Our Trip (take one)

 Ok, where do I begin?  After checking in and getting our

awesome room upgrade we headed through the beautiful

property taking in all the amazing landscaping of the

lush & tropical place we would be calling home for the

next week.  

 We were all nearly speechless as we just

took it all in.  We wandered around heading up to our rooms

where the whole family, me & mine, Dad, Angi and Jessica

all took a tour of each of our rooms, just because it was fun,

not because they were different in the slightest.  : )

 Then off to grab drinks & snacks,

so many options everywhere you look!

Don't like whats on the menu?  Grab a

taco from the taco bar or a pizza from the

pizza bar!  Don't think your drink is strong

enough?  Ask for a triple!  What ever

your heart desires, they basically had it!

 It was so fun just walking around the place and seeing

just how pretty it was.  We had such a nice time hanging

out with Dad & Angi!  They were our next door neighbors

and we would sometimes lower Norah onto their deck

and let her crawl into their room : )

My sister was just two doors down, right past my dad so we could all

use our "deck intercom system" to talk to each other, it was great!

Ava was pretty excited about swimming, that was top on her list and she wasn't going to quit asking until it happened.

 Never mind that we were all starving or needing little

Norah naps.  She just wanted to swim and that was that.

We strung her along for awhile but eventually she got

her way which really was great, the pools are fantastic!

 Ava LOVED pushing Norah in the stroller,

she did it everyday, a million times a day

and only stopped when we made her. 

Can't say that went over well either.  : )

It is pretty cute the role she takes in caring

for her little sister though I must say.

So we just spent that first day with 

our jaws on the floor, getting the lay of 

the land and turned in early.  Getting up

at 3am, which actually meant never going 

to bed and a long day of travel had taken it's toll. 

Fortunately, the endless cocktails

were taking the sting out of all that.

We made it!  We didn't care about much else!

Little Norah tried to drive me crazy on the plane

wiggling and whining non stop but after that 

first flight I learned trapping her in the Bjorn 

was at least part of the answer, that and constant

snacks.  She tended to fall asleep for the last 30

minutes as the plane was descending.  Not sure 

that is better then nothing since mini naps kill her 

but oh well...

We made it!  And that plane ride was all in the past!

This little piece of paradise was in our immediate 

future and we fully planned to embrace it!

Love the resort and night too, it was lit up beautifully.

I brought this cute little bath tub for Norah, 

she loved it!  The shower was like rain coming

down from the ceiling, both the kids thought that

was pretty cool!

Little Norah was exhausted!  She fell asleep in 

my arms.  Thankfully the hotel provided a little 

crib for her and extra super thankfully since they

upgraded us to this family suite, Norah got her own

room with a door that closes!!  Just what a tired girl

needs to sleep well!

We were also really lucky to have my awesome sister 

not just next door but next door and willing to let Ava

live with her for the week!  Ava got her own little room

and her own little bathroom, she was thrilled!

She was so excited she brushed her teeth over and over

each day just for the excitement of utilizing her own space!

That's it for today, more to come later : )