Off to the Sunshine State

Myles and his parents enjoyed a wonderful visit to Florida to visit Grandma and Grandpa T. Our flight down was rather early, which required us to get Myles out of bed and moving at 5:00 a.m., roughly 3 hours prior to his normal wake-up. He handled it very well but, to our surprise, he did not return to sleep until approximately noon, when G and G had picked us up at the airport and were driving us back to their place. With having so little sleep and being concerned about Myles handling the flight, we forgot to take a single picture of the trip down. However, Myles behaved surprisingly well, especially considering that he wasn't able to take a nap as we had hoped he would.

For the first few days, the weather wasn't as nice as we had hoped. It was cool and windy, with rain coming and going. However, Myles was at least able to get out on the lanai and play in the fresh air. Even if it was cool and rainy, it was much nicer than home in January.
On one of the cool days, we were able to get out to a playground near G and G's, and Myles had an absolute blast running and playing outside. We had to cut it short because of the chilly wind, but again, it was something fun that we couldn't do at home in January.

However, the big highlight of the entire week for Myles was a series of golf cart rides. The community in which G and G reside in Florida is fully golf car accessible, and it is the preferred mode of transportation for residents. Even when Mommy and Daddy snuck out for a couple of dates (thanks G and G!), we passed up taking the golf cart because we knew how much Myles enjoyed his rides with G and G.

On the day before we had to leave, we had a really nice day. It was over 70 degrees and sunny, with a nice breeze. Grandma took us to a really nice playground a few miles away with huge equipment in place, and Myles played and played and played. That was a great day.

That evening, on our last night, Grandpa took Daddy and Myles on a nice, long golf cart ride around town, and Myles really got a kick out of the ride in the dark. We even saw some folks playing night golf with glow-in-the-dark golf balls, and Myles found this very amusing.

The next morning, it was time to leave town. We had a short wait at the airport, but Myles took it in stride.

Finally, we made it home. It was good to be home with our own crib and all of our toys, but we sure miss Grandma and Grandpa - and the golf cart rides!

Myles's first stitches.

So, Myles had his first trip to the ER about a week and a half ago. He was playing around in his bath as usual, but slipped and hit his face on the edge of the tub. The cut looked pretty wide, so we ended up taking him to the ER (the local urgent care centers were closed for the evening). He was a very brave and happy little boy throughout the process, with the exception of being furious that he was strapped down and held still for the actual suture process, which took about 3 minutes. In the end, he walked out with 5 stitches and a new stuffed animal from the ER staff. Unfortunately, this came just in time for his big trip to Florida to visit Grandma and Grandpa T. It looked pretty brutal once the black eye really set in. He looked like Rocky in his bath robe.