Florida Trip!

Before I get into the fun stuff, we have decided on child care.  We chose Miss Angela, who will take care of Ben in her home with up to 5 other kiddos.  She groups her kids so that Ben will have 2 other friends his same age.  It's not my ideal (me! ha!), but she is great and flexible and close to my school.  At least we have 3 more weeks to enjoy each other....

Okay...Our summer trips are finally winding down.  They have been amazing and we are so happy to have seen as much of our families as we did!  In Florida, I got to meet a lot of family that I have never met from my Grandma's side (at least not that I remember...some said they remember when I was thiiis tall...ha!), Ben got to put his feet in the ocean and we all got to do Disney World for the first time.  A lot of our pictures were taken by family members, so I'll share more as I get them, but here is a picture recap of our week-long trip! 

Ben looking out the window on the way to Orlando...love
this photo!

Cuddle time in the Milwaukee airport on our layover.

Who is this gorgeous boy that keeps smiling at me?

I love the way Veronica is looking at Ben!

Ben asleep during brunch at Aunt Catfish.

With Debbie around, thank goodness for the indoor pool!

Quality time with Great Uncle Mike!

The pool makes me sleepy, too, Ben.

And asleep again.

So we were looking through my mom's camera of Ben's first immersion in
the pool and this one popped up...hahaha!!

Ocean!!  (And wind and rain, but.....ocean!!!)

Ben's first time with feet in the ocean!

Love!

Pool...round 2!  Weeeeee!

Practicing for GQ.

Not sure why this came out sideways, but family shot.  With all the cameras,
we ended up looking in 3 different directions...ha!

Family!  Such a great trip!

Our future astronaut (Ben, not Jason) at Kennedy Space
Center.  Although Jason could be a future astronaut...
And I'm not so sure I would want Ben to be an astronaut...

Pretty...and hot...and humid...and Ben is asleep...again.

How is that rocket more entertaining than these hands?

The only picture I actually took of the rockets!

Ben's "Moon Booties" :-) 

Ben sitting on Brooke's sand castle.  Mmmmm...sand!

That little boy sure does make me one happy girl!

Ben and Veronica with my cousin Katie in their new shirts from Great Grandma
 Marilyn (we sure did miss you Marilyn! <3).  Ben's says "Lock up your
daughters" and Veronica's says "My dad says I can't date until I'm 30" Ha!

Ben and Veronica with Karen and John.

This is how Ben (and Grama) spent the majority of
Universal.  It was h o t!!

Doesn't mean much to me, but we enjoyed some Butterbeer in the Wizarding
World of Harry Potter.

Epcot! And a sleepy Ben...surprise! :-)

Tigger!!!  Ben is awake, I swear...he's squinting from the sun!

Hugs for Wubba!!

And a few randoms...

Water baby!  Ben is starting to make splashes, but sure
does love his bath time!

Enjoying his new play area. 

Overlook the horrendus "A" on his shirt and notice
he's holding his own teething ring!  See what happens
when I let daddy dress him....

Happy 4th of July!!!

Enjoying fireworks!

Laid back with daddy.

That is one good lookin' Mickey!

Ben with his Great Great Aunt Erma May. (I think that is
the right relation...)

Lounging on the couch.  I know...the outfit is a hand-me-
down from a friend who is a huge Mets fan!

Ben helping momma cook dinner!

Video this week...Ben has discovered his voice and it is the best sound in the world!  It is hilarious what grown people do to make these little guys laugh!