Trip to Florida

This weekend we took a quick trip to Florida to see Olivia's grandparents.  We left Friday afternoon after I got home from work.  We had a very LONG ride.  We thought Olivia would sleep a bit on the way down.  But she only slept about 45 minutes of almost an 8 hour ride.  So I kept her entertained with books and her favorite Super Why show.  We even snuck a little Charlie Brown and Goodnight Moon in there too.  We had to stop a few times- diaper changes and to eat.  But we made it there around 9 p.m. Olivia had some milk and a snack and went to bed. 

The next morning we woke up and had breakfast.  Then we went for a walk around the place where Olivia's grandparents live.  We got to see alligators, lots of birds, and squirrels.  On our walk Olivia fell twice and got some skinned up knees.  She was pretty tough though and didn't cry too much.  We then had lunch and went for a boat ride.  We were so nervous that we weren't going to be able to go since we tried to get her in the life vest at home and she didn't like it.  But she fussed for a minutes and once I got in the boat she was actually fine.  So fine she fell asleep!! We saw lots of birds and trees on our boat ride.  We saw one alligator that was pretty big.  Then we came home and napped.  Then we had dinner with Olivia's great grandparents.  They even squeezed some fishing time in.  Of course they caught fish before Olivia came out and then didn't catch anything.  Olivia put on a great running show for everyone after dinner!

Then next morning we went to church.  Olivia did lots of talking of course in church.  We got a few smiles from people at church...glad they think it is funny.  After church we had some breakfast and then got ready to visit Kara.  Kara lives about an hour and a half from Brendon's parents and it wasn't a bad ride at all.  We were very excited to meet baby Keller.  I can't believe that Olivia used to be a tiny baby like that.  He was napping when we got there so we had some lunch and watch some hockey.  Then I got to feed Keller for a bit! He is so cute! He even rolled over for us when we were there.  Olivia played with Murphy and he took her for a ride in his friend's motorized Jeep and she LOVED it.  We have heard a lot about Murphy....I guess she really liked him.  It was so great to visit with all of them!!

We woke up today and got all packed to come home.  It was another long ride.  This ride included two changes of pants for Olivia...her diaper leaked...twice! Huggies!! Ugh....she wore Pampers on the way down...guess we know from now on....no Huggies in the car seat! Then Olivia wanted out of the car seat...several times.  Then when we got close to home she really wanted out...and cried about the last 10 minutes.  She was fine once we got home.  Now back to the endless amount of laundry and catching up on the newspaper and emails!