Florida

Since Nate's mom, step dad and Grandma have had the wonderful opportunity to rent a beach cottage for two months in Indian Rocks Beach, FL, we were lucky enough to get a nice trip down there to visit! The cottage is just one alley way in from the ocean and it was very quaint and just adorable. Nate's grandma from CO had the upstairs, which is a bit smaller but perfect for her and Nate's mom and step dad had the downstairs (which had an extra bedroom for their visitors) complete with a big screened in front porch and a nice back "yard" with a deck.

Unfortunately we didn't have the best weather but we did have one nice day, Friday where we got the opportunity to go visit my Grandmother who was only about 25 mins away and go swimming in her pool and got to have a picnic outside and play in the outdoor shower. Saturday and Monday were rainy (though we found a really nice mall with a sweet indoor play place Monday in Clearwater) and Sunday it didn't rain but we had a very cool visit to the zoo; but we did have a nice time. Its always nice to get away and have moms and grandmas take care of you:)

Max did good on the plane ride down. He slept most of the way and woke up in time to eat lunch and watch the landing. When we got there was pretty nice too, we went right to the beach. Max just LOVED the beach and sand and water. He wasn't bothered at all by it being cold and would have jumped right in if Grandma wasn't holding him back! He also LOVED the sand, playing with it, eating it, rolling in it, digging in it....

Swimming at my grandmother's condo pool. Luckily the pool is heated, it was cool when you got out cause of the breeze!

We had water dripping out of the low nozzle there and of course there is always something to shovel!

Of course he doesn't mind the cold water dripping on his head....

Our back yard picnic, complete with burgers and dogs!And then a nice sun set on the beach!

This is one of my favorite pictures from the whole trip, walking down to the beach that evening with Great Grandma. It was so nice to get those few days to visit with her. Each night we got to go up and have Max's bath in her apartment because there was no tub downstairs and we always went up and visited a little first. It was so great to see her again!

Sunday it didn't rain so we had planned to go to the zoo. We figured there would be less breeze inland but it was COLD. Its an awesome zoo and Max loved the animals but I think even they are tired of the cooler weather!

This was so cute, the baby feedin with mama!

The penguins may have been happy...

Max's almost twin!

Max's favorite part was getting to feed the giraffes, he LOVED it and it was pretty neat how you were at their level!

And the 2nd best part was getting to pet the goats.... we have to work on "rub" as opposed to "slap"....

Max thinking he's a big kid at the indoor mall playground and riding on the firetruck!

Never too cold for the beach right?

Some family shots, Max was in a cheesin mood!

Some more cute ones with Great Grandma...

The plane ride back didn't go quite as well as the way down. We timed it for his pm nap and
had him all fed and played out (they had another indoor playground at the airport!) but he never did fall asleep. For some of the time he relaxed and watched his Ya Gaba Gaba on the I Touch and read some books but then he got rather rammy but kept his frustration outbursts to a minimum considering how bad it could have been. Of course we were all happy to be home (and in separate rooms again). Max has still been sleeping a ton to catch up on his sleep. So now we're back to snow instead of sand. I love the warm weather but to me there's not much difference between 35-65 degrees so if its going to be cool, it might as well snow, which its doing right now for sure!