Saturday, November 28, 2009

Me-hi-co--Part II

Sleeping in my arms on the flight down to Playa del Carmen

Daddy styled his hair with a little gel

Praying, maybe???? Who knows!

He looks so cute and big with his hand in his pocket!

Uncle Adam started doing "Boom, Boom, Boom" with him as he ran up the three flights of stairs to our room. This made him laugh, and everyone had to do it that carried him up or down steps.

Another new game, where he would run, and shout, "Go, go, go, go!"

Playing with Daddy and Uncle Adam

It got dark around 4:30, so we had to take pictures in the dark before dinner.

Riding on Uncle Adam's shoulders


Uncle Adam, Pops, and Grandma

Playing in the sand

Check out his cute "neigh" bathing suit, and the beautiful ocean in the background.

Yeah, he's cool with those sunglasses on! As soon as we put our's on, he wanted his, whether we were inside or out!

I had to put one on here with our family by the ocean, but I'm not happy that we're in our bathing suits! Ugh!

One of our 2 awesome swimming pools

Pops, Pax, and Brad playing in the sand

The nice landscaping on the resort


I love this shot! It makes me want to go back already!

Pax loved it when Uncle Adam tossed him in the air! I think it made Brad nervous, though!

But, they caught him every time! Thank goodness!

Unc and Pax

Paxton LOVED the towel elephants that the maids created every other night. They displayed all the towel creations on a giant table in the lobby. Pax would ask to see the elephants every time we went in the lobby. However, he wasn't too happy to find that they weren't there every day!

He also really liked to ride the large bull statue out in front of the resort. I don't think they really liked him doing it, but no one said anything to him. He had to do this every time we entered the lobby, also. Whenever he asked, of course Pops took him!

Pax giving knuckles to his favorite waiter, Wilbert.

He didn't even think twice when Wilbert held him. Wilbert makes some awesome dog noises, and entertained Pax, and the rest of the guests at dinner one night. They went on a hunt for the dog under all the tables. It was hilarious! Pax could not figure out that Wilbert was actually the one making the extremely realistic dog noises!

Family picture

Pops and Grandma

Some mariachi dancers in the lobby one night


They had vendors on the property every other night. One of them let Pax try on this Batman cape. He loved it! I kind of wish we had bought it for him, because it was pretty cute!

Sweet boy waiting for the evening show to start

Participating in the show with Uncle Adam

His silly "cheese" face. After about 2 of these shots, he put his hands over his face, and refused to look at the camera. Ugh--his Aunt Suzie isn't very happy about this new phase!

The massive doors going into the main dining hall. It's hard to tell the proportions, but they were huge!

Lobby

This was taken on the last day which was rainy. We hung out in the open-air lobby and watched it rain.


We were told this was a "seracha". However, when we googled it to see what it was, it said that it was an "Agouti". They are a weird rat/rabbit/squirrel looking animal that you could find all over the resort.


These are the pictures from our camera. As you can see, we had a wonderful time! We are so glad that Mom, Dad, and Adam were able to join us as Brad and I celebrated our 5-year anniversary! Pax really enjoyed waking up and asking to go out on the balcony to see if Pops, Uncle Adam, and Grandma were awake yet. He loved playing all kinds of new games with Uncle Adam. Thanks for going with us, guys!

Day with Mimi and Papa


Paxton spent the night with Mimi and Papa last night, and then they watched him all day.

Brad is working at Suzie's parents' Christmas tree farm this season, and Pax went with Mimi and Papa, so Suzie and I could scrapbook. Mimi took this picture of Pax and Papa petting the goats. It is too cute not to post!

Friday, November 27, 2009

1...2...3...really is magic!

We really haven't had to discipline sweet Pax too much. For that we are so thankful! He is a pretty good listener, and does what we say the first time (most of the time). We certainly have our moments, though. When those come about, we use the 1. . .2. . .3. . .Magic trick, and it works like....magic!

While on our trip, we had to use this only once. Pax was walking away from our door, when we needed to go into the room. Brad began to count, and as soon as he got to "1," Pax turned around and walked into our room.

So, you see, 1...2...3...magic, really is magic for us at this stage of Paxton's life.

Me-hi-co--Part I

Saturday by the pool--we liked these lounge chairs in the pool.

Pax playing with the lounge chairs by the ocean.

Family picture on the beach

Pops and Adam swimming in the ocean

Pax playing with his beach ball

One of the restaurants overlooking the ocean

I love this picture of Pax!

Pax and me by the pool

Picture of the monkey on the resort


Looking at "el mono"

Snuggling under the cabana

Family picture at lunch--you can see the guacomole we loved down there-Pax included!

Look this view!!!

So, there hasn't been any blogging because we've been in Mexico! We left for Playa del Carmen on Saturday, Nov. 21, and arrived back home Thanksgiving night. We had a wonderful time with the family hanging out on the beach and by the pool. We stayed at an all-inclusive resort, and the ocean was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Brad and I think that the water might have been the prettiest we've EVER seen!

Pax was soooo good the entire trip, and even was perfect on the flight down and back! That's the part I was most concerned about, but didn't need to be. Pops had his computer, so Pax got to watch Elmo on the plane. He was so excited about being on an airplane, and enjoyed take-off and watching all the other planes. He took a nap on both legs of the trip.


The weather was perfect our whole trip until the last day. I was sad that I didn't get sun on the very last day, but we enjoyed sitting under the cabanas by the pool and watching it rain. Paxton's favorite part of the trip was the beach and the sand. I could actually sit and read a book while he was playing at my feet in the sand! There is nothing that occupies him like the sand! I wish we could just live at the beach, so he would play like this all the time.


We got to brush up on our Spanish while we were there, Pax included, because they pretty much only spoke Spanish. In fact, by the end of the trip, Pax would walk by a cleaning lady and say, "hola" without being prompted. It was so cute! He got "adios" down pat, too!
He was quite the hit down there with workers as well as other people staying at the resort. The workers would pick him up, and give him kisses. He wasn't afraid of them at all. In fact, the last day, one of the entertainment crew walked by, and asked Pax to go dance with her. I was surpised to watch him take her hand, and walk away to go dance. Then, he pointed back to me, and walked away.

These are all pictures from Mom's camera. The pictures from my camera, and more stories will come in Part II.