airport with leis for each of us. Baby's first lei! He had a great time tearing it to bits on the drive home to Mililani. We were pretty tired tonight so we didn't do much, but tomorrow we'll play lots with Jake (3 1/2) and Baby Hannah (1 1/2).