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This past weekend we flew down to Sarasota to visit Jack's great-grandma Meema. This was Jack's first trip on an airplane and, boy, was he excited! When we first sat down in our seats, Heather, our flight attendant, came by and scooped Jack out of Mike's arms and told us to "get ourselves settled in and then she would give him back." This woman that we have never seen before then proceeded to carry Jack up and down the ailse instructing all the other passengers on how to stow their carry-on and if they were comfortable opening the door in the case of an emergency. We were laughing so hard! What a shmooze he was!

Once we got up in the air Jack loved looking over all the little cars and buildings of Boston until we could not see them any more!

The first leg of the flight was great! Jack feel asleep drinking his bottle during take-off and slept for the whole 1 hour flight. We all thought that this would be great timing and the next flight would be the same... Boy, were we wrong! Jack was wide awake and squirmy the entire flight. Not that he was cranky, he just didn't want to relax! He went back and forth and back and forth between Mike and I. Finally, at the end of the 2 1/2 hour flight he crashed just as the wheels of the plane hit the runway! Of course!!

We landed in Sarasota around noon and it was HOT! Jack maybe it was the fact that he was just woken up, or maybe it was the heat...

We had lunch with Meema and then we headed down to the beach to meet up with Liz and her friend Jenna. Jack wasnt too sure about the sand and it actually took him a minute or two to try to eat it! I figured that it would go right into the mouth!

Once he realized that he liked to eat the sand (he is a boy after all!) we decided to avoid it and headed for the Gulf.

The water was so warm! And that lead us to a nap!

When we woke up, Jack decided that he wanted to try the pool! He took right to the water and even started kicking his feet!

Before we knew it he was treading water on his own! What an amazing son we have! The next Michael Phelps!

Just kidding, Liz was holding him up!

After the pool Jack played around in some of the new clothes that Grandma Phyllis and Meema had gotten him! Thanks Phyllis, Meema, and Judy!

Saturday morning, Aunt Judy and Uncle Dick took us to the farmer's market in downtown Sarasota. Beforehand we stopped at Pastry Arts and had some yummy pastries for breakfast. Jack loved helping daddy eat his croissant.

Jack loved spending time with Meema almost as much as Meema loved spending time with him!


Later that afternoon, Jack got a major case of the giggles playing with Daddy!

And for more goofy laughs, we put him in Jenna's sun hat. Note that we had to change Jack's outfit once every two hours so that he could wear all of the nice closthed that he got for Florida!

Sunday, Mother's Day, we celebrated by going parasailing. Jack preferred to stay in the boat while Mommy and Daddy when up. He slept, again...

Mike and Nicole 1200 feet in the air overlooking Siesta Key!

Liz, Jon and Jenna going up, up, up. Double click on the picture to see their faces... Priceless!

Sunday evening we ate dinner on the beach with the whole gang! The sunset was just like every sun set that Meema gets to see out her balcony every night... Beautiful!!! How blessed!

Once again, Jack --er daddy- got the giggles running around on the beach.

Mommy and Jack playing.

On the way home, Jack decided that he wanted to go under the plane and decided to be checked baggage with his car seat. No, really, he put the bar code sticker on his own head! Maybe it was too much sun!

Meema, we had a wonderful time with you and thank you so much for your wonderful hospitality! We love you and look forward to seeing you home soon! XOXO.