Happy 2 years to us!

Our anniversary was on Saturday and we had an AMAZING weekend. We drove up to my parents' house on Friday and dropped off Lila for the night and headed out to West Hollywood for a nice romantic getaway. We stayed at a fabulous hotel, the London West Hollywood. Yes, we splurged. We've realized that people don't spend mega bucks to stay in a nice hotel just because they want a fancy room; it's because of the service. It's amazing what service you get when you pay for it!

When we got to the front desk, I just happened to mention that it was our anniversary since the person checking us in asked what brought us to L.A. Well when we got home that night, what did we find, but a complimentary bottle of wine (don't worry, we left it all for housekeeping to enjoy), a yummy plate of fruit, and a handwritten card. Talk about service!

This is the super cool room we stayed in. One entire wall was beautiful intricate inlayed wood.

Have you ever seen this guy? It's the famous chef Gordon Ramsay, the star of "Hell's Kitchen" the TV show. Well his restaurant in L.A. is inside the London. We didn't go since the prix fixe menu was just a bit out of our price range at over $80 per person. Since we splurged on the room, we went budget-style on dinner and ordered some DELICIOUS pizza from a place across the street called Panini's that was recommended by the concierge.

The whole hotel was gorgeous and felt very luxurious. This is the rooftop pool.

All of the signs in the hotel were embroidered on different colored leather. Cool, huh?

That night Byron got in some "robe time" as he likes to call it. It makes him feel pampered and relaxed I guess. He loves hanging out in hotel robes.

Any hotel that has a giant chess set is clearly the height of luxury (ok just kidding).

Byron trying to take a sophisticated high-class shot of me.

These pictures got out of order, but as soon as we checked into the hotel on Friday, we dropped off our stuff in the room and headed out immediately to Sunset Ranch for a horseback ride through Griffith Park. Here's Byron on his horse Aslan, who we found out is the head honcho around the ranch. He loved to eat and no amount of kicking or coaxing was going to convince him not to grab a snack anytime he found a nice patch of grass. Byron eventually just gave in and let him eat when he wanted and gallop back to the front of the group when he was ready.

The gorgeous views on our ride. This is the observatory.

...and downtown L.A. I know it's smoggy, but it was still pretty.

Here's the two of us. I'm on Mouse, a sweet horse who only had one speed. I know that's typical for these trail horses.

Yes, they made us wear the helmets. That wasn't a personal fashion choice.

Our guide was really nice and had his sweet golden retriever with him the whole time. He had a lot of funny stories about celebrities coming up there (I guess the ranch was even featured on that show "The Girls Next Door"--never seen it). He was also about the fifty billionth person to tell Byron that he looks exactly like Ryan Gosling. You see it now, right? I think Byron's much cuter though.

Our anniversary was definitely one to remember and I'm sooooo grateful to my parents for watching Lila and so thankful that Lila was good for them! Byron is the best husband EVER and the past two years have been pure joy starting our family together. I'm so excited to see what the many years ahead have in store for us.