Florida

This week we returned home from a week long vacation in Florida and both kids seemed to grow and develop more every day. Evelyn is rolling over easily now. She is babbling and playing with Henry more and more every day. The best interactions between the two of them are when she is laying down and Henry lays next to her smiling, laughing, and saying, "hi baby." Evelyn thinks it's the funniest thing in the world. Henry does need to be careful though. He leaned in real close and got a little to physical so she grabbed onto his hair with both hands and wouldn't let go!

We went on a lot of walks in Florida. Henry loved to push the umbrella stroller everywhere we went. And, every time we went outside he said over and over again "owl" "black owl" and was obsessed with looking around and finding a fake owl that was in someone's yard. When I say 'every time' I really do mean Every Time! There was not one time we went outside when he didn't say it over and over and over again.

Henry is putting more and more words together to make sentences. The best over the week was when he got a boo boo and turned to me and said, "daddy, pepe (pacifier). I need it." All of us smiled and laughed when he said it so it turned into a very common saying!

Henry also started randomly walking around saying "todaaaaaaayyyy." Who knows where that came from. :/

The flight back had the potential to become a complete disaster! Henry and I flew back just the two of us because Annie and Evelyn drove back with Annie's mom. This alone would not have been a big deal, however, due to weather we sat on the plane for 3 hours before finally taking off! Thank God Henry was an angel and didn't whine, cry, or scream the entire time. Plenty of snacks that doubled as toys and a fully charged iPad didn't hurt at all!! The fact that we were stuck with other planes on the runway also helped. Henry loved looking out the window and describing what he saw: "big airplane" "big black airplane" big blue airplane" "big airplane fly" "big airplane down." Over the three hours of waiting he probably said big airplane mixed in with various descriptive colors, 100 times. I'll take listening to that for a week straight before 3 hours of screaming on an airplane!

On our way to Florida. Both kids did amazing on the flight!

Henry very quickly fell in love with his Great Grandpa. Anytime we saw him during the day, before we left, Henry had to give him a big hug! Same thing with his Grandma Marge!

The morning routine.

Henry freaking out when he saw Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Disney World.

When Henry saw this huge Minnie Mouse he ran over and gave it a huge hug.

It didn't take long for Henry to fall asleep on the drive home from Disney. 

Henry petting a King Snake at the Brevard Zoo.

It's a little hard to see, but Henry is pointing at a bird that he was following around desperately trying to touch...until he got about this close to it...then he got a little scared and didn't want to touch it anymore.

Henry very impressively ran right up to compare his wing span to these birds. He then, of course, didn't want to leave and kept running back to this area.

Evelyn and Annie enjoying the zoo. She slept for most of the trip to Disney and the zoo - Evelyn, not Annie.

Mamma and Henry on another walk to find the Black Owl. Henry is sporting his new favorite Mickey Mouse hat which he grabbed right of the shelf at Disney and put on.

Evelyn loving the warm weather with Skippyjon Jones.

This was one of the "Hi baby" moments.

Henry loved running on the beach and chasing the birds. He loved to splash in the ocean too, until a larger wave came and almost knocked him over. Then he just wanted to look at them.

Evelyn had her first taste of an apple. She has now had apples, sweet potatoes and peas. She loved them all - heres hoping the love of all foods continues. 

Henry wanted to feed the giraffes at the zoo. It took him a couples times before he realized he had to just hold onto the carrot in order for the giraffe to eat it, not throw it at its face!

Towards the end of our zoo trip Henry started to imitate the monkeys. Or, at least that's what we think he's doing here...

After a long day at the zoo Henry relaxed with a cool smoothie (or as Henry calls it "meemoo"). Apart from drinking it, Henry loved to watch it go down the straw and say "bye bye."

One of the last nights we were there Henry found his new favorite toy at Great Grandpa and Grandma Marge's. Oh, to be as easily entertained as a kids!