Vacation!

In anticipation of big changes ahead in our little family, we planned a week long trip to Mazatlan. It proved to be a ton of fun, a nice change of pace, but not so much a relaxing trip, as anyone who has traveled internationally with a baby knows.

Here is Avery cruising around geting her jitters out before we get on the plane. We were picked up at 3:40 am. I would've loved to stay in my pj's too.

This is a picture of our resort. It was beautiful and we absolutely loved it. We definitely plan on going back somtime in the near future! It was right on the beach, had amazing restaurants, and a HUGE pool. We spent most of our time at the pool. It turns out Avery loves the water and is an avid swimmer! Who knew?

When we arrived, everyone recommended that we take a taxi into town and stock up on grocerys at Wal-Mart, so off we went. This was our taxi driver. We realized after the fact that he had one of the most run down taxis around. His door would open every time he took a sharp turn. Good thing he blared the BeeGees the whole way or I would have wanted out!

Avery and Dan at the sister resort in town. They had free shuttles between the two resorts. We went one day to give Avery a chance to experience some good waves in the ocean. There were a lot of iguanas on the property, but one night while walking back from dinner, Dan looked up and saw a couple chilling in the archway. Big mistake. They were hiding amongst the ivy in every archway we walked through, just hanging out above us and we never knew. Creeeeepy. Collecting shells on the beach in the morning.

Hanging out collecting shells and playing in the waves. She loved it!

It took a little while, but Avery did get the hang of picking up shells and putting them in her bucket. Here we are on the shuttle to the sister resort to go swimming in some good waves. Avery loved the shuttle because she could sit on our laps and say hi to everyone we passed.

This is a picture of the jellyfish we unknowingly went swimming with. Luckily none of us got stung, though I'm sure Dan would have saved the day and peed on one of us if he had to. He's very sacrificial like that. :) Where most days were spent... at the pool.
A mid-afternoon snack before hopping in the pool again. I just really like her face here.

A sweet moment with daddy looking over the infinity edge at the beach.

Avery discovered birds on this trip. Here are Dan and Avery checking out a few flying overhead. Notice that they are making the exact same face. :)

One last family pic at the pool before heading home!


The view out of our bay windows every evening. Heavenly!