We had our first family trip to Cancun Mexico this past week. I think Rich and I were mostly afraid of the flight with Ava. As you all know she is a mover and a shaker!! This girl just does NOT want to sit still.....EVER. It was so nice to have some people we knew there and some extra hands to hold Ava here and there. NOT to mention Max and Anna who kept her busy and were the best playmates ever. She is one lucky girl. Did I mention we tagged along with Richs sisters family to Mexico? Crashed the trip! Teehee!
However, Ava was GREAT on the plane and even better on the way home. She slept for a good portion and would have slept more until the steward dropped a diet coke on her head practically. I supposed I would have woken up too. I was so curious to see how Ava would take to the sand and the water when I plopped her down. She LOVED it all. The sand was so fun to play with and pick up and place in buckets-and then take out She tried to use the shovel like Max and Anna, but couldn't quite get the hang of it. Though I think she thought she did. Then it happened, the ole sand in the mouth trick. It must have been good sand because it didn't stop after that one time...and it didn't stop with in the hour. Maybe by the end of the trip she was OK with not eating it anymore. But she never gave up on sampling the ocean water or pool water. She would dip her little hand and fingers in and put them right in her mouth. Delicious! This would happen over and over again until I could get her to take her paci. Eventually she would spit it out and the sampling would happen all over again.
I will let you know she did NOT get burned at all. We were very good about applying sunblock to her as much as possible. We did however have a little incident of sunblock in the eye which left me slightly freaked out as a rash appeared and her eye got swollen. EEK!
A few items to note about our trip that she LOVED almost as much as the sand and water. THe dolphins and birds. There were dolphins at our resort....can you imagine! When she got up at 530 am....ugggga....we went for walks and sometimes jogs, but always stopped to watch the dolphins and boy did she LOVE it. I would talk to her about them and say dolphins over and over again and i am convinced she learned how to say dolphin with something like 'dodah'. heh. They also had these little black chatter box birds. She was fascinated with them. We would see them and she would point and say, you know, something like 'da!'
By Wednesday Ava woke up feeling like a hot potatoe. I took her temp and it read 101.1. I am guessing closer to 102 since she took it out of her mouth briefly. We called out pediatrician and saw the doctor on the resort. After a screaming ear check we got some meds...again. This is #5, if it was in fact and ear infection. On top of that shes getting her bicuspids and lord knows what other teeth are coming up. Poor thing. After that we kept her out of the sun during the 'hot' hours. And guess what, she HATED not being outside. If we were in the room she would walk over to the door and bang on it crying.
All in all it was a great trip. I don't think it would have been nearly as great if Lynn, Billy, Max and Anna were not there. It made it more fun for us for sure, especially Ava. I would definitely do it again and recommend it to any of our friends.
Pics here: Mexico
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