First Vacation

We are on our way home from Omaha, Nebraska!  It's not very far away, but it was the perfect first vacation for you!  We left Friday morning and arrived about ten am. We started off at the Omaha Zoo - it was just voted the number one zoo in the world!  You really enjoyed it - they have such neat exhibits and it's HUGE!!!  We rode on the Skyfari which takes you across the zoo by a sky tram. I was afraid you would be scared, but like always... You had no fear. Mama was the one that was terrified the entire time... Not because of heights, but because I was terrified you were going to fall out. I had the death grip on you. In typical Lathan fashion, you told me you were a big boy and to let go of you. Can you stop growing up so fast??  After about five hours we headed to the hotel - Coco Keys Water Resort!  We just did a little walking around downtown, did some shopping, and grabbed dinner. You did ok in the hotel; at first, you told us you wanted to go home and you didn't like that bed... But eventually you fell asleep. You didn't nap that day so we knew you were exhausted. 

Saturday was the Children's Museum!  You were on sensory overload there!! That place is absolutely amazing.... It's a place for kids to run around and explore. You were amazed with the mechanical working room - it was a series of pipes, cranks and levers that would shoot balls out of them. You loved shoving the balls in and watching the air push them through - we spent a lot of time there. To also really enjoyed the miniature grocery store, and the special dinosaur exhibit they had. There was a free picnic outside so we sat outside and are hotdogs and played on their swing sets.  After your naptime, we went to the water resort in the hotel (which was also huge and amazing) and ended the day at the Amazing Pizza Machine. It is similar to a GIGANTIC chuck e cheese - large dinner buffet, a lot of arcade games, rides, and your surprise at the end - go kart racing!!! Any arcade game that involved racing, you always found your way to it - that's your obsession right now. You were really surprised when we took you to race go karts at the end :) 

Today, we went back to the zoo. You said you wanted to see the lions and monkeys again, and you wanted to go for another ride.  (Skyfari) so we went for another three hours and then hit the road and headed for home!  We couldn't have asked for a better weekend - the weather was perfect, the places were not too busy, and you were such a well behaved little boy!  You told us "I like this vacation!" "Fun day!!" "This vacation is neat!" "I like this hotel." It made us so happy to know that you had such a great weekend - that was exactly what we wanted. :) 

I still find myself staring at you in awe sometimes... Or watching you sleep and feeling my heart just fill up with love. I do not know how I fall more in love with you every single day, but I do. I can not get enough of your cuddles, hugs, and kisses. My heart melts when you put your hand on my cheek and tell me you love me or ask for me to hold you. I know there will come a day when Baby Boy will outgrow Mama; the thought of that day immediately brings tears to my eyes.  You are my world and I just can't fathom the thought of losing my Lathan snuggles.  You're laying beside me on my pillow and the sounds of you snoring fill up the room... My perfect little boy. I wish I could keep you little forever. 

We had your 2 1/2 year old check up- no shots! Yay!  You are in the 85th % for height and 21st for weight - the same trend since birth... Tall and skinny!  Just like always, the dr was very impressed with you and said you're way past your milestones. Your speech is amazing and range of vocabulary really pleased them - again, just like always... GENIUS!  We talked about potentially starting potty training and she gave us some tips. I'm still very concerned how you will do with that because you do not handle change well at all. We will probably start that fairl soon. If you're reading this, and still in diapers, obviously we failed. :)

You really love the movie CARS and still want to race any and every thing you can race. You want us to race cars that we see while driving, you race your toys, you race Rocky, and so on and so on. You're just a little racer! :) Another one of your new favorite movies is The Jungle Book - I knew you would love that movie because of all of the singing and the different animals - specifically the marching elephants. You get down on your hands and knees and put your "trunk" in the air and "march" while chanting 123123123 (You won't count past 3... So that's as far as you will go with your marching chant.). 

You are always singing and dancing to any and every song that is on TV, the radio, my phone, etc. You just love your music. You have a special dance you made up consisting of just tapping your toe different ways. Pretty fancy! Haha. You still love baseball, pizza, and your buddy Rocky!