Medeira Beach, Florida ~ 2009

When Kai was born, Lee and I decided that we wanted to take a mini-vacation together somewhere. We thought that when Kai was 3 months old it would be a good time to go somewhere... we would still take her with us, but take help, and leave the boys at home. That is exactly what we did and it turned out to be an unbelievable trip!

From October 8th thru the 12th we vacationed at Madeira Beach, Florida with our best friends, Neal and Melanie Blythe. We took along Erin Thiele as our nanny to help with Kai. What a fun group it was! Here are some pictures from the trip...

At the Detroit Airport early in the morning, ready to fly to Florida!

Erin and Kai at the airport.
Kai was such a good baby the entire trip!

Eating at Buba Gumps at John's Pass.

Mel posing with the Forrest Gump shoes.

Kai experiencing the ocean for the first time. She LOVED it!

"Kai" means ocean in Hawaiian.

Looking so little in Daddy's arms.

Lee, Kai and I

It was very special spending some one on one time with Kai.

The days were very hot... in the 90's every day with high humidity. We kept Kai in the shade and sprinkled with water. She was very comfortable!

This was our little table we sat at when it got too hot!

Loving Florida!

It was so nice to be able to go out with Neal and Mel every night and not have to worry about coming home for the kids. We had a ball together!

(I look so white in this picture compared to everyone else ... I really did get a tan!)

Our last evening at sunset.

The four of us getting ready to go to a very nice restaurant on the water.

Walking past John's Pass.

So happy we took this much needed vacation!

Thanks Mom and Dad for watching the boys!!! You are the best.