Ok I finally have some time to write about our trip!!!

First, I have to admit. It was probably one of my favorite trips of all time. It's funny though. The weather pretty much sucked, Nolan's diapers leaked on the plane, we never got to use our water park tickets I bought, we got locked out of our hotel room once, and had some fun tantrums on the plane! But none of this stuff mattered because we ended up turning this stuff upside down and having such a glorious time!

We went to Seaworld, Busch Gardens, Cocoa Beach, and visited a bunch of family and friends! It was wonderful to spend a whole week with the whole family. Not interrupted by work, phone calls, or dishes. It was awesome. In fact, it was so great, I am still having a hard time coming back to reality.

Nolan got to spend his 2nd Birthday in Florida. How cool is that? How am I ever going to top that? Next year I'm going to have to take him to Europe or something! His birthday party is on Sunday. How cute is he?!

Cocoa Beach...Nolan was so scared of the waves! We kept trying to take pictures with the ocean in the background, but he kept turning around looking at the waves and screaming so none of the pictures really turned out. We settled for sand pictures:)

This is one of my favorite pictures. It's so innocent. It's so real. A little boy about ready to chase a duck/goose type bird. I say that because I really don't know what it was. It was very weird looking and Nolan was very interested in it!
Ok, now I want everyone reading my blog to go "awww...." :) I love this picture too. I enlarged it and hung it in our bathroom.

Here's a picture of the boys and I at Seaworld. Ian played a basketball game and won two "Shamu's" for Nolan and him. These were the hit of Seaworld. The boys carried their little "Shamu's" everywhere.

I can't wait until the next trip! I just hope I'm as healthy as I was for this trip for the next one. I noticed while I was on this trip that I was constantly thinking about how this could be my last trip healthy so to enjoy every second of it, and never turn down anything. I made sure I did every ride, took every picture, tried any new food. Hopefully there are many more, but you never do know! Live life to the fullest:)

Memorable

Florida was beyond memorable and amazing. More to come on that........

Whirlwind

Between working full time, being a mother/wife full time, managing a disease full time and now training for a half marathon full time I feel like im living in a tornado!

We will be leaving for Florida this weekend and are beyond excited for a nice family trip. The bags are packed (well almost..), the airline tickets printed, and the laundry done. We are ready. I think. Wow. So much to remember when you bring two kids! Nolan will be turning "2" while we are in Florida. What a bittersweet moment for me. My "baby" is not a baby anymore. He is officially a toddler. We don't count his age by months anymore, we count it by years. oh my! Here are some things about him right now:

--He knows what he wants and once it's in his head, he's going to get it no matter what the price. (pretty sure he gets this from me.)

--His vocabulary is rapidly expanding. Every day he is saying a new word. My favorite "love you, ma."

--He doesn't call me mommy, mamma, or mom. He calls me "Ma." It makes me feel old but at the same time I love it. It's 100% Nolan.

--He calls me "Anne" when he really wants my attention. This just makes me ignore him even more. I will not answer to the name "Anne" from my child!

--His favorite song is "wheels on the bus" and we listen to it everyday in the car ride to daycare and home. I have to do the hand motions with him in the car or he will yell at me "ma!" Pretty sure the people in the other cars I pass are wondering what the heck I'm doing but it's fun.

--He loves pizza and everytime I ask him what he wants to eat he says "izza!"

--He just had his 2 year appt and he is "lean and tall" as the doc said. He is 40% weight and 70% height. He's absolutely perfect and healthy!

----He is stealing my heart away more and more each day!

--He loves trains and so his birthday party will be a Thomas the Train theme. Again, I will be going all out--pictures of the party to follow after we have it:) Since we will be gone for his birthday, here's for him: Nolan Happy 2nd Birthday, I love you with all I am!

Regarding my health--I am super healthy (knock on wood) and feeling great still! Marathon training is sure draining but makes me feel great when I'm done with a good run. I'm running 4 miles right now. My goal is to get to 5 miles by March. We'll see. Treadmill training is not the best and definitely not the most fun!!

Bon Voyage!!!