Flying to Florida

Our first family vacation, and we even took a plane! This week in Central Florida marked the end of Sam’s long work grind finishing a huge project for his business, and the beginning of our new family routine as he moves to his own office in Grand Haven. Not to mention I’m now twenty-three weeks pregnant and the timing for some sunshine and 80 degree weather was perfect! Our big boy Sam Sam did so well on his first plane ride, and he adjusted to the new environment quickly with his naps and sleeping straight through the night. Sammy was constantly asking to go outside or would hop in his stroller all by himself! Just in this one week it seems he grew 3 inches taller and matured into a mini-toddler (including some new temper tantrums)!

Mount Dora & Eustis

Northwest of Orlando, we stayed in between these two towns for our week trip! Both Mount Dora and Eustis had a nice downtown along lakes. There are actually lakes everywhere and it was very beautiful!

Central Florida Zoo

Sammy loved all the animals, he was “Baaaa" ing at everything from the lemurs to the cougar. Certainly the highlight was feeding the giraffe with daddy!

Margaritaville

Sam had a business meeting with Margaritaville Resorts in Orlando, so Sammy and Mama tagged along! This was a fun little experience, and we got a cool new bouncy ball.

New Smyrna Beach

Just south of Daytona, we found this beautiful 17 mile stretch of beach called New Smyrna! We parked our car right on the Atlantic, and enjoyed beautiful white sand beaches. Sammy’s first time to the ocean coast!

Our Lake Cottage

So where did we stay? We found a nice little cottage on Airbnb which sits right on small lake, next to Lake Eustis. We had perfect weather for sitting our on the deck and Sammy had lots of space to play!

Thank you for reading! Would love to hear about where you have taken fun vacations!!