Our vacation was great. Relaxing with no real plans other than to get a little sun, sit on the beach for a day or two and go to WDW on the 18th. We just did what we wanted when we wanted. It was wonderful.

Cars started crawling (forward!) while we were away and he also got his first tooth.

Dex loved floating in the hotel pool on his floaty and hitting people with his pool noodle.

Jax "snorgulled" in the pool and helped me collect dozens of itty-bitty shells on the beach.

Disney World was a huge hit. The kids rode 10 rides and two of them twice. Pirates of the Caribbean was the best though and they bought pirate hats, swords and eye patches. We stayed to the bitter end to get our $200.12 worth. The fireworks were spectacular. Before we left, Stephen was very skeptical and jaded about the whole Disney thing but already he is talking about going back in a few years. lol

It was wonderful to see Marc, Marlene, Melissa and Danielle. The girls are so grown-up now! I highlighted Melissa's hair while I was there. I never would have dreamed to colour my hair when I was in high school. Hell, I didn't dare do it until just before my 29th birthday. Anyway, they are so busy every night with volleyball and soccer. It was good to see them though. We used to see each other every 2-3 months when we all lived in the midwest.

Our trip home was long. Ft. Lauderdale to Minneapolis/St. Paul. MSP to Missoula, Montana and Missoula home. We had a 4 hour lay-over in Missoula and that has got to be the smallest airport in North America. The decor was definitely Mountain Motif. There were 3 full-sized stuffed bears (2 brown and 1 Grizzly) and stuffed heads of caribou, elk, deer, and ram. The bathrooms did not have any facilities for changing babies. The best part was that bottles of water were only $1.25 - an airport bargain!

When we arrived in Seattle, we were missing two bags - one suitcase and one that contained both Jax and Dex's booster seats. A 30-minute wait in line at the lost baggage claim found our bags waiting behind the counter for us. I don't understand that if they were there, why did they not just set them out the 15 feet on the belt with the rest of the luggage. Stephen thinks that the bags were probably accidentally loaded on the wrong flight and got to SEA before we did. Totally against the TSA rules and regulations though...

Most importantly, the time in the sun and away from here really lifted my spirits. I feel so much better...not quite back to "normal" but getting there.