charlie's first airplane ride

charlie and i went to marco island to visit my mom and dad who were there for a month. suzanne also met us there for most of the week we were there. it was a wonderful vacation, but we definitely missed bill (who had to stay home and work!). the really great part was that in florida they were having record hot temps and at home we had record low temperatures and SNOW on october 12th!!! don't tell anyone, but i was kind of sad to miss the first snow fall. i always love the beginning of winter.

charlie's first plane ride went great. it was a mid morning flight so that helped. but he really didn't nap until late afternoon when we were picked up from the airport. he crashed in the carseat on the way to marco island.

he was very happy to get on the floor and play with g pops and auntie suzanne.

then we decided to take him down to the ocean...charlie definitely takes awhile to adjust to new situations. the ocean was sooo hot so we didn't think he would mind his feet being put in. from the pictures below you can see he did not feel the same way.
still recovering.
we had to start over - real slow...still very suspicious of the waves

much happier by the pool.

out for a morning walk. it was so humid we could only do short walks in the mornings for charlie's sake.


we spent lots of time in the pool.




ready to go out to dinner

he was in awe of all the action at the crazy flamingo.

my dad was working on remodeling one of the condos so he would work a lot during the day and when he came back charlie was so happy to see him. it was adorable, he loved seeing his g pops.


finally becoming my little beach bum

thanks to the bjorn we survived the airport.