Winter Vacation '09 -Part 5

On our 4th day in Florida (Sunday), we drove to Key Largo to visit with Andy's parents. They rented a house at the Ocean Reef Club. We were pretty lucky on the car ride because Drew slept almost 3 hours out of the 4.5 hour drive. At one point he woke up a little and the sun was in his eyes so he pulled his hat down over his face. He continued to sleep like that for about 2 hours! Andy and I couldn't stop laughing. He only got antsy in the last 20 minutes..this we learned after we got there, was because he had leaked through his diaper. We now know that orange juice (which he had consumed a lot of that day) and Drew do not mix well. He can have sips, but big glasses are a definite no-no. The skin on his poor tush literally burned! This happened once before, but we didn't associate it with the orange juice. Luckily I found some A&D ointment that cleared it up right away, but the poor kid still doesn't want us coming near him to change his diaper.

The house Grannie and Poppy had was beautiful and the Club is such a great place for kids. There was a kids "pool" on the beach that he sat at the edge of and built sandcastles. The water only went up to his waist so he could run around by himself. There are also 2 other pools that we could go swimming in and a playground right in the sand. Drew hasn't been able to run outside like that or go on a playground in a few months so he really lived it up. I didn't get any photos in the big pool, but our Drew has become quite the little swimmer. He likes to go completely on his own and can get pretty far, pretty fast.


We were shocked, but thankful, for how quiet it was there. Last year, we went closer to school vacation (and the economy was not such a disaster) and there were tons of people there. This year, there were only a handful of children and not that many more adults.
We were happy that we chose to add an extra day to our trip because of the snow. We had considered doing it anyhow because our trip crossed over with Andy's brother Scott's trip. They arrived on Tuesday, but not until late in the evening. Since we decided to leave on Thursday instead, we got to spend a full day with them. Actually, the men went out fishing and had their best trip EVER! (Although no photos to show of it...hmmm....) They had 8 sailfish on, and landed 5 of them. They also landed 1 bonito, 1 mahi, and 1 lemon shark. Needless to say, they were thrilled! While they went fishing, Drew and I soaked in one final day in the sun.
We were so thankful to have time with family AND have such terrific beach weather.

Overall, we couldn't have had a better vacation. I am sure some people thought we were nuts for taking Drew to Disney (especially with me being so pregnant), but we were so happy to see him have a good time. Although I am sure he won't remember it, it is still worth it to us. We figure that we won't be able to go back again until baby #2 is at least 4 - because chasing 2 of them is a different story. I think there is also a piece of me that is happy to have given Drew a week of our undivided attention because of the guilt that I am already feeling about what is about to happen.

Our lives are going to change pretty drastically in just a few short months, so I think we are all thankful to have taken the time to slow down and really enjoy each other before the exhaustion and stress really sets in...eventhough we can't wait for you baby boy!