Florida 2009 with Pa and Dana

We just got back from a wonderful family vacation to Blue Mountain Beach, Florida which is 20 miles East of Destin. We had a fabulous condo on the beach and it was so fun to spend the week with Pa and Aunt Dana. The white sand and aqua water was beautful and we had great weather in the 80s with only one day of rain. Hudson had so much fun in the pool and ocean and was also a big fan of the airplane, boat and bike rides with Daddy and Pa.

It was hard to keep this kid out of the ocean whether he had swim gear on or not!

Hudson had so much fun with Pa who played with him nonstop that week. He fired me and John and Aunt Dana from us helping him with anything that week and would say "No, Mommy, No, Daddy, PA do it...."

Hudson spent hours just dumping sand and water in the bucket and dumping it...over and over again. I so wish this was in our backyard!

Sleeping on the boat after a morning of jumping in the ocean off the boat, dancing in the water after each jump, and feeding cheeze-its to the seagulls. He was worn out!

Now we know who Hudson gets his curly hair from:)

He got some extra special treats from Aunt Dana like Oreos and Cheese dip and doritos! He loved to sit with Dana and meal time and steal food off her plate or help her make "raw oysters" for everyone. Hudson tried a lot of new seafoods that week but that was not one of them!

We had two major meltdowns that week which isn't too bad considering his schedule was a bit off. The first one occured at the airport (after waking him at 5am) when his beloved Woody doll had to go on the security belt alone. Everyone around us seemed to think it was funny as John and I tried to move the heavy, screaming, kicking toddler through the belt. Luckily they got Woody through quickly and all was good after he made it. Woody traveled everywhere with us and even got a little sun on the beach.

The second meltdown occured while at an ice cream shop. We asked for a kid's size "orange" ice cream cone and that is Hudson's favorite color although the guy made it HUGE which didn't go so well in the hot Florida weather. After it became a melting mess, we tried to get him to set it in a cup but apparently the mess was more fun. He went from the happiest guy on the block to a consolable toddler....he was pretty funny. All in all Hudson did really well despite shorter naps on boats, planes and cars and flight delays and everything else that comes with traveling.

Hudson loved "all you can eat crab night"...mainly for playing with the "tools" that come along with eating crab and also for the butter dipping sauce:)

32 weeks pregnant....

Snapping fingers dancing in the water off the boat.....yes it really was this shallow and we did not get the rental boat stuck in the sand!

Getting spoiled all week long by Aunt Dana

We had a great time and Hudson keeps asking to go back to "Pa's house" as he thinks Pa lives there!