On the road: Florida 09

March 26th, 2009

Yay! Its finally spring! I am beyond excited for the weather to start warming up. We spent the last week in Florida just relaxing and hanging out. It was a great vacation not for all the things we did, but because we did absolutely nothing. I mean nothing. We never went to the beach, or even my mom’s pool.

Part of the reason is because it was the 3rd time I was in Florida since mid january. The first was for Adam and Carin’s wedding. Unfortunately I totally forgot my camera the day of the wedding (seriously, the preggo brain is not a joke)

I did take some at the rehearsal dinner though, here is me and (his sister) michelle in the 1 crappy pic we took.

Luckily, peeps are on facebook and since the back of our heads are in this photo I didn’t feel too bad about ripping it off.

 

That’s Matthew in the middle looking all adorable in his yammy. 

The second was a week in Miami for work, then I rented a convertible and drove up to my parents for the weekend.  The view from my room at the fountainbleau was spectacular! Too bad I never really made use of my lovely terrace.

 

 

The only real firm plan we had all week was to go to the Mets v. Marlins exhibition game. The cool thing about these games is that the stadiums are small and intimate, the not so cool thing is that they give everyone a chance so they never usually play the well known players.

On top of that it was the same week as some big baseball tournament and most of the really good players were out playing for the US team. My aunt Jane hooked us up with really great seats and we had an awesome time.

Nothing says spring like the first game of the season! (Ok even if its the off-season and the game means nothing. He may have had a good time but don’t engage my dad on the stupidity of these games. He thinks they are retardles)

The other higlight of our trip was the day we drove around and explored with my dad. We started of on the search for good (ok decent) pizza and found Downtown Pizza: the best pizza we’ve had outside of ny! Best part, they had a lunch special $4.50 for a slice, salad and soda. Can’t beat it!

In all fairness to our lazy asses the weather turned really bad on Wednesday and pretty much rained the whole rest of our trip. According to my dad it rained about .25 inch for 2 months, then wednesday it rained 5 inches. Seriously. We spent Wednesday at the mall (baby clothes say what!) and then Thursday drove all around South Fla checking out places we have never been.

Friday we relaxed in the morning then went to see Danielle (Michelle and Adam’s sister) and her family. She has 2 adorable kids and it is so great to hang out with them. We got to chatting and she realized they no longer need their pack and play or high chair taking up precious space in their garage so they gave them to us for use at my mom’s house! I was sooooo excited since it did not even cross my mind to ask her about it. On top of that she still had a bunch of old boy clothes and let me pick a few things to take home. People are so generous I can’t even stand it! With me not working and not having a shower plus moving, every item we can borrow is really the most exciting thing. I know I keep saying it over and over but seriously, I can’t believe we don’t have to buy a pack and play for my mom’s house!

Saturday we went out with my parents and Jane for my early birthday dinner. We got to sit right by the water and have a true Florida dining experience. 

Oh my poor mom and her photo taking issues. See former evidence here.

The week was really fun but I’m happy to be home. On the list this week is some work, finding a new apartment, packing, baby registry and who knows what else. Can’t wait to get started on it so we can finally relax a bit before the baby gets here!

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