We made it! It was a great trip, and we had a wonderful time, but I am sooooo glad to be back in the US!
We flew to Houston and spent the night in a hotel, and got up early on Tuesday morning to get to the airport and head south for Costa Rica! Cal was great on the flights and slept most of it and played quietly when he was awake. It has gotten MUCH harder to fly with him though because he now likes to sit up and look around, or stand by holding on the seat in front of him while jumping up and down :) He also has discovered his wonderful voice, and when he's excited, he screams at the top of his lungs! As you can see from some pictures I have posted in the past, he is excited a LOT, so he was screaming (happy screams) a lot on the plane! At least they were screams of anger!
I am very thankful that we had Eddie's parents there with us to help. It would have not have been a relaxing vacation at all if we didn't have them. They would take Cal to the shade and sit with him while he napped or played so that I could get in the pool and read my book and relax. Eddie's dad also enjoyed an afternoon nap, so he would take Cal up to the room in the air conditioning so they could cool off and rest together.
One thing that was tough was Cal napping/sleeping there.... he would snooze out on the lawn chair for about an hour in the morning, but he rarely took an afternoon nap, no matter where he was. He would be exhausted at night and we would try to put him down in the hotel provided pack-n-play, but he wasn't having it at all. He would scream and scream and scream (not the happy kind....). If we were home, we could let him cry it out a little bit to get him to fall asleep, but we couldn't do that in a hotel. SO, we had two beds in our room.... Eddie slept in one and Cal and I slept in the other. How romantic, right??? :)
One last story: the first day there, I could tell Cal was starving, so I fed him some sweet potatoes. He devoured an entire container of it along with some rice cereal. We went down to the pool and he was so excited to be in the water, and was splashing and playing hard. next thing we know, projectile orange comes out INTO THE POOL! He kept going and going and going.....all the while smiling ear to ear! He felt much better afterwards! hahaha We just quickly got out of the pool and walked away. It all dissolved quickly..... opps!
Here are a few pics, but they are all up on the mobile me site! It was a great trip and I am so glad we made it home safe and sound!
LOVES to try to walk!
Sitting in the sun sporting some super cool shades!
The three of us playing in the pool (no orange puke here!)
Sitting with Poppy
Sitting with Grammy
