I woke up in Utah and went to bed in Florida.....

I'm having a hard time convincing myself that I am really here, but we are having a blast,

I'm blogging as my "journal time" on this trip but I am not allowing myself to waste time editing pictures, so what you see is what you get. The SOOC's. (and some are taken with my point and shoot so I don't ruin my camera- so don't judge :)

The day started with a four hour flight to Tampa. Chase screamed for about the first two hours and we had some very nice and helpful people, and some rude unhelpful people. I understand that it is unpleasant to ride close to a screaming toddler, but looking at me every two seconds isn't helping me quiet my screaming child!

We finally got Chase happy and he was playing down by our feet when the woman in front of Daniel (who had been giving us dirty looks for the screaming) informed us that Chase was "kicking her seat and making her head bounce a lot." So back to screaming. Another woman coming back from the bathroom asked if she could take him for a minute so "his mom could have a break". She stood with him in the aisle by us and held him. What a sweet lady! After a little break I got up and took her place and stood with him in the very small crowded aisle. Everytime someone would try to pass us it because a big obstacle, until a really old man a couple aisles down offered to allow me to "sit on his lap when people needed to pass by us". :) Of course he was kidding but he did lean inward anytime someone came to pass us so that Chase and I could lean into his aisle and the passes became smoother. FINALLY, Chase fell asleep and slept the last 1.5 hour or so.

For about the first 1/2 hour Chase loved looking out the airplane window and telling it to keep "go go go" ing.
My hair immediately grew 3X it's original size from the humidity. I knew it would happen but just wanted to test out if I would be able to fix my hair straight at all on the trip. From now on all the pictures you see my hair will be curly :)


I swear I'm not naked here, we just caught a bad angle on my swimsuit.

We are staying in a hotel right on the beach. We have a beautiful view of the ocean out our window and a private balcony. (pictures to come). We spent the early evening (after grabbing a quick bite to eat at subway) playing in the ocean. Chase LOVED it! We could hardley pull him out of the water. It was nice and warm, and he loved getting a taste of the water and yelling "yucky!"

We are having a blast. Tomorrow we are headed out to meet up with Daniels sister and her kids, whom we havn't seen in about 2 years! WE can't wait for some more fun in the sun!