Sunny Florida

We got back from Florida on Thursday. It was so nice to get away from KC even for just a few days. We left KC after horrible storms and 57 degree weather and arrived in Orlando to 90 degrees and high humidity. We really haven't had much of a spring yet, so the warm weather was definitely welcome in my book. Luke did OUTSTANDING on the plane ride. We fed him during take off and he slept the entire time and literally did not make a peep. I could tell that everyone was avoiding our row in the plane which suited us just fine because we had an empty middle seat. Once we got to Florida, we visited our friends Ana and John and their son Michael. Michael is abou 9 months old and is full of energy. It was neat to see what Luke will be doing in a few months. On Sunday, we went to Sea World and met up with our friends Amy and Steve and their son Xander. Although Luke didn't really enjoy Sea World that much, Richard and I had a great time. I hadn't been to Sea World since I was a kid, so didn't even know that they had any "rides." Luckily for Richard, they even had a roller coaster - here is a picture of Richard on the log ride at Sea World.

Richard is in the back row of this boat...

This is Luke before we went to Sea World. I was paranoid about him getting sunburnt, so he got used to wearing some hats.

Our hotel was within walking distance of Universal Studios City Walk. The City Walk has a number of restaurants, bars, etc. We went their for dinner several of the nights while we were there. Our first night, we walked by this kiosk that had Thing 1 merchandise from The Cat and the Hat by Dr. Seuss. My parents have taken to calling Luke "Thing 1" because my good friend from college, Erin, and her husband Kevin had a Luke about 3 weeks after us. So, my parents refer to their Luke as "Thing 2." When we passed by this, I couldn't resist getting Luke a Thing 1 outfit.

I had a training seminar on Monday and Tuesday, so Richard was on "Daddy Duty." Luckily, Amy's husband Steve was also on duty, so they were able to hang out together. Here are a few pictures of the boys hanging out.

Is he still a mini-me? Some think that he is starting to look more like me. I guess time will tell.

We got all ready to go to dinner with Luke in this cute "surf outfit." He peed all over it as we changed his diaper before we left. Good thing I brought him plenty of clothes.

Richard and Luke hanging out at Universal City Walk while I was in class.

When I found out that we were going to Florida, I bought Luke all of these cute swim trunks and shirts and hats. All of the sunblock says that it isn't for children under 6 months old, so I wanted him to be as protected as possible. But, then I asked the pediatrician and he told me it was fine to use the sunblock on him. But, since he had all of the accessories, he had to wear them.

We thought that Luke might have finally learned to nap after our trip to Florida. He took several 1 or 2 hour naps while we were there. But, when we got back home, he was up to his same tricks of 20-30 minute catnaps. We apparently wore him out this day.