much-needed sunshine
Something happens to me in the winter and I have to leave this godforsaken place we live in for awhile. My husband says it's an addiction; I say, I live in the northernmost contingent state of the U.S. and I need some freaking Vitamin D. So we took a quick trip down to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was gorgeous there. Not that we saw much of it... but the beach and the mountains were beautiful. We didn't do anything really, which was perfect. We left early on Thursday morning and got home really early Tuesday morning. So we were basically there for three whole days, with a couple days of traveling on either end. Not long enough... well, long enough when you're away from your baby, but not long enough to get sick of being on vacation. We sat out by the pool or the beach all day. I read five books and ate heaps of guacamole. Ahhh.
I borrowed my parents' point and shoot camera (a Canon SD800) because my little camera sucks. After going through the pictures, I'd say 80% of them are of sunsets, 10% of them are Tom and I holding the camera out and taking a picture of our heads, and the other 10% are of sitting by the pool or eating guacamole. We're a thrill-a-minute on vacation. Here's a few pictures, anyway:
The beach.
Happy to be on the beach.
Tom sunning himself at the edge of the pool.
One of the pools at night.
Another night shot.
Sunset.
Our last walk on the beach.
Sad to be going home.
But happy to get home and see Max!
Max stayed with my parents and it sounds like they had a great time. We checked our email every day to see if 'Max' sent us an email, which he did, about three times a day, including pictures and video. :) We were sure he'd start crawling while we were away, but luckily we didn't miss it. I figured that since I'm always a bit too lazy to upload any of my home movies here, I'd post the ones my parents sent. The first one is Max sledding on their driveway, and the other is his latest method of getting around.
How great that you had a getaway, the beach looked beautiful!
I love Max's little-man Army crawl!
Posted by: Lina | January 17, 2008 at 03:44 AM
What a fun little getaway!! I'm jealous.
It looks like you guys had a great time... welcome back to the real world!
Posted by: heather | January 17, 2008 at 08:07 AM
Most of our couple pictures are extended arm pictures, too. What a great getaway!
Posted by: Carrie | January 17, 2008 at 08:16 AM
max's army crawl is awesome! glad you had a great trip - again, i'm jealous! welcome back to the bitter cold!
Posted by: jenny | January 17, 2008 at 08:20 AM
love that crawl. great pictures. what a nice getaway. =)
Posted by: amy | January 17, 2008 at 03:25 PM
Alright so I'm still laughing about Max's army crawl. One of the cutest things I've seen in a LONG time!
Posted by: Gina | January 18, 2008 at 12:33 PM
I have to agree - that second video is adorable!!
Posted by: Leah | January 19, 2008 at 03:25 PM