Last Trip without the 3rd Hudson

We just got back from our last weekend out of state before our little guy makes his appearance!  Brian and I are lucky enough to have some friends that live within driving distance and in a much cooler place than AZ!  We headed out Thursday night to Redondo Beach, CA to see Nick and Lynsey!  What a wonderful weekend to get away and sort of forget about all the baby craziness going on at our house, relax and enjoy some great company!  Friday the boys decided to hit up the local Trump golf course and the two ladies relaxed with a day at a beautiful spa, Terranea.  We had wonderful spa treatments, I indulged in a facial and relaxed near the pool with our ocean view, cucumber water and beautiful weather!
http://www.terranea.com/spas-southern-california.php

We decided to try out some of the local food stops and did we find some great ones!  We try to go local when we are on vacation instead of the same chains as are here in Phoenix.  Some of the ones we tried are below:

The Original Pancake House- Omelettes are Huge and the pancakes are tasty!
Tin Roof Bistro- Brian and Nick for for the Simmzy's burger while i had the wood fired pizza!
The Manhattan Beach Creamery- You knew i would go for ice cream!  They have homemade ice cream and ice cream sandwiches!  http://www.mbcreamery.com/
The Manhattan Beach Post- For brunch we tried a little of everything, the fruit, sticky bun, bacon, and the truffle honey laced fried chicken were delish!

We spent Saturday going to brunch and hanging out at the beach, unfortunately we didn't take our camera but Brian got some shots from Nick and Lynsey's balcony.  It was so nice to be away from the 100+ degree temps here in AZ and to enjoy some cooler weather, ocean breezes, a few rounds of couples Taboo and a nice 6 hour car ride each way with my one and only :)  Now on to the countdown of 8 weeks before we meet Baby Hudson, starting to be known as Blake Sander Hudson.  We are looking forward to our birthing class this Saturday followed my a maternity photo session on Sunday to capture this growing belly and the two of us before we have a little tag along.