FLORIDA Part 3: Family Pictures

This was such a nice family vacation. And Nicolynn is such a spoiled little girl. She has the whole family wrapped around her little finger. And I mean that literally when she grabs their finger and says "walk". :)

Nicolynn and Aunt Kelli (who has been living in Costa Rica):

Nicolynn and DADDY:

Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Tony (out for dinner):

Papa and Nicolynn:

Mommy and Nicolynn:

Josh and Me:

Baba, Papa, and Nicolynn:

FLORIDA Part 2: Fun stuff we've done.

NICOLYNN AND THE LITTLE GECKO:

There are lots of these little lizards in Florida. This one Uncle Tony helped Nicolynn hold and play with.

Nicolynn and I even showered with one by the pool this week :) I didn't see it until Nicolynn started saying "Lizard, Lizard, Lizard" and she backed away from the wall. Sure enough, there was a lizard in our shower. And of course the next thing out of her mouth is "Hold it?"

ICE  CREAM:

Ok, so we also had LOTS and LOTS of ice cream on vacation. I have been told that ice cream always fits in the cracks (even after a large dinner) and Nicolynn would definitely agree with that. Nicolynn especially loved this day because we bought her her very own ice cream cone to eat by herself.

PAPA CAUGHT A POMPANO FISH:

"Hold it???"

MORE POOL TIME:

BAGEL WORLD AWESOMENESS:
This is the breakfast of champions, or just the breakfast Josh and I have been craving for the last year. (Everything Bagel, egg, cheese and sausage... yum yum!)

MID-MORNING BINGO: I WON!!!!
Almost every other day, the resort has BINGO on the pool deck. And I actually won my very first BINGO game on this trip. I ended up winning a popcorn popper for the grill... not something I will ever use. But it was still lots of fun playing.

 COMING HOME:
So we decided to take a different route home, and it felt like we were never going to leave GEORGIA! (I decided "It's the state that never lets you leave...") This is a picture of our dreaded Atlanta part of the trip.

It's not a good picture, but it the best one I have that can give you an idea on how much fun driving was in that city. :) 

The rest of our drive home was successful, except for the part where Nicolynn threw up twice...

The first time was not so bad, BUT the second time... well I still have nightmare about having to clean that up again. Thankfully we were 2 hours from home, but that also meant it was pitch black (since we drove straight thru the night) and it was SOOOOO COLD again. We cleaned her and the car up as best as we could at a rest area. And then did more dreaded cleaning at 5:00am when we got home. 

She was so good about it all though. We're not sure if it was a bug or if she got car sick or both.

But for the most part, driving went pretty well!!!

FLORIDA Part 1: Daily Life on Vacation.

FLORIDA IS AWESOME!!!!!

This year we were able to go to Florida for about 2 weeks. We figure this is our "Last Hurrah" before little Baby H comes. And we are making the most of it. :)

Every morning starts out with BAGEL WORLD!!! And I do mean every morning. Bagel World is so close to the resort that we walk there and bring our breakfast back to the resort to eat on the sunny pool deck. The bagels are baked fresh daily, and there are so many different options.

Next we get ready for the pool.
Here Nicolynn is singing and dancing on the bed before Pool Time:

Then it is POOL TIME!!!! Nicolynn normally starts out playing in the pool while Josh and I start out getting HOT in the 80+ degree sun. Then we jump in the pool to join Nicolynn.

If it's not a pool day, its a BEACH DAY!!! Nicolynn loves the beach. The first few days she wanted to catch the seagulls. She would chase them and say "Hold it, Hold it". I felt so bad for her because she would just start to cry when she couldn't catch the birds. She wanted to hold them so badly. And because she was running so much on the sand, she got blisters on every one of her toes. :( Although she was in pain she was such a trooper with the blisters. She enjoyed wearing band-aids, and her new light up sandals. So at least that went over well.

Nicolynn also surprised me in the sand. She is such a girly girl who does not like to be dirty at all. And she LOVED being buried by Uncle Tony and Daddy. I couldn't believe it.

Here she even looks bored :)

Next is nap time, and Josh and I take turns staying in the room for Nicolynn's 2 hour naps. Or we both stayed in the room together and played skip-bo. It worked out quite well.

Then we head out for an early dinner somewhere. There are so many great restuarants to choose from. And we made it to almost all of them. And after dinner we came back to play cards, or play corn hole, or walk in the beach, or just to hang out.

Next we sleep and start all over with Bagel World in the morning!!! This is the life :)