Family Reunion Ohio Trip

We're home! Our trip was great! My dad, me and the 2 boys went to Ohio for dad's family reunion. On our way up, we stopped in Maggie Valley, NC at a relative's cabin. We will be going back there for a week in a couple months when Derek can go with us. The boys were great in the van. Tyson watched Cars about 58 times. I tried to interest him in another movie, but he just wanted Cars. Whatever kept him happy was fine with me. Tyler had his own dvd player too, thank you Ed & Tina! It was a life saver a couple times! He watched Praise Baby. I would go sit in the back and nurse Tyler every 4 hours and dad and I would take turns going back and feeding him food. We stopped at a few rest stops and played soccer, a few Cracker Barrels and ate, and a few Starbucks for a pick me up. We were in the van for a total of 42 hours on the whole trip! Yuck! We stayed with my aunt Carol and unlce Dave in Ohio. They live on a beautiful old farm. They have a big red barn, an old chicken coupe, and several other old white buildings I'm not sure what are. The land is beautifully landscaped with lots of trees and flowers. I was in picture heaven! I took about 700. I had to go buy another memory card! Tyson loved it there. We stayed upstairs and just let him go up and down whenever he wanted. Sorry mom! He loved all the land too! He ran like Forest Gump! He loved playing T-Ball too! The actual reunion was at dad's cousin Bud's house. Again, beautiful property! It was nice to see relatives and meet new ones.

Here's some of the not so good things that happened:

*The new car top carrier broke before we got out of Florida and we had to pull over on the side of 75 and put everything from the top into the van.

*My black flip flops that I was going to wear almost everyday, broke on the way up.

*Breakfast at the rest stop that was supposed to be wonderful, was horrible. We didn't bring everything we needed and the flies were so thick I couldn't see to eat my egg, off the skillet because we didn't bring plates.

*I apparently ran a red light in Georgia because there was a ticket with a picture of my van in the mail when we got home. We need those cameras at Veterans and 41!

*I left all my shower stuff in North Carolina on the way up to Ohio. Shampoo, conditioner, face wash, body wash, deodorant, comb, toothbrush, toothpaste, tweezers, and the boys shampoo and wash. And my jewelry except my wedding rings, Thank God!

Poor dad was introduced to hotel hell, Tyler's constant need to be held, and my need for major help. I was stressed because of the burden we were on him, but he says we weren't and he would do it all again, just give him a week to rest up first! All in all, the trip went well and was fun. I'm looking forward to our week in Orlando with Derek and our week in North Carolina with Derek. We miss him a lot! We got home Thursday and he got home Friday. He worked Saturday and left again Sunday. We're anxiously awaiting his arrival home on Friday. He is a wonderful husband and father. We couldn't do it without him! Well, I hope you like the pics!













The corn is doing well this year. Knee high by July!

Some of our Amish Family

Success!

Sorry I haven't posted how our trip to Orlando went. I've been trying to keep Tyler happy and get ready for the next trip. If I leave the room, Tyler stands at the gate and screams and cries. As soon as I come in and pick him up, he's fine. And it's especially bad after the weekend because he's used to 24/7 attention over the weekend. He wears on me! Our next trip is to Ohio. Just me, the boys, and my dad. It's sad, but I don't care where we're going or what we're doing. I'm just glad that someone is going to be stuck with me and the boys 24 hours a day, every day for a week! Just as long as I don't have to try to keep Tyler happy all day by myself! Poor dad! I don't think he minds though! Enough about Tyler driving me insane! Our trip to Orlando, without Tyler, was wonderful! I think Tyson had a great time with just me and Derek. I know we had a great time with him! We went to Islands of Adventure at Universal Studios. We spent most of our time in Seuss Land. It was a lot of fun! Tyson only got a 20 min nap on the way up, so I was worried since we were going to see the fireworks that night. But he did great! You could tell he was really tired, but he didn't turn into a monster! We went to the Downtown Disney Fireworks with the Scott's, friends of ours, who were also up there. We had a great time! Getting out of the parking lot was horrible! We usually go see the Disney fireworks at 9pm and then get out of there. We were running late though, so we decided to watch the Downtown Disney fireworks at 10:30. Big Mistake!!!! We sat Still, I mean, Not Moving, for 2 hours in the parking lot. It was only because of Kevin's expert merging skills and Derek's expert advice that got us out of there. We had a lot of horns blown at us though! The hotel was just fine with Tyson. Except Derek made me sleep with Tyson this time, so I didn't get much sleep. He moves around a lot and I would wake up grabbing for him, thinking he was falling. I hate that! The next morning, we took our time getting ready and went down and had our hotel's breakfast buffet, which was very good! We couldn't wait to get back to see our little Tyler. He did great while we were gone. He had his first taste of formula and did just fine with it! I did have to pump while I was away, which really sucked! I was pumping leaned over in the back seat of the van trying not to let anyone see me as we were driving into Universal, paying for parking, and parking. The whole time cussing! Derek's driving didn't help things any! And then again on our drive out of Universal to the hotel. Sorry this is so long! Here's some pics from out trip!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Extra Bubbles in the Tub!

Tyson loves his bath time! And his favorite song to sing is the little turtle song. Watch out for the surprise ending though!

Beach Day with Pa!

We had a great day today! Pa (the nanny) came over this morning. He's working on a remodel on Englewood Beach and he had to go there today to take some pics. So we decided to go with him. It turned into a wonderful beach day! The water was the perfect temp, clear, and calm! I didn't wear my suit because I wasn't expecting to be down there long, or to get in. The water was way too tempting and I ended up going in my clothes! Here's a bunch of pics. I love the ones of Tyler! His first experience eating sand! Yes mom, I let him eat the sand!

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