The perfect holiday

What a great vacation to Florida - Jessica was an ANGEL!! We were pleasantly surprised at how good she was, especially considering it took us about 21 hours of driving over 2 days to get to Ormond Beach. Not to mention the fact that she was sleeping in hotel rooms and a strange room for 9 nights! In the car she sucked her thumb to sleep when she was tired, played when she was awake and we stopped to feed her every 4 hours or so. Sometimes she got lonely but soon realized she just had to look over her shoulder for reassurance that we were close by.



The house we rented for the week was perfect...just 9 houses from the beach! I just love these photos of Russ & Jess during one of our walks with her in the Baby Bjorn.



We spent 3 days at the Motocross track (of course), which was a lot of fun for Russ & I. Again, Jessica was surprisingly very good - the noise didn't bother her one bit (at one time, she actually fell asleep in my arms despite all the revving of dirt bikes)! She spent most of her time either in the exersaucer or her playpen having a grand ol' time.



There was one day it actually rained in the morning - but as soon as it cleared up we went for a short walk to the pier on Flagler Beach. There were so many pelicans just hanging out! And of course, we had to take a self-portrait! =)



Jessica also discovered a favourite new "toy" while we were away...(yes, a water bottle!!)



And during the many, many hours spent in her car seat, Jess also discovered how much she loves playing with (and sucking on) her feet!!



On our last night away in a Red Roof Inn in Lexington, Kentucky, Russ & I also found out that Jessica actually sleeps on her tummy! At home she sleeps in her own room and we always put her to bed on her back. When she wakes up in the morning she's usually on her tummy but we always assumed she rolled over just when she woke up. So imagine our surprise when we saw her sucking her thumb and sleeping in this position at the hotel. It was way too cute to pass up taking a picture!!



That's pretty much it - it was hard to leave the warm weather and relaxing days but like all vacations, it had to come to an end. I think we're definitely going to go back next year, which will be more challenging with Jess walking around, but tons of fun!!

Here's one of my fave photos from the trip of her:



Thanks for stopping by!! =)