So I have some updating to do as usual. We got my mom moved in and had 2 days to enjoy her company before we all left her. Here is the evening before we left. We were having some backyard fun. Since our yard situation is so drastically different from Alabama, we've had to be creative. This is one way that entertained us for a while. Brad is using the stomp rocket and sending missiles upstairs to the balcony to my mom's room. The boys love hanging out up there with her so it was pretty cute.
They tried catching the missiles for a while and then they both actually came down to try and send some rockets up themselves. Aiden did pretty good because he will jump high/hard enough to give the rocket enough ump to send it high enough.
We were pretty excited for Eli this evening because he finally learned how to blow bubbles on a consistent basis. He always blows too hard and can't make bubbles but Nana must have given him some awesome instructions because he finally got it!!!
On Wednesday morning, we packed up and headed to Orlando. We made a quick stop at IKEA and then checked in to our resort. It was called Reunion Resort and it was awesome. We had a 3 bedroom, 3 bath with full kitchen, a huge dining room and living room, and a huge balcony. There were something like 11 pools within the resort. The first day we were there we went to one of the pools and the boys got in the hot tub for the first time. Go ahead and judge me. I was so stinking excited Aiden got in. He is very temperature sensitive and has never gotten more than a toe in the hot tub. I was equally impressed (maybe even more so) with Eli who eventually got in. Eli is way temperature confused (he gets hot and cold mixed up all the time) and sensitive as well. That little guy eventually even got in!! Another highlight of the first day was being able to ride to shuttle (aka rocket bus) with the boys. They were so excited about it. Here they are to the left waiting for the rocket bus to come pick us up. Unfortunately we had to wait 20 min!!
Here are Aiden and Brad relaxing on the balcony. That was the part out of the master bedroom and there was another part with a round table and 4 chairs over by where I was standing taking the picture. Aiden stayed out here during almost the entire nap time just relaxing.
On Thursday, we got up and went to Wet n Wild. The new family splash park was huge. I was a little nervous to see how the boys would respond but they did really well. I was completely blown away with how quickly Aiden adapted and how brave he was to go on the slides. First of all, the water was FREEZING. Also, there was falling/flying water EVERYWHERE. It was a little much but nothing we could do about it. We tried to teach the boys how to go around some of the water or how to block it out of their way and I ended up carrying Eli a lot up the slides. They had a blast. We eventually took them on the lazy river and then we also went down one family ride where we got all got in a huge innertube and went down a ride. We got there right after it opened and stayed until about 12:30. Eli missed his nap the day before and we wanted to get back in time for him to nap this day. 
The boys changed clothes (it was Aiden's idea to bring dry clothes). Here is Eli waiting for Aiden and daddy to come back from changing clothes. As you can see, he was so tired. We headed off for the what seemed like 2 mile walk to the van. Eli was exhausted so I was carrying him. We were almost to the van and it started POURING. I mean POURING. We ran for a bit and then I had Brad and the boys hide out behind a car which blocked a little of the rain and I just took off for the van. I was soaked. I got in and hurried off to pick up the boys. Needless to say, they were wet but not as bad as you would have thought with the amount of rain that came down. We just hung out at the hotel that afternoon and eventually, our friends Arin and Grace came to visit and stay with us for a few days. 
Here is a staple activity when we are on vacation and the environment permits: playing with the sliding glass door. You would think the boys have never seen one with how much fun they can have with a door. 
On Thursday afternoon we went to the water park that is in our resort. It was pretty amazing. It has a water playground type thing, a lazy river, and then a zero entry pool. The kids had a ton of fun playing on Thursday afternoon. Just below is a picture of Brad getting ready to go around the lazy river with the boys. 
The picture below is Aiden doing one of the shape puzzle (like tangrams) that I brought.
On Friday morning, we headed off to the Rooftop pool. Aiden had been asking to go see this pool when he heard us talking about it. I must say, it was a pretty amazing pool. Here is the view from the pool on the right.
On Friday early afternoon, our friends (and Aiden's former therapist - The Beckers) came over. They were also vacationing in Orlando (from Alabama) and we decided to hang out for a few hours. We headed down the resort water park. Eli and Brad stayed back for a while so Eli could nap and the rest of us went on down to the water. It was a great time. To the right is a picture of Rusty and I.
And here is Arin and little Ms. Grace.
Brad was a great daddy as usual and the boys enjoyed playing bumper boats with him with their inner tubes.
Below you can see that Brad has turned Aiden in to a burrito. When Brad learned from Rusty that doing that was actually really good for him, he took full advantage of that :)
And the picture below: two boys enjoying their iPads.Overall, it was a great vacation and it really fun to see and hang out with friends. I will update the blog again soon. We were home for one day and then Brad took off for a few months. Ahh the life of a Navy family.
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