Florida Trip!!!

I have such a wonderful husband. Jared let Cayden and me go to Florida for my Spring Break. It was very last minute but I am so glad we were able to make it work. With Cayden and me gone Jared was able to get school work done without feeling guilty about not spending time with us.

We got in late Saturday night and when we got back to Grandmommy and Granddaddy's house everyone was still up and waiting for us. It was so worth the trip to see the look on G-mom and G-dad's faces when they saw Cayden for the first time. I was so glad that they got to meet him and hold him. It meant so much to me for Cayden to have the opportunity to be held in their arms. Grandmommy and Granddaddy have been such a huge part of my life and want them to be a part of Cayden's as well.

We are hoping that G-mom and G-dad will join us out here in "Colorful Colorado" so the goal of the trip was to help clean out their garage. We spent some of our time doing that. But it was so FUN. I never would have thought that cleaning out a garage would be so much fun. It gave me the chance to hear new stories and find so many treasures. They had boxes that were never unpacked when they moved from New York over 20 years ago. Not everything was worth keeping but the things that we did keep are quite special. We also found some fun things too. My Granddaddy worked for St. Regis Parer Company in New York City. He was the Vice Pres. and Treasurer. He had so many keepsakes from when he retired. We found lots of pens (that actually still work), playing cards, notepads, golf balls, clocks, and lots more things all with the St. Regis logo on them. We found lots of silver too. Granddaddy marked all the boxes with silver in them with a special code of HI-HO. He has quite the sense of humor. Cayden was a trooper hanging out in the Florida heat but he had quite the little set up to keep out of the sun.

Monday and Tuesday were spent in the garage. We took the day off on Wednesday. While G-mom and G-dad were at an appointment Kimmy and I took the babies and went shopping. I bought Cayden a swim suit so we go go swimming that afternoon. He looked SO cute!! The pool was a little cold so Cayden didn't like it a whole lot. It was still fun though.

His shirt is supposed to be short sleeved

Me and Cayden & Kimmy and Spencer

Cayden on the couch after swimming

On Thursday we took a little trip to the "happiest place on earth"....

That's right! We went to Disney World! I always made fun of people who took infants to Disney World. But while we were there I realized that it wasn't about the child going and actually remembering it. Its about the parent being able to see such excited and sweet looks on the child's face as they look at all the amazing things around them. Cayden was so fun to watch, when he was actually awake. He got sick while we were in FL. and while we were at Disney World he was really allergic to something. Just look at his poor little eyes...

We actually almost didn't go to Disney because Wed. night Cayden woke up with a fever of 103. But Thurs. morning it was back down. So we went and he was such a trooper. We had so much FUN.

Cayden with his Uncle Mikey

Me and Cayden in front of Pooh's house

Meeting Donald and Pluto

So tired halfway through the day

Friday was kind of a lazy day. My friend Megan came to visit us and spent the day with us. Me, Megan, Mikey, Kimmy, Mom, G-Mom, G-Dad, and Krissy just spent all afternoon talking. Then we went to my favorite Mexican restaurant, Iguana Mia, for dinner. IT WAS AWESOME! They have the best fried ice cream.

Saturday was spent just visiting and packing. It was so hard to leave Florida again but I was excited to get home to Jared. I do miss the warm weather though. It snowed today and now its freezing. Is it possible for my blood to have thinned out again that quickly??? Anyway, I'm glad to be back.

I hope everyone is doing well!!!

Love to all!!!

I just had to post this picture because its one of my favorites from our trip. He's just too cute!

Taking a bath in Great Grandmommy's kitchen sink