We started trying to have children in May 2002. After pursuing fertility treatments, domestic, and international adoption, our daughter Nadia Renee was born on 6-24-08 (at 36w4d). IVF #2 resulted in Ian Alexander, who was born on 12-12-09 (at 34w3d). Oliver Elliot (IVF #3) was born on 8-7-12 (at 31w6d)! Three other pregnancies (in 2005, 2007, and 2013) ended in miscarriage. Our family is complete! We are so thankful for our three miracles!
We spent the morning at the beach, and then this afternoon we had our last "outing" for this vacation, and it definitely could count as a "field trip." We visited the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Museum. Our tour started with a 20 minute video on the history of the lighthouse (dates back to the late 1800's). We then walked through several buildings on the property (homes the keepers' families lived in, etc.) and learned about how the lenses work. Then we started climbing the steps up the lighthouse. Ian only lasted until the first landing, and then he was begging to go back down. Paul went back with him, and Nadia and I continued on to the top - which included a total of 203 steps each way. Once we got back to the bottom, Paul wanted to go up, and Nadia said she'd go with him. That meant a grand total of 812 steps for her! The views from the top were amazing. After we finished the museums, we joined Paul's parents and Oliver in the adjacent playground. After some time on the playground, we headed to Applebee's for dinner. This lighthouse is the tallest in Florida and one of the few tallest in the country. It only cost $13 for the four of us to tour the museums and go up the lighthouse. I thought that was very reasonable considering how well done everything was. Tomorrow will be our last full day of the vacation as we will start our trek home on Friday.
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