Happy New Year! I've got some photos to share from our December trip to Florida. It was a family gathering for Larson's birthday, baptism & pre-Christmas celebration. We got off to a wee bit of a rocky start with our connection in Chicago (you would think that after living there for 7 years we would have realized that flying through O'Hare was a bad idea...). Unfortunately, due to freezing rain, we sat on the plane bound for Florida for almost 4 hours before they decided that the flight would, in fact, be cancelled. So we got some extra bonding time on the floor of O'Hare for 5 hours until the next morning flight (complete with q15 min cycling security messages on the overhead -- didn't notice how incredibly loud those were until I was trying to sleep :) Larson weathered all of this remarkably well and the next morning was just as excited to get on another "big airplane" yet again. Every time anyone made an announcement on the plane, Larson would excitedly shout "It's the PILOT!!!".
We had a DQ ice cream cake for Larson's birthday, which I think the grown ups liked more than he did (not enough frosting for a 2 year old!). Unfortunately, the day after his birthday, he got sick for the second time in three months with the pukes. Gastro is even less fun when you are not at your own house! It was a bummer for the rest of the trip, but we still had a good time, all things considered. Fortunately, he seemed to recover right about the time that we had to get back on the plane for the long trip home (thank God!) And despite all this, he has been constantly talking about airplanes ever since we got home, which I guess makes him a pretty devoted traveler, just like his mom & dad! It was great to spend time with my family, and Larson loved playing with his cousin, riding in Bompa's golfcart & practicing on the putting green.
