California here we come

We are leaving today to fly out to California. Annika is so excited, she has never flown before and that is all she has talked about for the past weeks!!

We are flying out there to participate in trials and testing at Advanced Bionics, her implant company. I am excited to get the chance to see the plant and just to be to California as I have never been there either.

We are going to be out there such a short time so not sure how much sightseeing we will be able to do but my one goal is to get her out to see the ocean. Last night we were packing her suitcase and we had to try on swimsuits (as you know in Minnesota it has been way too cold to think of wearing them yet) to see which one would fit her and then she kept saying, "are we going swimming? I go swimming in California?" Unfortunately I was doing this too close to bedtime so when it was time to get ready for bed she refused to put on her pajamas because she was going to go swimming!!!

Last night she was so excited we had to call Etta Fisher, the previous director at Northern Voices, because she lives in California and we are going to see her. She just had to talk to someone or she was going to drive me crazy!!!

Well, I won't have a computer while we are out there so I will post another blog when I come back and let you in on all the stories and hopefully will have some pictures and the like to add.

Happy Mother's Day to everyone!!