Florida

Lots of pictures in this post- We did pare it down from 585 though- yikes!

We spent the last week soaking up the sun and fun in Florida.  The first day and a half we spent hanging out at the pool and mini splash pad at our condo.  Myles got his first taste of swimming by himself (sort of).  His only experience up until now in the pool has been in a little raft thing.  After getting some sound advice from his Aunt we went with the life jacket and swimmies.  This worked out great!  He loved being on his own and we loved not having to hold him the whole time.

 

 

 

 

We did our best to keep our expectations in check and be prepared that Myles may not like Disney World as much as we had been hoping.  Thankfully that wasn't necessary as he loved it!   We spent the majority of one day at the Magic Kingdom (minus a brief trip back to the condo for a quick nap).   We managed to get in quite a few rides including two trips on Myles favorite ride "Dumpy" as he called it.



Patiently waiting in line-   Loving every minute of it

Excited for round #2

 

 Myles got to meet Goofy, Donald Duck, Pooh and Tigger.   I thought he would be much more timid and scared of the characters but he went right up to them. 



Meeting his favorites- Pooh and Tigger

 

 

 



A cruise on the speedway

 

 

 

 

The following day we hung out by the pool again and headed to Downtown Disney in the evening.



Lego store



Building a crane



Trying on my Minnie ears



Goofing around



Waiting to ride the train



choo-choo



Rainforest Cafe



Checking out the fishy's

 

After our time in Orlando we headed to Daytona.  It wasn't quite the experience we were hoping for.   Myles enjoyed the sand a bit but didn't want anything to do with the ocean.  The waves coming at him freaked him out too much and the weather wasn't the greatest.  We ended up heading home a day early because of those reasons.

 



Running to his mommy because the waves were coming



Collecting sand for his castles



Building sand castles



Bashing Daddy's hard work

 



The attempted dinner at Aunt  Catfish- we ended up taking a pizza back to our room :)



 

All in all we had a great time.  Myles was an excellent traveler and we hope to make a trip back to Disney when the next little one is at this age.    

 

 

 

 

 

Chattanooga

 

Last week we took a day trip down to Chattanooga.  We drove up to Lookout Mountain to see the city from up high.

 

 

After lunch we headed over to the Tennessee Aquarium.  Myles absolutely loved every minute of it.  Around every corner was a new fish or thing he was just as amazed with as the last one.  Definitely worth the drive to see the look of wonder on his face all afternoon.  He did a great job of making it through both buildings.  We probably walked around for 2 1/2 hours and he never slowed down. 




All ready to check it out

 



He liked the sting rays but wanted nothing to do with touching them.



Look of wonder

Butterflies



Sharks



Penguins
 



One pooped kid