Babymoon

First of all you might be thinking - what is a babymoon? The term comes from the phrase honeymoon. A babymoon is the vacation a couple takes before they have a baby. Yes, it is a little corny but I think it is cute. I was planning on posting this before the baby came, but I didn't have a chance to do it since Ethan came early! We took our babymoon towards the latter half of this past September. I was 35 weeks pregnant and we wanted to stay close to the house. It was a no brainer where we would take our vacation - our home away from home - Sarasota/Lido Key! We absolutely love it there. From the white sandy beaches to St. Armands Circle to the great service at the Ritz Carlton. This hotel and location is special to us because many of the special occasions in Todd and I's life has been spent there so we have a lot of memories. The other thing that makes it so great is that it is only 1 hour 45 minutes from Orlando. I love the west coast of Florida so much better than the east coast. Shhh.....don't tell all the tourists that flock to the east coast! We don't want them spoiling our west coast.

The best part of the trip was not what we did, but the fact that we did nothing! haha. Now that I know the sleep deprivation that having an infant brings, I can look back at this vacation and remember the glorious sleep that was accomplished. :) Todd and I thought it was funny that we met a couple and their 2 kids while lounging at the club and they were from Lake Mary. Anyway, after talking for a bit, we find out his job is an OB and they were in room 801. Todd and I had a good laugh because we said that we felt safe with him there. haha. Pretty much every day we went to the beach club and spent our days there.  We also enjoyed watching the beautiful sunsets and seeing the dolphins play.  Another thing that we noticed is that we enjoyed taking a vacation in September rather than March. (March is our anniversay month) The hotel and beach club were less crowded and no reservations needed in St. Armands Circle.
Overall, it was just a relaxing and wonderful trip that I am so glad we took before the little peanut arrived.



                                                           View from our room

 

 

                                          Customer service is so good...love the welcome back dessert!

 

 

Todd makes a good photographer. See below with sunscreen on bump.  :)

                                                                      


                                                                             Dolphins!