Florida Trip

We left for Florida early morning on Monday, Feb 8.  Jack was in awe of all the airplanes and the word used most often by him was wow! 

Finally was ready to board and Jack was ready, pulling his little backpack behind him like such a big boy.  Of course we didn't get a picture of that..ugh! 

Take off went well...but then the plane tilted to the right and Jack was sitting in his carseat right by the window which was open of course..and he freaked out.  Oh no, oh no he kept saying and then he was screaming - poor kid was absolutely terrified.  When we were able to get out of the seats Jack was happier.  He walked around like he owned the plane.  Landing as well freaked him out and he shook like crazy - so I took him out of his carseat and he grabbed onto me with all his strength.  Once we landed, happy as a clam. He even got a set of wings straight from the pilot!!  He wore it proudly as you can see below!

We got picked up and set off for Grandma and Grandpa's house.  It sure was great to see them again!  And for those of you reading this who know - we went to Red Lobster for dinner that night...shocking I know!

2/9 - it was nice enough out to swim - it was probably about 75 that day - Jack thought the water was way too cold so he didn't do too much swimming.  But he still had fun. 

See - he wasn't such a big fan of the cold water..was hanging onto Mark for dear life!

2/10 - took G-ma to her chemo appt-she was there for about 2 hrs, so we drove down to the beach to hang out and get some sun - it was gorgeous!

2/11 - drove up to West Palm Beach to go to the Lion Country Safari Park - Jack was in awe of all the different animals walking past the car.  It was a fun family day out, just the 3 of us.

Seeing we were only going 5 mph-we thought what the harm to have Jack drive? Just Kidding!!

No - this wasn't because Mark wanted to look like an idiot on this tiny train-Jack was scared to go by himself!

2/12 -took a walk around the neighborhood - they have a great dog park just down the road so we walked down there.  Met some dogs, Jack played at the playground to burn off some energy - don't know where he gets it all from - if I had an ounce of it I'd be in good shape. 

2/13-Saturday was a day of rest - didn't really do anything but read books, play with Jack and his cars, feed ducks - then out to dinner at the Ale House.

This was Jack's bed for the time we were there-he thought it was great!

My sweet darling boy!

Goofy boy!

2/14-another lazy day for us - it just happened to also be the first day that Mark felt our little girl kick!  So that was a wonderful moment!  At the time we didn't know that she was a girl though. 

2/15-was warm enough to swim again!!  Well the water was a bit chilly - but you had to get yourself used to it and then it wasn't bad at all. 

2/16 - another family day out, just the 3 of us.  Spent it at Butterfly World which is always a treat and at Tradewinds Park which is beautiful.

This butterfly landed right on me!  Blended into my top.

2/17 - Took Gma to another chemo appt and drove around to the beach again.  Went out to dinner at Big Bear that night - delicious!

2/18 - Day we left..it was sad.  We fed the ducks and just cherished the rest of the time we had with Gma and Gpa..vacation went far too quickly.  Jack's plane ride home went much smoother than when we went to Florida - we sang songs together to take his mind off of the take off and he actually fell asleep before we took off!  Landed in Milwaukee -got to the hotel and picked up the van and we were back in Harvard by 11p.m. - Mom was here to greet us with the dogs!