Back from vacation!
Mar 29, 2015 13:26:22 GMT -5
Post by sarasansh on Mar 29, 2015 13:26:22 GMT -5
Hi all!
We got back from Mexico last night. We had decent wifi so I tried my best to keep up with the board, but actual posting was sketchy at best. I hope everyone had wonderful weeks.
Mexico was amazing! Robin was a champ on both flights. Getting down there we got delayed on the runway and ended up sitting for about 40 minutes before taking off, and and it was almost a 3.5 hour flight during the morning, which is usually his playtime, but he did great sitting in his seat watching movies and playing on the iPad. He crashed while we were waiting in the customs line (we'd gotten up at 4:30 that morning) but then quickly rallied when he got to ride on the shuttle to the hotel without a car seat. Seeing how excited he was to look out the front of the car makes me excited to see what his reaction will be when we finally turn his car seat around!
The whole week was awesome weather. The sun was really strong but thankfully none of us got burned, and Robin didn't complain at all about me pulling him out of the pool to put more lotion on him. There was a huge "grown up" pool and a decent sized kiddie pool and he split his time pretty equally between both. The first day we just let him play straight through without any nap because he was having so much fun, and then he (almost literally!) did a face plant at dinner. After that it a combo of room naps and poolside naps. Our room was close enough that we felt comfortable putting him down and then heading back down to the pool for a little bit, which was nice.
It turns out a lot of the frozen drinks taste pretty much the same without the alcohol, which was nice for me! The only thing that wasn't quite the same was the margaritas, which was sad because they're my favorite. But we're already planning a return trip for next March, so I'll just have to partake then.
The coming home flight was awesome--it was right at nap time, and he fell asleep before take off and slept for about 95% of the flight home. The only problem happened when he woke up and peed right through his diaper. We used our last diaper right before leaving the airport, so I picked up a pack of a Mexican brand at the airport. It seemed like a pretty standard diaper...except when he woke up and peed, it went through the diaper, made a puddle on his seat, and completely drenched his pants, my seat belt, and my sweatshirt that he'd been using as a blanket. So he was the poor kid walking through the airport when it's 35 degrees out with no pants on.
All my pics are on my phone, so I'll try to upload some in a little bit! Needless to say, I could've stayed another week...leaving 85 and sunshine and coming home to a high of 45 isn't easy
ETA: The only downside of the vacation was halfway through I developed a nasty heat rash all over my arms, which is why I'm wearing a sweater in so many pics!
We got back from Mexico last night. We had decent wifi so I tried my best to keep up with the board, but actual posting was sketchy at best. I hope everyone had wonderful weeks.
Mexico was amazing! Robin was a champ on both flights. Getting down there we got delayed on the runway and ended up sitting for about 40 minutes before taking off, and and it was almost a 3.5 hour flight during the morning, which is usually his playtime, but he did great sitting in his seat watching movies and playing on the iPad. He crashed while we were waiting in the customs line (we'd gotten up at 4:30 that morning) but then quickly rallied when he got to ride on the shuttle to the hotel without a car seat. Seeing how excited he was to look out the front of the car makes me excited to see what his reaction will be when we finally turn his car seat around!
The whole week was awesome weather. The sun was really strong but thankfully none of us got burned, and Robin didn't complain at all about me pulling him out of the pool to put more lotion on him. There was a huge "grown up" pool and a decent sized kiddie pool and he split his time pretty equally between both. The first day we just let him play straight through without any nap because he was having so much fun, and then he (almost literally!) did a face plant at dinner. After that it a combo of room naps and poolside naps. Our room was close enough that we felt comfortable putting him down and then heading back down to the pool for a little bit, which was nice.
It turns out a lot of the frozen drinks taste pretty much the same without the alcohol, which was nice for me! The only thing that wasn't quite the same was the margaritas, which was sad because they're my favorite. But we're already planning a return trip for next March, so I'll just have to partake then.
The coming home flight was awesome--it was right at nap time, and he fell asleep before take off and slept for about 95% of the flight home. The only problem happened when he woke up and peed right through his diaper. We used our last diaper right before leaving the airport, so I picked up a pack of a Mexican brand at the airport. It seemed like a pretty standard diaper...except when he woke up and peed, it went through the diaper, made a puddle on his seat, and completely drenched his pants, my seat belt, and my sweatshirt that he'd been using as a blanket. So he was the poor kid walking through the airport when it's 35 degrees out with no pants on.
All my pics are on my phone, so I'll try to upload some in a little bit! Needless to say, I could've stayed another week...leaving 85 and sunshine and coming home to a high of 45 isn't easy
ETA: The only downside of the vacation was halfway through I developed a nasty heat rash all over my arms, which is why I'm wearing a sweater in so many pics!