Florida 2011

Jared had 2 weeks in a row of training in Gainesville, FL so we thought it would be fun to turn it into a vacation. We went the weekend before he started training and stayed at his brother's house in Orlando. We were able to go to Disney World several times (thanks to Kevin & Amy!!!) I know Emmett won't remember this so I took LOTS of pictures and posted my favorites on here hoping to print this all off into a book someday.

Here we are on the ferry headed to Magic Kingdom. The wind took his breath away a little but I think he enjoyed the ride.

Let the Memories Begin


We got there during the 3:00 parade and had a really good spot for meeting Characters.

I wish I could've seen Emmett's face but I think that would've been tricky.

Jared wanted to start him out on Pirate's and he did really good but got scared when we got splashed with some water.

Jared waited in line to take Emmett on Dumbo so we hung out and took pictures.

1st time on Dumbo!

At the end of the day we met Mickey and Minnie but he was soooo tired I think he was confused.

At least he didn't cry.

We started heading back to the car and he was fast asleep.

We went to Downtown Disney one evening and ate some Ghirardelli Ice cream!

Emmett LOVED it. He shared my hot fudge sundae with bananas.

The next day we drove 2 hours to Gainesville. Gator territory. After dinner one night we walked around the mall.
On campus they have these bat houses and every evening they all fly out. TONS of bats come flying out the bottom all at once and into the sky to eat all the bugs. It is a really neat sight!

Waiting for the bats to start coming out.

Every weekend we would head back to Orlando and next we went to Animal Kingdom. Here we are on the jungle cruise.

They have a fun petting Zoo that Emmett loved! It was a really hot day and I only had warm pants for Emmett so I took them off and let him show off his cute chubby legs. To go along with his bare legs his onesie said "Get in Line Girls"

Wish we could've brought this lamb home with us. He really liked Emmett.

Too cute!

The goats were cute too.

Rafiki

Jiminy Cricket....(spelling?)

Touching a baby alligator!

Animal Kingdom closes early so we went to magic kingdom and got to watch Jared go on the tea cups by himself. He apparently went really fast.

Epcot was a fun day. He met Chip n Dale and loved them. I think he thought the nose was a ball.

He enjoyed walking around Asia and......

....pushing his stroller. We ate the yummy funnel cake here but didn't get a picture.

Here's epcot's character spot. The wait wasn't too long and we got to meet a lot of characters all at once. He was getting tired at this point so he was a little grumpy.

He was scared of pluto for some reason. He normally loves pluto since he's a dog.

Giving Donald a five.

Goofy gets a high five.

Our second week in Gainesville we stayed in a different hotel and it had a sport court so on warm days Emmett loved running around in it while we waited for daddy to get done with work.

Our last time at Disney we went to Hollywood studios and weren't able to do much with a baby but he loved this play area.

He didn't so much like sitting on Auntie.

After a short visit at Hollywood Studios we went to Disney's Boardwalk. It was really chilly that day.

We decided to eat here so Jared got a hotdog and I got a delicious corndog. The seagulls were all over so while Jared was away I had covered his food and was holding onto the remainder of my corndog when a seagull or 2 swooped down and managed to quickly slide the corndog off my stick out onto the cement where it disappeared. I could not believe how brave/desperate they were. I thought I was being careful but apparently they were more hungry than me.

The ship in the background is an awesome water park for the hotel there.

Emmett was digging in the sand and eventually had to taste it.

YUCK!

The next day we hung out with Kevin and Amy and watched the movie Catfish. Our flight left sooooooo early the next day. We had such a fun time and I think it's funny that after we left every day was 80 degrees in Orlando. I guess we were lucky to get at least a few warm days. Now I'm ready for spring to arrive here!

More of Emmett

When Emmett is doing something that requires concentration it helps if he opens his mouth really wide.

Here he was working on pulling a wipe out & stuffing it back in. I think it's so cute.

When I'm sitting down he'll bring an open book to me & give me his cute "I want something face" until I put him on my lap.

Up close you can see he has finally gotten a 3rd lower tooth.

Whenever he has a book it has to be open.

Big boy

He's getting so big. Here are some of his new tricks.

Christmas 2010

Christmas Eve we headed to snowy Paris.

This picture was taken in Orem but I can't move it once it's downloaded.

Emmett thought his cousin Boston was pretty funny. He enjoyed watching him play Mario bros.

Here we are back to Christmas day. He's eating this candy cane with the wrapper on. I know someday he'll know but for now I can avoid the stickiness.

Megan, Wyatt, & well, what should we call Emmett's big brown bear Megan got for him?

Jared, Megan, & I went skiing at Beaver one day. It was very cold!

Emmett & Granny C playing in the snow

He likes being outside even if he can't move from being so bundled up.

I didn't do very well at taking pictures this year so I guess I know what a New Year Resolution should be for me.

My 27th birthday.

Jared had to leave on my actual birthday so he planned something fun for us. He had a free hotel stay so we stayed in Salt Lake on the 26th and that night went to see the lights at Temple Square then ate at The Roof. Yes we had Emmett which was a lot of fun and he was such a good boy even in the cold.

Bundled up for Temple Square. He did NOT want us to cover his cupholder handles with the blanket.

Our view from the Restaurant.

The next day Jared had me do a green tea body wrap at the Grand America while he & Emmett took a nap.

Then I got to watch these two swim. Emmett LOVES swimming or anything to do with water.

This was after one of the many dunks Jared gave him.

It was a great birthday! Next year I turn 28 on the 28th and Jared will turn 31 on the 31st.

Bookworm

This boy has liked books for quite awhile. He especially loves when they have flaps to open and will pretend to read by saying ma ma ma ma. It is the cutest thing ever.

This was at Andrea's before Christmas, my mom, Andrea, and I were looking at a Christmas catalog and talking about stuff then we heard him jibbering and looked over to see him reading his own magazine. so cute

Jared & I were in the other room and thought my parents were with Emmett because he was jibbering for so long then came to find him by himself "reading."

That's my little bookworm, hope this continues because he has a lot of books to get through.