Travel Week Highs and Lows

We spent a week on the road and in the air....traveling first by plane to Michigan for a cousin's wedding and then by car to Ocean City, MD. Sunday of Labor Day weekend was quite the day as we woke up in Detroit, flew to Virginia and drove to the beach - with an ER stop for Grayson - he had a bad cough that they diagnosed as pertussis. Which ended up being a misdiagnosis. On Wednesday we were back at the ER because he was getting worse and had a 103 fever. Chest xrays revealed a mild case of pneumonia. An antibiotic shot and prescription in hand, we were sent on our way. Thankfully he started to immediately improve and was even able to enjoy the sand at the beach on our last day.

Here are the highs...and lows of the trip....

doing his "funny face"

whatchyou lookin at mommy?

even the dog enjoyed sunbathing on the deck

the entire town was sold out of plastic or inflatable pools - so we improvised with an underbed storage container - and he didn't know the difference!

At the ER...passed out and sweetly pathetic

so sick he couldn't even bring himself to eat his donut

failed attempt at matching pj's pic....grayson wouldn't stay still

sawyer!

cutest lil footprints ever

playing in the sand

Chasing the birds

Jump!

Lining up his shot

He really didn't want to leave putt putt

enjoying the sunset on our last night

Goodbye ocean city! Hope to see you again soon!

Hawaii

From January 11th to 22nd me and my hubbie and Grayson jetted to Hawaii for some family fun as David had a work conference over there. This is one of those trips that I've known we were going on for 4 years so it was pretty exciting for it to finally be here. We were smart also and brought my parents along to nanny so that we could have some quiet time too.

Here's a little photo journal from the trip:

We had to take 3 planes both there and back. A 1 hr flight to Charlotte, a 10 hour (yikes!) flight to Honolulu, then a 20 minute flight to our island. All in all I have to say Grayson did great! I was totally dreading it, but with the combo of his car seat, dramamine, benadryl, mickey mouse dvd's and of course lollipops it was a very smooth trip. So proud of him!

Grayson enjoyed playing in the pacific ocean. He had no fear of the waves!

This is my favorite pic of daddy and grayson from the trip

Showing Buddha he's got a great little belly too!

He LOVED playing in the sand and getting it all over himself, including in his hair. Daily baths were necessary!

A family photo as we all look at the one to come. And yes, I know. I am HUGE already!

This pic makes me kinda sad cause he looks so grown up!


He loved all the birds that were around the resorts


What a ham! Cheeeeeeeeese!

I must admit I had fun playing in the water with him too.

It was a great trip! A shame he won't remember it, but I will and I have some great photo memories!

The First Disney Experience

Last weekend I headed to Orlando for a cousin's wedding. And I couldn't be in such close proximity of Disney without making a detour to the happiest place on earth! I LOVE Disney and look forward to many future trips with Grayson as he gets older. My husband couldn't make the pre-trip, and made me promise not to hit the Magic Kingdom without him. So we decided to venture to the Animal Kingdom instead.

As we drove through the gates that said "Welcome to Disney World" I was so excited to be sharing the moment with my little man. I turned around to tell him how exciting it was and get a smile out of him, and instead, he gave me a confused look and projectile vomited all over himself. Truly a moment I will remember forever. His first disney experience and he gets sick. (Thankfully it wasn't a bug or anything...just a result of my mom deciding half and half mixed with skim milk would equal whole milk for a baby - um...wrong). After we got him all cleaned up, he was feeling great and we were on our way.

We headed first to a character breakfast inside the park. My sister Brenda - who is the queen of all things Disney World - came with us with 2 of her 3 boys.


He really didn't like the characters at all...and I really can't blame him. They are kind of scary.

Meeting Mickey for the first time

Sheer terror. Love it!

Hanging out on a bench with his cousin Ashton...after having to leave "It's a Bug's Life 3D" due to again...sheer terror.

Passed out in the stroller from a busy morning.

Wrapping up the afternoon with tea at the Grand Floridian. He loved the strawberries and cream and made a HUGE mess...but he loved every second of it.

It was a great trip and I so look forward to future jaunts to disney. In January 2011 we will be at a work convention down there, so I'm sure that will be our first full family experience at the parks. I'm ready to start planning now! But...sigh...disney won't let me book anything this far in advance. But I'm planning in my head already!

Oh...and this trip was Grayson's 8th round trip flying and 16th flight. The kid is a pro at going through security!