We're back!

We're back from sunny Florida (and yikes - 36 in Boston felt chilly this afternoon when we landed!). We had a wonderful trip. The house my parents rented was beautiful and literally sat right on the beach so we were able to go back and forth to change diapers, get out of the sun, and take naps (and we took lots of long naps!). We had only one rainy day and warm temperatures which gave us lots of time for running on the beach, swimming in the pool and walking around beautiful Naples. We got to celebrate Uncle Eben's birthday and spend lots of time with Aunt Allie who finally left Hanover for a week, Aunt Sarah and Uncle Tom who joined us after spending the first part of the week in Miami with his family. Hannah and Will were in heaven with all the extra attention and were sad to say goodbye to everyone on Friday, although Hannah was awfully excited to get home and see the rest of her babies - only 'baby' and 'Wally' made the trip to Florida.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Sorry to post so many but there were lots and lots of good ones to share (and there may be a few more once I get video and pics from my Mom and brother!).

Playing with Papi on Day 1...

Loving the pool (and loving Hannah's post nap hair!)

Walking on the beach was a popular late afternoon activity (this is pre Will spitting up everywhere- sorry Allie!!)

By day 2 Hannah had graduated to swimming in the pool solo as long as she had her arm 'things' on. By the last day I was even letting her swim while I sat fully clothed on the side of the pool. Definitely time to start swimming lessons for this girl!

More walking and thumb sucking practice!

Hannah LOVED running in and out of the surf. The water was a little chilly for swimming (except for Uncle Eben!) but that didn't stop her from running in and out for hours at a time.

Lounging in the late afternoon....

More swimming!!

We spent one morning out on a boat and here is the happy couple practicing their smiles for the wedding and working together to remove the cover from the boat- at 8:30 in the morning we were looking for sun not shade... it was a chilly boat ride!

And we went to Red Sox spring training game. Hannah LOVED it. She loved seeing Wally as we expected, but she also really seemed to enjoy the game and in fact sat through all nine innings very happily. Guess we have a new fan!

Wally was supposed to sign hats and books for a couple innings at the beginning of the game but when went down to let Hannah say hi he was already leaving. I turned into a pushy Mom and literally chased Wally out of the ballpark shoving Hannah at him the entire way. We did manage to get her hat signed and she got to touch him. And then I spent the next hour explaining why he had to leave early....

And we went to the Naples zoo. Hannah was a little tired but has not stopped talking about seeing "George", the monkeys were apparently a hit despite her showing little interest when we were actually there!

We found a playground yesterday on our way to our hotel in Ft. Myers and Hannah was in heaven!

And we finished up our vacation with a yummy Italian feast in Ft. Myers. Hannah was covered in spaghetti by the time the meal was over - a perfect end to a fabulous vacation.

Now back to reality...