Crossing the Florida State Line

What is the customary response to crossing the Florida State Line???

Pulling over at the first rest stop for a free cup of orange juice and getting a picture in front of the Florida State sign, of course!!!

Well, we are a family of keeping things customary (not really)...so pull over is what we did!!

This stop will forever be unforgettable...

We stop...get shoes back on and bundle up because the Sunshine State is pretty chilly on this particular day...

First of all...the welcome center was closed...no orange juice for us...

Eli takes off down the sidewalk...with an adorable skip in his step that makes the Mickey ears on his sweatshirt flop back and forth...so. cute.

"I must get this on video!!"

Roll tape.

(WARNING: I think this will be as painful for you to watch as it is for me...)

It was BAD, people. The left side of his precious face scraped, nose bleeding, eye looking like it is going to bruise, lip bleeding like crazy. I was pretty sure we were going to need stitches...

So sitting on the sidewalk, gently pinching his upper lip together, I started praying...

'Jesus, please heal his lip...please heal his lip..." Cry, cry, cry...(both of us)

"Jesus, please heal his lip..." Cry, cry, cry...

We calm down. Head to the bathroom to clean up. Back to the van to look for something cold...a semi-cold ice pack is refused.

Pull over a few more miles down the road for ice cream which is also refused.

The swelling starts to go down and stitches are not needed. (Thank you, Lord!!)

But that sweet face will show it's war wounds for most of our Disney pics... super sad face...

Sunshine State Sidewalk - 1, Eli - 0.