August- September

As if I didn't have enough vacations already, one of my best friends and I had a little mommy escape. We had already planned it before my trip to Cancun though. We stayed at The Ritz for one night (her treat!). Once again, it was amazingly relaxing, we didn't want to go back home.

We started the day at a spa (we had a Groupon!) We got a massage, facial and pedicure. Once checked in, we spent most of our time in the pool and next door at the Marriott's lazy river. It was perfect. We had dinner at Rocco's Tacos, that night, which was also a fun experience. We promised we would do another little trip like that next year.

In September, Mike and I finally went to Islands of Adventure to check out The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It was very hot that day, but we still enjoyed it. We had lunch at Mythos and it was delicious, we love food!

We even had time to go to Universal Studios. We loved riding the Mummy ride there. We went on it like 3 times, it was so much fun. A new favorite for sure. We ended our night with dinner at Margaritaville. It was such a fun day, just the 2 of us.

June-July

Back in June I got in my first car accident. Only my parents and I were in the car. As soon as it happened, I was so thankful that Andrew wasn't with us. We got rear ended and got hit twice, our car was totaled. We were all mostly ok, still going to therapy to this day though.

Mike and I also did our first cleanse. Those were some 21 hard days! We did the Standard Process program. It actually wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I lost around 10 lbs. but other than that, I didn't really feel any differently.

In July, my mother in law invited us to the beach for a few days. Andrew loved everything about the beach. We had a great time. I would love to go back next year. The hotel we stayed in was nice too.

I also had the opportunity to take a weekend trip to Cancun! It was just my friend Paola and me. No baby or husband. It was awesome and so relaxing. I needed a break from everything. I was nervous about leaving Andrew for the first time. But he did great, he missed me, but my parents took great care of him.

We stayed in Playa del Carmen one night and the other in Cancun. I finally got to eat yummy Mexican food. The heat was horrible, but still worth it. We had a crazy good time on our last day, we were on a boat all day, enjoying the beautiful beach.

May

More birthday parties.

My mom on mother's day

 The main Snap! event, which was awesome. I loved being part of it and can't wait until next year. 

Artist Stephen Knapp

We took a mini stay-cation at Disney, it was very nice and so fun. 

It was relaxing to get away from appointments and therapies for at least a few days

We stayed at Coronado Springs and went to Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Andrew loved it all! 

January-April

My poor neglected blog! I hate when I go this long without posting, it just gets harder and harder to remember the highlights or things I think I should blog about. I'll be brief about it :)

January

My parents moved to Orlando in and it has (mostly) been great having them so close to us. They lived with us for about a month, until they got settled here. They help me out so much and I get lots of breaks and they get to spend time with Andrew.

At the Orlando Science Center

February

Valentines Day!

March

 First time strawberry picking for Andrew and I. On one of those rare chilly days.

Easter

April

I started volunteering for an annual photographic event called Snap! Andrew had lot's of birthday parties to go to. He loves watching Baby Signing Time videos. Climbing on everything, giving me heart attacks.

December

Christmas 2012