More Marco

I felt like an obsessed mother... but every moment seemed a priceless photo moment with this precious girl.

Now that I'm home, I really don't know where to begin, there's just so many pictures and moments. In a nutshell, it really was perfect, with the exception of the length. We came inches within extending the trip thru Sunday (wish we had just paid the extra from the beginning). Ross was actually on the phone with the airline as I was sulkingly packing our bags... but since the cost of changing our flight was a bit higher than we expected, $1,037 to be exact, we loaded up the van and started our three-legged journey home. (Yes, as in, three flights, two lay overs, and 11 1/2 hours of travel with a 23 month old.)

Here are some captured moments:

Surviving the flight there: thank you, huge bag of snacks, little DVD player, and Little Mermaid. It was incredibly challenging, but could have been much worse, we're counting our blessings.

Joseph turned two on the trip-- after pool and beach on Saturday, we had his Diego Birthday party-- a total hit, especially because they had new toys to enjoy all week long. Well planned, Lace.

This is Sunday night when we went for a walk on the beach and watched the sunset. We expected sweaty and balmy and got perfect and breezy. I couldn't get over how different the beach was there than Southern California. Sophia wore her water shoes the whole time because the sand is covered with tons of broken shells... crazy because when you scraped them aside, the sand beneath was fine and white and beautiful... like cookie dough-- with lots of sugar. I wanted to eat it.

My pictures are taking too long to put on blogger--- I'll have to continue my in- depth coverage of Marco Island later. Don't worry... there's still 5 days of fun to record. :)