a getaway

My 32nd birthday was coming up on the 15th and I had a feeling that Mark was going to surprise with me with something, just didn't know what.  He happened to call one day from work and for some reason I just knew he was going to surprise me with something, but because I had been having such an emotional week so far I asked him to just tell me what the surprise was because I just wasn't in any mood for a last minute surprise.  I guess he had called to tell me anyways.  He told me that we were going away for the day/night to Palm Springs!  I had been wanting to go to Palm Springs for some time now, so I was extremely excited to know that was where he had planned on taking me.

We left Saturday morning and arrived in Palm Springs around lunch time.  The weather was great, we love the dry desert heat.  We ate lunch and then found our quaint "boutique" hotel, Hotel California.  Mark had done a wonderful job picking out the hotel.  Our room overlooked the small pool and was very charming.  The is a place that we will definitely go back to.  That afternoon we just relaxed by the pool with a few of the other guests.  That evening we went out to dinner, walked around and had dessert, came back to the hotel and sat outside by our room where they had a few lounge chairs and candles set up.  The next day we slept in, had breakfast on the balcony, took a bike ride, went out for an early lunch, lounged by the pool again, then left in the late afternoon. 

It was a wonderful weekend.  I was so happy to get away, it was just what I needed after such a long roller coaster of a week with the pregnancy.  I also had a feeling that things with the baby were looking good because I was constantly hungry and starting get the early touches of the so-called "morning sickness".