Fun in Florida!

Last week Xavier went on his first vacation to Florida with Grandi, Pops, Aunt Ya-Ya and Aunt Be-Be and mom and dad! He was EXCELLENT on the plane ride down and back, apparently I didn't give him enough credit that he would take it all in stride. Although nursing him on take-off helped put him to sleep both times for awhile, but there were no screaming or hysterical fits! Whew!

Xavier's first plane ride, getting ready to land!

X didn't mind just hanging out in the sand. He didn't even mind feeling the waves crash against his feet. He didn't like sitting down in the sand and a wave hitting him! But that was at the end of his time in the water and I think the salt water was really irritating his little fat roll/crease areas!

Daddy and Aunt Ya-Ya liked playing with X making him do silly things. Here is DJ X!

X wearing Aunt Ya-Ya's sunglasses. I am going to have to find the pic of my sister laying in her bathing suit wearing my mom's sunglasses from the 80's because they look a lot alike here. Drew liked to play dress up with Ashley too!

Apparently X likes apples!
I tried to eat all the skin off around the apple but he loved chewing and gnawing the inside of the apple!

X loved swimming! He liked just hanging out with Dad and not the float better....imagine that, he didn't like to be confined!

Xavier and his daddy at sunset on the beach!

Three generations of Knott men. Look how there hair all blows the same way!

Grandi, X and Pops on the beach for a photo

The Knott family beach photo 2009!

Overall we had a great time in Naples. We stayed at my grandparents place, ate at some good restaurants, saw a couple sunsets! Life doesn't get much better! It was a record breaking month in Florida for October, 90's all week with high humidity. Xavier went out a little during the day but he didn't get out too much due to the heat. I took him to a couple of my favorite shopping places. I hit up most of the places I usually go, but this was my first trip with child so it was a little different than the vacations I was used to, but that's how it is going to be from here on out! Xavier got to see lots of herons, an alligator, some cranky old men driving the trams to the beach, all kinds of things he has never seen before! X slept in a play-yard all week, which wasn't the best idea I had but it was just going to be too much work to get a crib. He slept with Jake and I in a king bed probably every other night for awhile! Twice while we were there he decided at midnight it was time to play and not sleep! So those were fun nights! He doesn't really have a great sleep schedule at home so I didn't really expect him to all of a sudden on vacation decide he loved to sleep! That is my goal this month though..........sleep schedule and getting him to hopefully (fingers crossed) sleep better at night! He is 8 months old as of yesterday, which I cannot believe, but time flies. Everyone says to enjoy it, it goes fast, and they weren't kidding! He is to the stage where he doesn't like to be held for too long, he wants to get down and do something! He pulls himself up on anything that will hold him up! I saw him let go of things twice in Florida and stand for about 3-5 seconds before falling on his bum. So I am sure walking is on its way in the next couple of months. No more teeth yet. He sure acts like they are coming sometimes, especially the way he chews on everything but so far no more since late July!

Back to reality now and the cold-er weather! Yuck!

Hope everyone is staying healthy and happy!