Tuesday: back to reality

Today was the first day back to reality.  It was fun being with Isaac again, but a bit annoying being in charge of a toddler again.  I had to remember bathroom breaks and deal with tears about not wanting to go to bed.  But to be fair, there were several fun and funny times too.  I also felt especially pregnant today so I don't think that helped.  It might have been due to moving more and realizing how hard it is to do some movements.  Luckily, Isaac decided he was willing to help me with the laundry and got a lot of things off the floor.

In other news, here are some pictures from our kayaking trip that Jenny took.

Monday: home

We made it home.

We spent some nice time in the morning playing games and in the pool.  Then we packed everything up and ate a nice lunch, being sad that our vacation was about to end.

We got to the airport with plenty of time to spare.  The spot Ben sat in was really hot, so I made him move.  The whole trip home was rather hot; I think I was cool for only part of one airplane ride.  Anyway, I slept a bunch on the first airplane ride.  Ben decided to just check and see if there was an earlier flight out of Detroit and there was!  It had two seats open and the flight we were booked for was overbooked by two, so they didn't make us pay either.  On top of that, our luggage managed to make it to the correct plane so I don't need to go pick it up tomorrow!

Ben woke Isaac up (although I'm not sure how asleep he was) when we got back and he hopefully said, "Dad's back?" and gave Ben a big hug.  Then he wanted to sit with me in the chair for a bit and after a few minutes said, "Miss Mama."  Aww.  My heart melted a bit.

Sunday: 10 years (and one month)

Happy 10 year anniversary to us! I was gone on a different trip on our actual anniversary, but this trip had been planned as our gift to ourselves. It's been a lovely ten years, mostly with ups but with several downs too. But we were together for the downs, so that made them more bearable. (Random side note: we've lived in six places in the last ten years. Hopefully that number stays the same for the next ten!)

Today was a pretty lazy day-we swam, played games, ate ice cream, and relaxed. It's sad that it was our last full day down here (although I do miss Isaac) (as in i'll be happy to see him, not as in I've wished he was here.). It seemed a bit hotter than the last several days, so it was nice to have several ways to cool down.

Saturday: mangrove

This morning we went on our kayak tour through the mangrove. Our guide may have talked a little bit too much about himself! but he also had a lot of interesting information about the mangrove. The different types of mangrove, how the ecosystem works as a whole, and the fish that we keep seeing jumping. We also saw lots of crabs, a Florida whelk, and lots of trees.

It was very awkward getting in and out of the kayak at seven months pregnant, but doable. It also was a lovely overcast day, so that made kayaking nicer too.

The afternoon was marked by relaxing, playing games, and being in the pool. By the time we were done with that it was almost six and we were worried that the ice cream shop would close if we ate dinner first. So we went out for ice cream.

We came back and grilled. Maybe I should say we came back and everyone else grilled. I didn't know how to make any of the food (well, except for the green beans and Ben claimed those). So I got to read while food was prepared and I felt rather spoiled. Zach made salmon and it was pretty good...I might have to try it sometime myself.

The very end of the night was marked by a ridiculously active baby. So much so that I felt a little sick actually. In other child news, Isaac seems to be having a fun vacation of his own. The first day he talked to us he kept asking if we were going "home next?" But since then he seems to be having too much fun to care when we're coming back.

Friday: skulls

Today we were going to go on a kayak tour but when we were just about to go a big thunderstorm came through. (I was a little sad Isaac wasn't around...he seems to love thunder even though I think he's only been in one thunderstorm that he remembers. We thank God for thunder a lot.). Anyway, kayaking was canceled.

So we played a game. There was one die with zero to two skulls on it. Ben rolled two skulls for me and one for everyone else, which was fun since I currently have two skulls. The problem is that I, and only I, kept rolling two skulls throughout the game. Two skulls was not a good thing, so I kept blaming baby for my bad luck.

We went to see the latest tom cruise movie in the afternoon. (Tomorrow never dies?). It was pretty good. As with most flicks there were plot points that were pretty dumb, but over all it was fun.

We played a few more games and sadly were too late for ice cream...hopefully we'll make it tomorrow!

Thursday: relaxing

Today I slept in until 9:30. 9:30!!! I haven't slept in that long since Isaac was born. I was expecting to sleep until 7:30 or 8, since that's usually when I wake up if I happen to wake up first.

We started the day by having a relaxing breakfast. Then we did our one chore of the day and went to the grocery store. Entermann's donuts we're buy one get one free!

We came back, had a leisurely lunch while playing a game, and hopped in the pool.

We went out for dinner and they sat us down and forgot about us. We laughed about it quite a bit because this is the third time we've gone out and the third time we've had drink problems. But once they remembered us we had a very nice dinner and then we had some good ice cream.

Wednesday: escape

Today Ben and I escaped down to Florida. Without Isaac. I'm not sure Isaac understands what is going on, but I also have no doubt that he'll have a great time with the grandparents. We escaped!

Flights went fine. It was really nice not traveling with a toddler, because then we could both be kind of blah as needed. Our luggage did get soaked somehow...my underwear was very wet and our game instructions will never be the same. But most of the water sensitive stuff was either in bags or didn't get wet. (PSA: delta doesn't do anything for water damage, no matter what.)

Zach and Jenny picked us up and we made it to the place we're staying. We went to dinner and didn't realize that pizzas were half off...our bills were so surprisingly cheap! So we got ice cream too. :)