Sunsational Spring Break

Spring Break could not have arrived at a more opportune time. Sick of the snow and cold, Pierce and I escaped to Florida to visit with Nana and Gigi for almost a week. Pierce was an excellent traveler on the planes, and even earned his "wings" on Jet Blue. The flight attendants were impressed with his behavior and his social nature. We cruised the aisles a few times, and Pierce said hi to all of his fans, and always reminded us to "shhhhush" when he saw other passengers sleeping.

We arrived in Florida to glorious sunshine and spent some great time swimming (at least 3 times a day), playing at the park and beach, singing and playing with Nana and Gigi, going to the zoo and the local children's museum and trying new foods. Pierce had a real hot dog (with "dip-dip" of course), fresh squeezed orange juice, and chocolate chip cookies (thanks, Gigi!). Vacations are for splurges! It was so nice to be spoiled by grandma and great-grandma for the week.


We flew home on St. Patrick's Day to sleep in our own beds and pick up Halsey before we flew out again for a long weekend trip to New Orleans for a family wedding. It's too bad Pierce doesn't travel in his own seat, because he would have racked up some serious airline miles by now.

The weather was perfect in New Orleans, and we spent our days exploring Audobon Park, Audobon Zoo and Laura, a Creole plantation, outside of New Orleans. Pierce saw his old friends, the elephants, giraffes, lions, tigers, gorillas and orangutans. He also was HUGE fan of flamingos ("'mingos"), and bravely pet a boa constrictor, turtle, goats and sheep at the discovery portion of the zoo. It was a great trip!


Pierce's language is exploding and he sings his abc's, wheels on the bus and twinkle, twinkle little star, which really is "tinkle, tinkle, up so high". He repeats nearly every word we say and tries to identify his colors and letters (he's got purple and "O" down pat). He's a barrel of fun at 19 months...and we can't wait to see what's coming down the road!