Babymoon!

defined as: a vacation taken by a couple that is expecting a baby in order to allow the couple to enjoy a final trip together before the many sleepless nights that usually accompany a newborn baby.

Our Babymoon:  Riviera Maya, Mexico, at Excellence Resort, an adults-only, all-inclusive resort

Josh and I absolutely LOVE to travel!  We are very excited to welcome Keagan to our love of travelling, however we know that the way we travel will forever change once he is here.  So, we decided to have one last get-away before baby!  We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, doing absolutely nothing the entire trip.  We laid on the beach, ate to our hearts' content, and drank fruity beverages (mine were sans good stuff, obviously!).  I enjoyed feeling Keagan perform circus acts in my belly while basking in the sun and Josh finally had the chance to visualize these somersaults!  The biggest change I noticed during the 6 day trip: I came home looking pregnant, not just beer-bellyish!  We had a wonderful time together and had a chance to reflect on the last (almost) 6 years of our marriage, and what is to come for our lives.
 

Mini-Bar, I was most excited about the sweets!

His and Hers Champagne

Welcome to our room!

YAY for the Beach!

Keagan's First Day at the Beach

Amazing Bartender-brings drinks to you on the beach!

View of one of the pools at dusk

Josh taught me how to play chess!  It was fun, but complicated!

Sunrise from our balcony

Strawberry-banana crepes for breakfast

Pool Day!

Random iguanas roamed the resort grounds...made me crazy!

A surprise waiting for us (for the "inconvenience" of changing to a room with a king bed!)

Incredibly sunburnt legs from day 1

(baby brain=forgetting to sunblock a strip on the tops of the legs...mega OUCH)

Obviously pregnant--I look like a circus tent!

Lunch by the sea, the waiter apparently liked me b/c he made me a little rose

Learning to make guacamole (YUM!)

Self-serve ice cream = pregnant woman's dream

Mexican Night Fiesta!

25 Weeks Preggers!!

Finally a front-row-joe spot!  (I had to "fight" for this cabana!)

Swim-up bar

Our last night...

Dinner at the Asian restaraunt with new friends (L to R): Trevor and Miriam from Canada, John and Siobhan from Australia (him) and England (her)

Sake-it to me, Baby!

A Wonderful Babymoon

While I already look forward to the next vacation, I sure hope our next isn't another babymoon!  ;) 

The Easter Funny

This past Sunday was Easter Sunday.  I love, love, love Easter, both for what it stands for in Christianity but also what it signifies to me: spring!  Unfortunately, Josh and I were on a plane and traveling all day on Easter Sunday (or fortunately, because we were returning from our babymoon in Cancun!  a post on this later).  But when we returned late Easter Sunday evening, I noticed a bunny in our landscape, a concrete bunny with a bow tied around his neck sitting purposefully in our spring flowers.  I got so excited; it was like being a kid again and finding your Easter basket, except a grown-up version.  Who would put such a nice Easter present in our yard?  Was it truly the Easter Bunny??
So, I called my friend Stacey, who was picking up our mail while we were basking in the sun in Cancun.  I chatted with her, told her about our vacation, asked how her week was, etc...then I told her about this bunny.  She said "Oh?  Did the Easter Bunny visit you?"  Her tone told me she had left the bunny.  I thanked her and told her that I looooved it (which I DO!) and that she was so sweet to think of me!  She laughed and asked if I was serious...I of course said yes!  Then I realized she was laughing at me!  Why?  Because this was more of a gag than a gift and it turned out that I actually like the gag!  She had "re-gifted" the bunny to our yard after someone gave it to her years ago for HER yard.  Stacey said the bunny has sat behind bushes in her back yard because she doesn't like yard art! 
Needless to say, I acquired an adorable Easter Bunny for my landscape and I LOVE IT!  I did, however, remind Stacey that I may love this re-gifted item but I don't want all her undesirable gifts! :) 

Happy Easter!

Welcome Spring!

and thank you, Stacey for my new yard art!