Well, we survived Florida!
Again with the firsts! Meli was the consummate traveler, which made her travel loving father very very proud and her crazy mama very very grateful. First and foremost, I flew drug free. I can’t tell you how HUGE this was for me. I took every precaution though – lots of pumped milk (which I proudly threw away when we got home – it was totally bad by then!) and a new Xanax prescription – none of which was needed. The flight down Sunday was delayed by weather – and when I say delayed I mean we were next for take off when an incredible storm came through. We were literally on the plane, on the runway, when golf ball size hail started falling all around us with 60 mile an hr wind shears and super lightning. I’m not kidding. It was a freaking monsoon. Then we saw the most gorgeous rainbow ever and took off. Craziness. Here we are on the very uneventful flight home:
I swear, my head’s not that small and my arms aren’t that big.
We flew Jet Blue and since my daughter is a bona fide couch potato, she either did this:
Or this:
I gotta say, if I’m not flying first class, Jet Blue is the best. They’re all extremely conscious of the runway debacle last year when people sat for 8 hrs so you are guaranteed not to be sitting on the plane more than three now. And all they do is apologize for the delays and come on all the time to update you. And there’s tv. Lots of tv. Which makes me feel like I’m sitting in my living room – at least sort of – and not like I’m stuck on an airplane. It was a very nice experience.
Florida was HOT. Stifling. Unbearable. But the baby definitely enjoyed the pool.
Meli is usually pretty good when she takes a bath, and the pool was no different. She was quite calm in the water. Besides the pool, we went for a quick dip in the Gulf of Mexico (water temp: 89 degrees F – my kind of water temp.) We can’t wait until she’s old enough to really enjoy the water. Both her dad and I love to swim.
She was quite the Kool Kat by the pool!
We went to Florida for a birthday party for a friend who hasn’t been feeling so well, and while we were there Baby Meli got to meet Big Meli! And she took a few pictures for us!
All in all it was a very successful visit. Incredibly stressful, but successful. I’m so glad to be home. But that doesn’t mean things will be quieting down anytime soon. Next week is my sister’s annual 4th of July visit with her kids which can only mean there will be much fun and everything will be crazy hectic!
I hope to pop in before then. While the death of blogs – or at least knitting blogs – seems to be on everyone’s mind these days – I still love mine and intend to keep it going. I hope you’ll stay for the ride!
Thank you!
L, C