Saturday, April 21, 2012

Catalonia Riviera Maya

April 20/21st, 2012

We woke up "in the middle of the night" to catch a 7 o' clocker to Cancun via Charlotte. Again, my kids are fantastic travelers! Handled both plane rides like pro's! My trick... Lots of fruit snacks! I try to buy the all-fruit ones so it's not too bad for them! We got into Cancun about 1:30 and took a transfer out to the Catalonia Riviera Maya. After check in we loaded up on sunscreen and we went to find food! We made it to the snack bar just in time to scoop up a few little things to hold us over to dinner. Then we found a few mommy daddy drinks and moved our party to the pool! Can you hear the kids finally breathe a sigh of relief? It was hard to be patient all day! After a nice dip went walked around a bit to get acquainted with the place and found one of the buffets for dinner. I think we were all asleep by 8 pm!

And an 8pm bedtime means we woke with the sun! It's 11 now and we have eaten, swam, and Gracie has even had her a.m. Nap! Time to move !


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Thursday, April 12, 2012

BOB, I'm smitten. <3

Since February I have been picking up extra shifts, working doubles, I even came in at 11pm and worked a night shift! Haven't done that literally for years. Probably 6.5 years! Funny, I love the shift, love the people but the staying up all night and trying to be coherent for the week following is the adverse aspect. Anyway, all this leads up to the fact that BOB now occupies my husbands garage stall.

Since we brought BOB home we have enjoyed the beautiful weather with many walks. We have even found a way to stow Max's bike handle bar to handle bar for when he needs a ride. Robb keeps teasing me that I am just trying to push for a third child, you know so that this luxury stroller gets ample use. So what? Would that be so wrong? But that probably leads to another post altogether! In my defense, I have been stalking Craigslist for a year. Every time I email someone, it's been taken. Really, i think there are more WANTED posts for BOB's than people selling them. We used our REI rebate, a 20% coupon and two gift cards and I'd think we got an amazing deal!




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9/10 months-Gracie baby

Gracie at 10 months! Geez she is already to double digits! In the words of my husband " she is a little people". It's amazing how these little beings turn into people under watched eye. You can tell she understands and wants to communicate. She can blow kisses, walk across the room, crawl up stairs. She kicks her little feet when she gets picked up. She babbles mama and dada especially when she wants us to do something. Totally amazing! She continues to be toothless yet eats everything we feed her. Her hair is coming in in droves. She is tough and can handle when her brother is a brute three year old. She loves her brother. He has taken to "helping" get out doors and other places that his "tow truck" services can go that hers are not sufficient.
She is a social butterfly. She is waving from the second she is pulled out from the car seat until the time she shuts her eyes. Constantly looking to make eye contact with people. Her smile is brilliant and fills a room. ( which is a stark contrast to her recently shy brother who hides behind his mama legs when spoken to by strangers.)
Max is my sweet boy. He is trying to figure things out about this big world you can tell. He hears something and try's to use it in context. He is starting to get possessive of his room and toys. The weekend of march 31st he decided he wanted to ride his bike and has not stopped since. It's his passion. His little legs are getting so strong his is now able to peddle ALL the way UP our driveway! He is learning to navigate the ends of side walk bumps and incline/declines. He has been out playing with our neighbor boys lately, too. One day over the weekend they were all out playing and Abby (the mom) asked if her boys were hungry and Max chimed in "yes" so in he went for a full coursed meal! So funny! None of us have been in their home so this was hilarious to me that he just agreed to lunch and went in like he lived there and was one of the boys. Yet, he is shy. He always has been when it comes to people he doesn't know. We know where he gets this from, considering Robb and I aren't all that socially adept. Gracie's outgoing-ness is the mystery! I like Max's shyness. I don't think he needs to talk to people he doesn't know. It's healthy. I can talk to those people, he doesn't need to. And I have a standard line that I use so people don't think I am purposely raising a rude child.
I love spending all this time outside. The weather has been phenomenal. Plus, I went a little crazy and bought something new. His name is BOB. We have been thoroughly enjoying these glorious days with long walks with many stops at parks. I am smitten! It was worth the extra shifts, I tell ya!
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