Founder's 2011

February is the infamous month of AppleOne's elite vacation. This year we traveled to South Beach Miami and then on a Caribbean cruise.
We had Jaiden all prepared with a special carry on luggage. The luggage has 4 wheels and he sits on it and we pull him through the airport. So cute. Inside we packed all sorts of fun activities for him to keep him busy on the plane. Wouldn't you know once the carry on was on the plane we never opened it. Jaiden was quite the passenger. He visited with a few friends, took a long nap, watched a movie and by then the ride was over.
On the bus to the hotel we met our friend Paul's sister Grace, who was traveling from NY as Paul's guest. She was lovely and at that time little did we know we would spend a good portion of our trip hanging out with her.
The Hotel Lowes SB was very nice. Jaiden cruised everywhere with us, his favorite thing was swimming and playing in the pool with Uncle Paul and Daddy.
The best thing about these work trips is that we get to visit with people whom we only see on this trip, and others good friends who we only see once in awhile, like Kimmie, Duane and Romie, Jaiden's big bro! One night we went to dinner and Duane stayed back to babysit both Romie and Jaid.
One night at dinner in the hotel restaurant we were offered a DVD player for the table to entertain the baby. We thought,"no way" we are not introducing that to Jaid, however a few nights later when we ate at the same restaurant and Jaid was done with his food before we got ours we told the waiter, "PLEASE bring us the DVD player." Whew....it saved our dining experience!
Off to the Bahamas where we went to Nassau and Coco Cay . We did not do too much exploring. On Nassau we walked around with Paul and Grace, taking in a little bit of the culture. And on the Coco Cay island we pretty much just relaxed with Grace and Paul, played in the water and Jaiden napped for awhile. No water sports for us on this trip however Paul and Grace went parasailing.
The ship was nice, we loved seeing our friends Gary and Cheryl from Canada. They are a really neat couple and so much fun. Lucky for us it worked out that we got to enjoy a dinner together with them. Paul and Grace joined us too. We all laughed so much and basically were kicked out because the restaurant was closing.
Jaiden was a star....making it very easy for us to travel with him. The flight home was just about as easy as the way there!