Heading to Sunny Florida!

Thanksgiving weekend finally arrived and we headed down to Florida to spend the week with Matthew's brother, Jonathan, our sister-in-law Lori and Philip's cousin Hannah. We were really excited as it had been since last Christmas when we saw them last.

Matthew, Ruth Ann, Philip and I flew from Charlotte, NC to Miami, FL. Philip had flown when he was four months but this was our first real test. Luckily we got a lot of his energy out in the airport between watching the planes take off and dancing with some new friends he made.





Philip was really excited once it was finally our turn to get on the plane. However, it was a small plane (two seats, aisle, one seat) and we were in the very back. The flight was great and taking off at 5:45pm allowed us to see the city lights of Charlotte upon departure and Miami upon arrival. Philip was a wonderful passenger but got scared at a few moments (the air pressure probably confused him when his ears popped). We made it through by scribbling, putting stickers in a book, watching a few minutes of a Boz DVD on Matthew's laptop, and passing him back and forth between the three of us. About 20 minutes before landing, Philip began saying, "All done." He had had enough of the small plane.

To wrap up our first day, we landed, found Jonathan, Lori and Hannah at baggage claim, headed out of the Miami airport area, ate a yummy, late dinner at McDonald's, and drove the hour back to their house. Hannah and Philip still had some energy left to play for a little while before we all went to bed. Yeah, we're on vacation!


Philip and Hannah hug when seeing each other in the airport.


Hannah shows Philip her toy room. Wow, we're going to have fun playing here!