Florida! Oh Sunny Florida how we miss you so much so soon!

We just got back from a great trip to Florida.  The weather was warm and the sun was shining.  The temperature ranged from about 70-85 during the day and in the 60's at night.  We spent a few days in Ft. Lauderdale which was very nice.  We had a oceanfront balcony room.  After Dylan would go to bed we would enjoy a bottle of wine and some dessert on our balcony.  Dylan did pretty well except for the fact that the ocean scared him and he was not a fan of the sand  either.  So, we ended up taking a lot of walks while carrying him and sometimes we would take his stroller.  After Ft. Lauderdale we drove over to Estero where my Grandma lives during the cold Minnesota winter.  We had a very relaxing time.  She even watch Dylan a couple days so we could catch a few Orioles baseball games.  Shane and I spent a good bit of time at the pool; primarily when Dylan was napping or after he went to bed.  Dylan loves his stroller, so we took a lot of walks and would let him out of the stroller to play.  One of the ponds nearby had a alligator in it...speaking of alligator, one of the restaurants we went to we tried a little alligator.  I thought it was a little salty but not bad.  We had lots of good food and good sun!  There was so much more but I will just list pictures instead of rambling on about it...

Ft. Lauderdale...outside of our hotel

He was so upset about the ocean he got his binkie.

Checking out the sand...unfortunately he did not like it.

Relaxing on the balcony

Our hotel...our room was on the top floor and we had  a great view.

Yes, he was lathered in sunscreen!

Baby Feet!! So cute!!

Shane and Dylan walking in the water

Tried to see if he would like the sand everyday and no mater his mood he still didn't.

But, he did love playing by the pool and climbing on all of the chairs.  During the later portion of the day the hotel would have a band by the pool and Dylan would stand there and just be amazed...his dancing was pretty cute too. 

He thought foot prints were funny.

Acting shy by his Great Grandma...luckily he got over that in about 2 minutes.

Outside of Grandma's house

He just couldn't keep away from those rocks.

Giving Daddy a big hug.

He learned how to climb up on her chairs and they would rock back and forth which kept him busy for a while.

Looking for lizards...here he saw one climb into that hole.

There were tons of these little lizards.  Dylan would try to chase after them once he spotted one.

During a walk Dylan went over the these palms and started shaking them.  He was in awe that he could shake a whole tree and the leaves would move.

Splashing in the bird bath. 

Playing on the bike rack.

Grandma was trying to show him how to ride it...but as you can see in the next picture he thought it was easier to just pick it up.  He would get frustrated because his feet would hit the front and back tires unlike the one we have at home.

I thought at first, oh how cute he is running from tree to tree, but then he started to go from tree to tree riping the bark off. 

Shane and I at the Orioles stadium in Sarasota.  The just got done renovating it and it is so nice.  We had front row tickets which made it even better!

I tried hard to get a cute picture of Dylan and his Great Grandma but unfortunately he was not in compliance.  I'm glad Grandma thought it was funny.