We took a bus to the airport, and Emma was in heaven! I was quite nervous without a carseat, but after reading online about charter travel, it seemed safe.
and she was having the time of her life!
We arrived after 10pm after a long, hot, stuffy flight, got right to bed and left the next afternoon for our drive to Orlando & Gainesville.
We met up with Grandma, Mileidy & Alexsa for some dinner and fun at Chuck E Cheese, and Emma really enjoyed herself in the kid section. I think her favorite part was actually putting the tokens in the slots.....more so than actually riding on the rides!
We got right back in the car and continued our drive to Gainesville, arriving after 9pm. Although Audrey was sleeping, we got to see beautiful little 3 week old Amelia and Emma got to play with Audrey's toys for a few minutes before heading to bed herself.
The next morning, the two girls got reacquainted and had a BLAST together! Just look at the love in their eyes!
Emma actually sat there while Audrey did her hair......what 2 year old would let you do this?!!!
and....sharing some bad habits. Not sure who taught who, but they liked making each other laugh by spitting in their hands. Gross. Then Emma entertained Audrey by doing belly flops onto the air mattress- definitely a little ham!
The one time that I didn't bring the video monitor.... and Emma gets herself into trouble! I put her down for her much needed afternoon nap, and she went in without making a peep....a few hours later she was up and I went in to get her out and found this:
- she had taken everything within her reach off the dresser and put it in the crib!
How lucky could we be? We read in the paper that morning that there was a kids craft fair going on, and the weather couldn't have been any better. It was such perfect timing for our one day we had to visit and the kids had so much fun. There was painting, and music, and balloon animals- great day to put her in her new fancy dress! (good thing the paint was washable!)
We were able to squeeze in a quick visit with Gina & Sable before our long & rainy drive home. How adorable is little Sable! I can't believe how big she got, and such a cutie with her little braids. She was so sweet with Emma and even held her ice cream cone for her when Emma was trying to climb up onto the chair at TCBY. I thought it was very sweet.
The drive home was less than pleasant! It was really raining hard, and I guess I am not used to that Florida rain anymore. I was wishing Felix was with us to take over, among the many other reasons I wished Felix was with us :). But Emma was a trooper, never whined, slept for 2 hours, announced to the long line at the rest stop bathroom that she had a "doodies in her diaper", and even thoroughly entertained herself the rest of the ride. I wasn't joking about the stickers........
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