Mirrors, Mirrors Everywhere

Last weekend we went to LA to meet Brian's brother, Brent, to go to the USC vs. Notre Dame football game.  We arrived on Friday morning and went straight to Anaheim.  We were going to go to Disney Land, however once we arrived there we discovered everyone else had the same idea so we went to Disney Downtown instead.  This is basically a mall outside of Disney.  It was pretty uneventful except we did get a couple good pictures of Stella.

After our detour to Disney and a wonderful lunch at Portillos, we headed to the hotel.  Brian had booked a room at The SLS in Beverly Hills.  We made the decision to go to LA late so our options for hotel using points was limited.  This hotel was awesome.  One of those places where really important people stay,  way beautiful and let's be honest a little too swanky for us.  I doubt they have a lot of people who stay at the hotel with an eleven month old.

This room had mirrors everywhere.  The television was even set within a mirror.  I don't know about you, but I have no desire to see a 360 degree view of this post-baby body!!  Stella enjoyed the room a lot.  Everything was at the perfect height for a baby learning to walk. 

We went to dinner at Mastro's on Friday evening and Stella did great.  On Saturday, after Stella's nap we headed to the Colosseum to tailgate and go to the game.  I was concerned with how Stella was going to do at the game because sitting for long periods of time is really not her thing... she loves to be on the move.  However, she did great.  She feel asleep right before half time.  That was a good thing because mid-way into the 3rd quarter it began to rain, okay I mean pour.  She didn't even realize it because she was sound asleep under the blanket.  We sat in the rain for a while until the boys decided it was time to go... thank goodness!

Overall we had a great weekend.  It was nice to get out of town and of course it is always nice to see Uncle Brent.