[journey to The land of the alligators]

March brought a shockingly successful trip down to my mom's house in Florida. E surprised us by doing very well on the flight down! He loved spending time in the pool (almost as much as I did) and loved taking in the new plants and sights in the yard. The beach was his favorite, playing in the sand and licking all of the salt water off of his toys. Sam and I had two great date nights, and enjoyed several trips to a local ice cream place. The flight home was definitely a rougher one, but E finally conked out for the last 45 minutes of the plane ride, after thoroughly crying himself to sleep. Nothing felt quite as good as loading all the luggage into the car and heading home.