We are home from Florida! What a truly wonderful and relaxing time we had. While I felt more like this was a vacation, and less of a "go help the new parents with the new baby" trip, I know that both were accomplished. To say that Matthew had a fantabulous time would be an understatement. I am pretty confident that his new best friend is Jack, Andy and Jen's Golden Retriever, who is roughly twice Matthews size. Every time we even thought about going to the car, Matthew started in with a rendition of "Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack" and when we arrived and said "where are we?" He'd smile and say "JACK!" every once in a while he'd throw a "baby" in there, but Jack was most certainly the highlight. Though I will say after our evening of babysitting, he did wake up the next morning looking everywhere for the baby, walking from room to room, shrugging his shoulders and saying "baby? baby?" How cute is that- he is already in love with his cousin :)
Speaking of the baby- oh what an adorable little angel she is. About as beautiful as they come, and she sleeps to boot! (well, she eats a lot too, but she sleeps!) Check out the pictures- Just click on Matthews gorgeous little face over there on the right ;)
So let us discuss Jet Blue for a moment, and how I absolutely love that airline, and will do anything I can to ensure people fly with them in the future- they rock! The beginning of the trip was a bit rocky to say the least; as the normally 1hr15min drive to Logan Airport took a whopping 3 1/2 hours. yup- THREE AND A HALF HOURS! Who knew that there could be so much traffic on the mass pike? (I know, I know, I should have counted on it taking that long) So- while I left the house with 4 1/2 hours before my flight- by the time I got parked in the uber-far away economy lot, I had 45 minutes until take off! Yikes. The shuttle bus driver went as fast as he can, but again, traffic. So by the time I got checked in, through security and to the gate, it was 6:21, and my flight was scheduled to take off at 6:26. But here is why I love jet blue: since in my mad rush to the shuttle bus, I left Matthews carry-on in the car, I had zero toys, zero food, zero beverage for the little man. I think the gate-lady saw the desperation in the tears rolling down my face (To say I had a nervous breakdown would be a slight understatement) and she sent me off to get new toys and new food for Matthew, and promised they would not leave without me. So we grabbed some food, and some toys, got on the plane at 6:32 and the door locked behind me. And those flight attendants were THE NICEST people I have ever met- doing everything they could to help me out- even giving Matthew paper to color on and play with. So- fly Jet Blue- they rock!
Thankfully the plane ride itself, and the trip home were far less eventful, and we had a truly glorious time. Thanks for letting us come down Andy and Jen- we can not wait until August to see how that little girl has grown!
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