We started out bright and early on Saturday, 8/24 and got into Montego Bay around 3pm local time. We were all pretty exhausted so we slept much of the flight, Eliseo still has a great track record for airplane flights, thank goodness for small favors. I imagine as he gets older flights will get more difficult, but for now he still gets the gold star for traveling. We made it to the resort by about 4:30 and we were in the Caribbean within oh 15 minutes of check in. I carried E down to the beach and put him down in the sand. BIG SMILES :))). We took him in the water and he loved it. The water was nice and warm, Daddy was throwing him up in the air and he was loving every minute of it. SCORE!!
The second day, I took him to the pool, which incidentally was bathwater as well. We played in the shallow water next to the built in tile loungers, perfect height for E as he could stand and walk in the water or sit on the loungers and play his splashy games. We hung out in the pool for a little over an hour and then took a break. Naptime in the shade, and it was a good one. So good that after about an hour I decided to recline him in his stroller to continue sleeping while I laid in the lounger again and got more sun. We had had an unfortunate baby food incident (a jar of it exploded in G's suitcase) so Glenn spent some time that morning cleaning it out of pretty much all of his clothes while E and I were at the pool. When he was finally done we joined the rest of our crew down at the beach for a few hours. We sunscreened Eliseo up really well, reapplied several times and spared him the discomfort of any sunburn, GO MOM!! It was really a perfect day in the sun.
Third day, everyone agreed was a pool day since there were some fried shoulders and the pool area provided more shade than the beach. E loves the pool, he's a little fishy like his mommy. He was content to spend all day in the water. He enjoyed another shady nap, this time with Daddy. We must have been in the pool for 5 or 6 hours. Another great day.
Fourth day, DOLPHIN DAY!! :))) We headed out to Negril to go swimming with dolphins. It was AWESOME. Glenn stayed in the shallow water with E where they got to have a dolphin encounter, which included petting a dolphin and getting kisses. The rest of us (we were with a group of 7) got to get in the deeper water and not only pet the dolphins and get kisses, but we got to hitch a ride from them too! So cool....the dolphin approached us one at a time belly up, we held onto their fins and they swam us in for I guess 100 feet or so. I will have pictures to post of this tomorrow, as I am not currently in possession of the CD :). We have a video as well, but I still haven't mastered the art of video posting.
Fifth day was a quick jaunt of shopping for those unfortunate souls that couldn't join us ;) and then more time at the beach. Sadly, we got rained out in the afternoon, but we got to spend at least a couple of hours playing in the sand and water before the rains came.
We stayed at an inclusive resort so we didn't leave much, other than to see our dolphin friends...everyday pretty much was fun in the sun, then maybe a quick snooze in the afternoon and dinner around 7-8ish and then the resort had some pretty decent shows at night. We brought our stroller that reclined so we brought E to the shows every night and he would fall asleep despite all the noise. It worked out very well and I'm really glad that we decided to bring him. He was picture perfect until the last day when he cut a tooth. Even then, he was only a little fussy as long as Mommy was holding him. But, if Mommy wasn't holding him, "a little fussy" doesn't even start to describe it. So...Mommy pretty much held him most of the night. He did enjoy walking around the resort, exploring every surface and cracking up while doing it. I wish we could have stayed a little longer, but I think it was the perfect amount of time to bring along a 15 month old.
We got home late Thursday night after a long day of travel. E did well on the flights, slept on both of them but the time in between the flights (6 hour layover) was a little trying. He wanted to crawl and walk around, but Glenn and I were just tuckered out. We had a few conflicts of interest, which to E meant temper tantrums. 6 hours is a long layover. But at least he was ready to sleep for our final connection back to St. Louis.
So, lucky for G and I, we don't have to be back to work until next week (Monday for G and Tuesday for me) so for the first time ever, I get a little bit of rest after vacation before reality strikes again.
I am about to post a ridiculous amount of pictures, and I will have more after tomorrow.
SMILE MON....no problems.
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