Sunday 27 June 2010

Home from hols

We're home! Had a fab time in Florida. We were in Orlando, doing the disney thing and Dad had hired a villa for the 7 of us. It was super hot and we had a storm nearly everyday but they never lasted long. It was great to have hot sunny weather and access to our own pool and just be away on holiday and have a break from "normal" life.

We were dreading Caleb on a plane. He's 17months and rarely sits still. However, he was an angel! We were pretty gobsmacked actually. On the way over he stayed in the seats the whole time (didnt even try get into the aisle), played with his toys, entertained the people behind and played with the window blind. I dont know how we passed 9hours but we did. On the way home (a nighttime flight) he slept most of the way!

Matthews family came down from Canada to visit which was great. His mum and dad babysat a few days so we could go and visit Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. Caleb got to meet his cousin Luke for the first time and it was great. They got on so well, it was so cute. Caleb changed a lot on holiday, grew up even more. He speaks really well and comes out with all sorts of hilarious things, i think he was copying Luke (who is 3).

Im sure there is loads more to say about our holiday. Jetlag is a killer though....our sleeptimes are totally messed up. When mummy and daddy are shattered Caleb is wide awake and vice versa. Cant get him into bed before 1am. Its hard going. Hoping things return to normal soon!

14 comments:

Erna said...

Hello Cheryl good to hear you had a wonderful time...
Hugs
Erna

Maggie said...

Welcome back! glad you had a good time, the flights are a killer, but worth it when you get there:-)

Kathy A. said...

Im glad that you had s;uch a wonderful holiday. How nice for your Canadian family to fly down to be with you. Hope the jetlag ends soon and life gets back to normal.

Karan said...

Glad you had a great holiday. Hope the jey lag is soon sorted & you're all back in sync again. :0)

Blu said...

Sounds like you had an amazing time!

Katrina said...

Glad you had a fun trip and Caleb did well traveling!!! Hope the jetlag eases soon :-).

Lynn said...

It sounds like you had a fantastic time! And it's great that your hubby's family were able to join you as well.

valerie said...

Welcome back! So glad to hear you all had a great time in FL! The jetlag will get better soon!

Lainey said...

Welcome back Cheryl! It sounds like you had a wonderful holiday.

Felicity said...

Welcome back from holidays. I'm glad you had a great time.

Jane said...

Hi Cheryl
Just found you via another Blog so popped over to take a look.
So pleased to hear you had a great time in Orlando, we have been holidaying there for the past 9 years so know what a fab place it is - our chance to be big kids again! Looking forward to hearing more about it and if you got to see the new Harry Potter World?
Well done Caleb - our first visit was with 3 year old twins and they loved it, it just seems to be me that has never ever been able to sleep on the nightflight home!
(Buttons & Stitches x x x)

stitcherw said...

Glad you had such a great time, and how wonderful to be able to see more of your family and spend time with them. Glad too that the flight worked out so well and Caleb wasn't totally bored and acting up for you.
Sue

Terry said...

Glad you had such a good time here in sunny Florida. Hope things are going smoothly now that you are back home and hopefully over your jetlag. lol

tintocktap said...

Sounds like a great holiday!