Our First Family Vacation

Today we returned from our first family vacation. We spent 8 days in the beautiful, sunny, Ft. Myers, Florida. We went to visit Nana and Papa who are staying there for the month of February. We had a rough start when we took you to the doctor on the first day and found out that you indeed had an ear infection. The doctor was very nice and gave us some medicine. Amazingly enough you felt much better within 24 hours. From that point on we had a lot of fun! You weren't sure what to think of the sand on the beach, but after a few tries you stopped yelling and learned to enjoy it! On our second day there Papa took us on a walk on the beach and we saw someone catch a sand shark- Mom and Dad knew there would be no swimming in the ocean after that! You can thank us later for our careful watch and the fact that you made it back home to Minnesota with 10 fingers and 10 toes. The pool at the condo was very warm and you loved swimming with us! Nana bought you a perfect little baby floaty so you could be in the pool and stay out of the sun at the same time. I was surprised that you adjusted well to new surroundings and the warm weather. You did have some wakeful nights, but that was okay. You sure did get a lot of attention from the people in town. Every time we brought you out to eat countless people would stop to say hi and tell us how cute you are- well, we already knew that of course :) Last weekend I drove to Orlando to see my college friends for a bachelorette party and a trip to the Magic Kingdom. I caught myself daydreaming more than once about the first time Daddy and I will take you to Walt Disney World. I sure missed you a lot, but brought you back lots of presents including your first pair of ears- and of course they have your name on them. You were so good throughout the trip. We had so much fun and are so thankful to Nana and Papa for inviting us to Florida! I can tell that you miss them already! This is the first of many vacations to come, Cader.