Vacation in Florida!

On Friday, May 14, we all piled in the car and headed to Florida for vacation! The boys did suprisingly great during the 10+ hour car ride. Landon was excited to return to Florida for the third time... the first two times he didn't have a very good view since he was curled up in the confines of my stomach! :)

We met Kelly, Louis and Hannah in Orlando, where we stayed for a few days. On Sunday, we went to Disney World for the day, which was a lot of fun, despite the fact that Grady seemed tired and a bit sluggish. We found out later that night that he actually had a fever... After going to an urgent care that night, we were told he had the flu AND strep throat (which we caught very early...I still have my doubts that it was actually the flu, but that's another story). Ugh. How's that for news on our first day of vacation! Luckily his fever was gone by the following day, so it didn't put too much of a damper on our trip.

I'm not sure who is enjoying getting his picture with Snow White more....the boys or Brandon?!!

We were actually quite surprised at how many rides Landon and Hannah could actually go on with us! Here we all are getting ready to ride It's a Small World. You kind of feel like you're going a bit crazy by the end of this ride (what seems like millions of doll figurines and high-pitched music), but it was at least nice and cool and a ride we could all go on together! :)

I like to call this one "Lion King." I can just hear the theme song now as Hannah is lifted up over Cinderella's castle. :)

The boys just couldn't resist napping! We were lucky that we had a double jogging stroller to bring with us. (Special thanks to Granny and Gramps for the great early birthday gift to Grady!)

Kelly and Louis were nice enough to babysit the next day (even with Grady being sick!) so that Brandon and I could go to Discovery Cove to swim with dolphins! This was a belated birthday present for Brandon since we couldn't really celebrate this past November (since I was about 40 weeks pregnant at the time). It was a lot of fun and we got to swim with our very own dolphin - Jenny! Cameras were not allowed during the actual swimming with dolphins (shocker!), but here is a picture of the beautiful scenery! We actually did buy a few pictures of us with the dolphin, but haven't scanned them in yet.


On the third day we ventured over to Sea World, which was also a lot of fun! We unfortunately missed the big Shamu show at the end of the day because some meltdowns ensued, but we still had a fun day!


You can see Grady riding on Brandon's shoulders....Poor Brandon had shoulder issues by the end of this trip because Grady always wanted a ride!

Here are some other pictures from our stay in Orlando...



Here is Hannah catching some rays after a long day!

Here is Landon enjoying a meal! :)

For the second half of the week, we headed to Vero Beach to visit with Kelly, Louis and Hannah, and of course hang out at the beach! Grady wasn't too interested in the ocean (we realized swim lessons are an absolute necessity asap!), but loved the sand. Landon really liked the water.... He didn't get much time to play in the sand because it would have inevitably ended up in his mouth!

Another highlight of the trip is that Hannah tried her first bite of table food - "a puff!" You can tell how much she loves it!