Paradise Vacation to Sick Baby Blues

We spent Jeremy's spring break on vacation in the Florida Keys with our friends Gerald and Tammy and their two boys Miles and Gavin. We stayed in a condo on the island of Marathon, the third island down of the five islands. It was SOOOOO beautiful there!! We had great weather and enjoyed some pool and beach time. This was Ethan's 2nd trip to the beach, but the first one that he could play in the sand and really have fun. Sorry for the overload of pictures, but when you have a digital camera and a baby that likes to play in the sand, you come home realizing that you took over 300 pictures so that makes it a little hard to narrow down which ones to share. We had a great vacation but we were glad to return home last Saturday afternoon after being gone for nine days.
After returning home from a nine day vacation, everything is in disarray, from dirty laundry, to no grocery's in the house, to just trying to get back into routine. After coming home from church Easter Sunday, Ethan started acting a little fussy and wouldn't eat his lunch...just not acting like his normal self. After taking two really long naps, he woke up from one feeling warm. Running a fever Sunday night and Monday morning with no other symptoms, I really didn't think it was more than him just teething. I was out Monday running some errands and Ethan was just fussy and he had started shivering, which I've never seem him do before. I battled in my head about what to do and I just decided to take him on to the doctor and I guessed I'd just be one of those overprotective mom's that can't handle her kid having a fever with teething and I'd have the doctor tell me he was fine. Come to find out...Ethan has the FLU!!! He has the flu and a double ear infection!! What in the world!! Our little boy is so sick!! He's been running fever's up to 105.3 There is nothing worse than having your little baby lying in your arms, lifeless, and burning up. He's taking some medicine that will hopefully shorten the duration of the flu, but she said to expect him to be sick for a good five days. So, if you think about Ethan, please pray for a quick recovery and that his fever might stay down.
Thanks for checking in and I hope you enjoy our vacation photos.

All of us packed into Gerald and Tammy's van like Sardines. Tammy, Gavin(in the infant car seat) and myself in the back, Ethan and Miles in the middle and Gerald and Jeremy in the front. We traveled together from Fort Myers, where they live, to the Keys. About 4.5 hours.

The view outside our condo.

The pool at our condoEthan and Daddy ready to hit the beachEthan could have done this all day long.

Ethan and Miles taking a moment to enjoy the scenery.

Check me out!!Praise the Lord!!Jeremy found the best place of all...the hammockWe drove all the way down to Key West one day. It was another hour from where we were staying. We ate some serious seafood and enjoyed the day walking around checking out all the shops. This was the "Southernmost Point of the US", had to get a picture.

We had to capture a picture of the famous "Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville" Here we are, eating some great Seafood at this restaurant called Turtle something, I can't remember, but it was awesome!!
Ethan had to give it up and catch some zzzzzzzzz's
Here's the gang, minus me. Jeremy and Ethan, Gerald and Miles, Tammy and baby Gavin.

Family photo by the pier
Sunset in the Keys, taken outside of our condo.

Ethan pointing to some birds while I was snapping photos.
Mommy and Ethan walking on the beach

My precious boy!

Family photo in the sand

Wow, I can't remember the last time we had a picture of just us...let's see...probably about 17 months ago :)
Another day at the pool

Easter Sunday

Ethan checking out his basket of goodies from the Easter bunny.

We went over to my mom and dad's after church to celebrate Easter with some good cooking. Jeremy's mom also came to be with us. After such big lunch, we attempted a little Easter egg hunt with Ethan, but this was about the time that he started showing signs of not feeling well. He did have a little fun just picking up and throwing the eggs. I think we are still a year early with him for the egg hunt.