Florida

Maddie went on her first vacation last week when we went to Florida for the wedding of one of Mat's cousins.  On the flight down, we had an empty seat in our row, so Maddie sat between us like a big girl and played with various toys.  She also smiled, waved, and said "hi" to everyone around us.  She even received numerous compliments on how well she did on the plane ride :)

On Friday, we went to Cocoa Beach.  Although she was not a fan of playing in the ocean (or having the waves wash up on her feet), she did have fun in the sand...

The wedding was on Saturday.  Maddie and Brody had fun playing with the yellow balloon during the beginning of the reception...

 Dancing with daddy...

 Dancing with Grandma Emma...

 On Sunday, we went to Sea World.  It was a very hot and humid day, but Maddie was a champ...

 We arrived around 9 AM, and around 1:30, she hit a wall.  Big time.  At that point, we called it a day and headed back to the condo to take a nice long nap since we had been going non-stop for 4 days, keeping her up late, and ruining her nap schedule.  She fell sound asleep on Mat's shoulder walking to the car, we put her in her stroller, and then we put her in her car seat, and she never woke up the slightest bit through all the transitions.  However, after a 30 minute power nap in the car, she was wide awake and ready to go when we got back.  We couldn't believe it.  I tried to get her down for a nap twice at the condo, and she would not have anything to do with sleeping.  Therefore, we decided to hit the pool since it was a beautiful afternoon!

We headed home on Monday, and once again, she was great on the flight.  During the time we were waiting to board, she had a great time walking around, smiling, and saying "hi" to absolutely everyone (as usual).

We wore her cute little butt out though as she took 5-6 hours worth of naps during the day at my parents' house for the rest of the week!