Hayden

As you could tell from the last post we went somewhere warm and sunny! We ventured to Sanibel Island with my mom, dad, and Brandon. Daddy stayed home and got the mail and fed the fish! Oh and worked, worked and golfed!
The trip was fun. It was great to have the boys out in the sun without jackets and mittens on. Hayden was in heaven. He built many sand castles, dams and jumped waves. Carson tried to eat a lot of seashells! The weather was a tad cold but really warmed up the last two days we were there. We only had a half day of rain too. Everybody I talked to that went elsewhere in Florida had lots of rain! Carson had some kind of illness down there but one call to Dr. Maria and all was better with a little antibiotic. I had forgotten how beautiful Sanibel and Captiva are, natural beauty at its finest!
Some of the things we did: Twins Spring Training with Joe Mauer playing!, Yankees and Rays game(Rays won), lots of good food eaten at the Varsity(biggest drive in, its's huge!), Michaelbob's(bbq), the Crave(kinda swanky), Pizza at Island Pizza(We ate there the first time we went to Sanibel, still good!), Doc Ford's(we had raw oyster that were oh so fresh), Biddle's Bucket(We had yummy, yummy grouper so good), homemade ice cream at the Love Boat, trip isn't complete without a Sonic and Cracker Barrel stop! We went on a Dolphin Cruise and saw lots of dolphins dancing in the water, went to a Nature Preserve or two, we toured the Edison and Ford Winter Estates(very neat!), went to Silver Springs and relaxed on the beach. We stayed at a very nice Holiday Inn on Sanibel(We've stayed before) everybody is so nice and the place is SO clean and well kept. We saw lots of neat creatures in the water, calico crab, box crab( I think!), Hermit Crab, lots of birds, turtles, alligators, fish(Hayden and I rescued a fish that was caught in low tide, and did lots of shelling and saw dancing scallops(Hayden got the giggles so bad when he saw the scallop moving in the water upright). We saw shells spit water too. We had a picnic with grilled burgers at Bowman's Beach and played at the park. There was so much its hard to remember!
Both boys did super in the car(s). Carson barely fussed and Hayden was perfect. His Didj and DVD player are to thank for that!
We stopped at Ella's in Madison both times through(We love Ellas!) Carson was treated to his first order from a menu. They had a baby plate with a little big of yogurt, applesauce, shredded cheese, turkey, Mandarin oranges(He had never had them before and LOVES them!), peas and carrots and crackers with jam. So cute watching him eat his lunch.
Okay some Random things from the trip...
**Hayden telling Brandon that someday he should wise up and come with him to Angies to play with Jacob.
**Ummm...leaving with the Tahoe and not returning with it!
**Carson making lip smacking noises when he wants water.
**Being in a traffic jam in Georgia and watching a guy jump out of his truck, go to the back and grabbing beers out of his cooler and passing them out to the cars around him. When asking why a truck wasn't moving up a girl yelling out the window "We can't move yet, we're waiting for our beers." Yeah. Only in Georgia.
**My mom running up to DQ barefoot a half hour after they closed and asking for ice cream...and getting it. How she does it??
**Using 6 year old sunscreen and getting sun burnt!
**The kindest people who went above and beyond to help us when we most needed it.