Hello from FLORIDA!

We made it! We're here!  There's NO snow, NO salt, NO dirty cars, NO cold, NO jackets, NO long pants....Just sunny, breezy, the smell of fresh cut grass, drive with the windows rolled down, feel the breeze coming in the patio screen door, and lots of relaxing!

It was a long trip here, though.  Nathan's first pane ride, and Tom's neck still being quite sore and painful for him made for a long plane ride from Detroit to Orlando.  Nathan did get his first set of wings though! I had to ask a pilot, but whatever...I wanted to make sure he had that for his memory book.

I'm laughing right now cuz Nathan is having fun walking behind the sheer patio curtain and walking out from it with the curtain sweeping over his head.

Anyways, I couldn't get to my camera because I had packed it days before and it ended up in the bottom of my diaper bag (backpack).  I did manage to get a pic of Nathan in Detroit checking out the airplanes.  He was saying "Oh! Plane!" with excitement.  So cute!  He did do very well with take off and landing, no crying or screaming due to the pressure or any sounds or turbulence in air or anything.  Of course he did have some miss-directed behavior in flight because he was so tired, we hadn't gotten to really eat much for lunch between landing and taking off in Detroit, so all that added up to a little 2 yr old who had never taken such a long trip and had pent up energy to expel.... 'nuf said, right mums and pops?.

We were able to get Tom a wheelchair at Orlando.  It was quite the distance to get from our gate, to baggage claim (we ended up checking our two carry-on roller luggage because it proved to be just TOO much to deal with having a toddler and Tom's condition).  So anyways, the boy who pushed Tom was a great help, and so nice!  Plus, he knew exactly where to go so we didn't have to figure out how to navigate an unfamiliar airport full of wall-to-wall travelers.

It seemed like forever to get the rental car and everything situated.  Then when we finally found our way to the resort, it took forever to check in.  We were all just tired and wanted to get settled already!  So once we did get into our villa, Nathan immediately found it fun to open all the kitchen cupboards and found himself a little hiding spot.

Again, sorry for the poor picture quality, all I had was my phone at the time.

Today after breakfast, we hit up Super Target for groceries, planned our week of meals, Nate took a good long nap, had lunch, then we went and checked out the resort.  Nathan automatically loved the arcade (such a boy), which led us out to the walk-in pool area.  Beautiful!  There are cabana's you can rent for the day with comfy furniture, a mini fridge, cabinet/counter top area and even a television.  Who would have thought!  We will be renting a cabana over at another pool over by the lazy river (hopefully) tomorrow.  We drove around the entire resort which is 4.5 square miles.  HUGE!  This is, by far, the largest resort I have ever been too.  As a child, my sisters and I grew up going to many different resorts thanks to my parent's time shares that they own.

Well, dinner is in the oven, Nathan and Auntie Sasha are playing "cool" (Tom's iPod).  Really, Nathan is showing Sasha how to work it showing off his skills playing a monkey game for 3 year olds.  ha!  Tom's relaxing in a comfy chair, which he wishes was a rocking chair, of course! ;)

I will take pictures on my real camera tomorrow to share with you all.

Warmly,
Roxanne:)