This was just after our 2nd anniversary and right before Ethan turned 1. He stayed with your parents while we flew to Florida for a few days and we went to Orlando and Daytona Beach. Since it was December there weren't many tourists around Daytona, which was wierd but nice. We were able to go to Universal Studios and Sea World, which was our favorite part of the trip. About 3 days after we had left, we were missing Ethan and checked on flights to head home early, but that would have cost a ridiculous amount, so we toughed it out and drove down the coast to spend time in Daytona. We visited a lighthouse and went miniature golfing where they had a lot of tiny baby crocodiles in a fenced pond that you could feed. We bought the food but they had already been fed so much that they hardly moved. There had been a sandcastle building contest on the beach near our hotel so the remnants were there, which were really detailed-it would have been interesting to watch them being sculpted. Our time in Florida came to an end and we handed over the keys to our rental car and boarded the plane. We had a long layover in Minnesota so we took the tram to the Mall of America to kill time. When we got back to the airport we had plenty of time before our flight left but when we got to the gate, we realized you someone had looked at our tickets wrong and thought their seat number was our gate number. We were on the wrong side of the airport! So, we took off running, realizing that our flight was probably boarding and there wasn't much hope for us. Just as we turned the corner and our gate was in sight, the doors closed and the flight attendant wouldn't let us on. It was Christmas Eve and they put us on standby for the last flight out to SLC. I just kept thinking about how we were going to miss Ethan's first Christmas...but, we made it home that night, getting 2 of the last 3 seats available. I don't think we spoke until we were flying over Utah...but it was a memorable trip!
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