Briggs's (3rd) Trip to Fla

So if you search back to my very first entry, a little over a year ago, you will see that it all started in Florida at Siesta Key Beach. Our home away from home.

Siesta- home away from home

This is where I went to be with family during a trying, yet most wonderful time in my life. It was here, that my sister got engaged and where I told my family for the first time that I was pregnant. I was only about 5 weeks along then, but it was still Briggs's first time there.

Then we came back in October at 26 weeks pregnant...Briggs's second trip to Florida. (The kid is a traveler)

And finally, his first time on the other side, he arrives at 4 months old. It was hot, sticky and hot again. People probably thought we were crazy having a little baby out in the Florida sun. Well, I have two things to say to that:

1. Briggs is part Mexican- we are use to "South of the Border" type of heat.

2. Do you honestly think Ryan and I would leave our little baby in the blazing hot heat at any point in time? He was ALWAYS in the shade or in the water. Always wearing a hat and full body bathing suit...and despite our hispanic genes, just to take an extra precaution- he wore SPF 50.

Truly though, I (and Ryan) have never spent more time indoors while vacationing at the beach. But you won't hear any complaining here- it was such a breath of fresh air to get to be together as a family without worrying about the various distractions of life.

In addition to his first time at the beach, Grandma Kay Kay bought the whole family tickets to a Ray's game at Tropicana Field because the White Sox were in town. So our little Briggy Boy even got to experience his very first MLB game. (I even successfully nursed him at the top row under some bleachers without getting caught...call me 007- by the way, we have a very unsupportive society for nursing mothers)

Briggs received an A+ from the whole family for his first trip. That's a good thing because now we can take him again on the next one. :)