Today was our second day in Sedona, and we decided to take it down several notches and get into vacay mode. We ate at our new favorite family-friendly restaurant, the Panera Bread-esque like place Wildflower Bakery right in the Hyatt complex (extra bonus of no driving!). We sat on the patio out back and had million dollar views overlooking Snoopy Rock and the less known Lucy Rock too (very appropriate for our own Charlie Brown circa Halloween 2009).
We then chilled poolside. The weird thing about Sedona is that even though it's only 50 degrees outside it's intensely sunny and hot. I guess that's the glamour of being at altitude. We didn't bring any swimming stuff for Julien (bad Mommy & Daddy) so he hung out in the lounge chairs and eventually fell asleep on Daddy's chest.
We met a few fun-filled families with babies and little ones and chatted it up with them. It turns out that having a baby changes your socializing (something I might have known intellectually but am still surprised by). I am suddenly interested in chatting with peeps with toddlers and babies to get to know them and their world and yes - compare notes (when do the teeth arrive, when did your baby start crawling, what does your baby like to eat, how does your baby sleep, has your baby ever gone in the pool -- you get the picture).
Later we sat by the firepit and did some more chatting with families from Sioux St. Marie in Canada, Indiana, and a nice couple from Merced! We compared parental leave policies with the Canadians, where they have 12 months of maternity leave at 55% pay. They can extend the 12 months into 18 months of maternity leave but the last six months are at no pay. The father can switch with the mother if he wants to take some of the leave.
We had great views of sunset and even took a nice family picture together (a somewhat rare occurrence to get all three of us in one picture).
No vortex experience, crystals, or magic yet but I could get used to this chill life.
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