A Little R & R

The view from our room at the Hyatt.

The ceiling at the Hyatt. I thought it was cool!!

The view from the lobby of the Hyatt.

Toes in the sand!!

Daddy just went and got our certificate for our

FREE vacation!!! Let's forget we'll have to buy airfare

and passports for the wee ones!!!

You won't see me smiling at 8 am too many times in my life,

but it was my last day on the beach and I was soaking up the sun!!

The view from our room.

Mommy & Daddy headed to Cancun, Mexico for a 4 day, 3 night get away at the Dreams Resort. Alex spent the first few days with Grandma & Grandpa Kershaw and the last few days with Nana & Papa, well actually Nana, Papa was busy with a church retreat and work. He even spent a day playing with Gabbi & Thomas. He did great while we were gone, but I think he's glad to be back home and playing with Briggs!!! Mommy had a small melt down when we left him, but I made it through. We missed him terrible, but very much enjoyed our adult time!!

We're glad to be home, but WOW what a wonderful time we had. We kicked off our trip Friday night with dinner at our favorite restaurant on The Hill, Cunetto's. We were up early on Saturday to catch our 6:30 flight. We had a connecting flight in Atlanta and were in Mexico by Noon. When we got to our resort we found out they had overbooked and asked us if we would be willing to stay next door at the Hyatt Regency. We could still come and take advantage of all the all-inclusive meals, drinks, activities, and pool, but we just had to sleep and shower at the Hyatt. We said OK, because in return for our 'inconvenience' we would be compensated with a 7 day, 6 night free stay at another time within the next year. Adam talked them into extended it until next April so we can go over his Spring Break. So it made it a lot easier to leave knowing next year we'll be headed back. We're even going to take the kids next time as the resort was very kid friendly.

We pretty much spent our time laying on the beach, enjoying the sand and surf and the 82 degree weather!!! Daddy enjoyed a few cocktails and Mommy enjoyed a few alcohol free daiquiris and frozen lemonades and we ate lots of good food. They had dolphins at the resort so we enjoyed watching them put on a show, and at night there was always good music and entertainment. One night they had people perform a fire show that was really cool. I didn't have my camera for that though. We ended our last day with a couples massage, while listening to the sounds of the ocean. It was Daddy's first massage and he liked it a lot!!! The baby seemed to really like the massage too, as it was moving around like crazy!!! It was a great way to end our trip and celebrate making it to the 6 month mark of this pregnancy before our long 12 hours worth of travel to get home.

We were brought back to reality today as we headed home from Nana's when we had to pull over to change a flat tire on my car in the cold cold weather!!! This is the second flat tire in two weeks for my car!! I'll be spending my lunch hour tomorrow getting two new tires put on!! We just need this car to hold on about 6 more months, but we're a little worried that may not happen!!!

All in all we enjoyed ourselves greatly and it sound like Alex did too. We're so thankful to have had the chance to get away and to have parents that were willing to watch Alex!! We're ready for spring and this baby to come (only 110 days left!!!!)