Home from Mexico!

We just got back from our annual Puerto Vallarta, MX trip. We met Andre's parents down there, along with some of his aunts and uncles and a cousin. This year, Andre's brother, fiancee, and niece joined us too! Olivia had so much fun and Nathan was such a good boy. We didn't know how he would do on the plane with an ear infection, but he did great. The trip started out on Sat. March 7 as we loaded up the kids (Wow, kids plural!), two suitcases (46lbs, and 43lbs respectively), one carry-on, four "personal items", and boarded our plane for the four hour flight. As we waited for take-off, Olivia exclaimed, "MEXICO, HERE WE COME!" and it only took another thirty minutes or so before we heard the first "Are we there yet?". When we de-planed, she stopped to tell the pilot "Thanks for flying me to Mexico". Her Spanish is coming along nicely and she got a few chuckles whenever she greeted someone with an "Hola" or thanked them with a "Gracias". When we showed her the coconuts on the trees, she was quite impressed and stated " I just don't believe it! It's coconut season!"

We stayed at the Grand Mayan in Nuevo Vallarta. We had stayed there last year and Olivia still remembered the pool on our balcony which she calls "Olivia's pool". She couldn't wait to swim and she LOVED the warm weather. We got to eat at all our favorite places: Fajita Republic, La Dolce Vita, Pipi's, Brasil barbecue, Porta Bella's, tacos from a corner stand, and a coconut from Coco Loco's. We hung out at the pool, played in the wave pool, and splashed around in the lazy river. Olivia went on a catamaran with Mema and Papa for a day, and got to swim with the dolphins later in the week. Nathan got to relax and nap in a poolside cabana. He also got his toes sucked on by a complete stranger (you'll have to ask Andre to tell you the story about that).

The week flew by and we got to leave the poolside cabana (85 degrees in the shade) and venture home where we were greeted by temperatures in the mid thirties, snow flurries, and about two inches of snow on the ground. Is it time to go to Mexico again yet?

I uploaded pictures from our trip to our Picasa site. Click on "Our Recent Pictures" to check them out!