The first leg involved me getting the boys to my parents house in North Carolina. I had to fly them to Charlotte, rent a car and drive to Asheville. It really wasn't all that bad. The boys are amazingly behaved on trips and this one was no exception.
We did start a little rough when Alex tripped on Jonathan at security, causing Jonathan to clobber Alex which in turn made Alex very upset and since daddy was still in sight he started screaming "I want my daddy". When we finally got through I saved the day with chocolate muffins.
My dad is living in New York right now so it was just mom my and brothers taking care of the boys. Which was really enough seeing as there are 4 brothers spoiling them rotten. I think the boys loved it. I think that after the trip they missed Uncle Dj and Uncle Andy more then they missed me while I was on the trip.
On Friday Adam and I met in San Diego. We both barely made it due to weather. In fact, Adam had to sell our third child to gain his way onto the last possible flight since he missed his. But once we got there and were on the boat it was no problem relaxing and getting into the lifestyle of vacation.
Here are some shots of us in Mexico and on the boat.
If you look closely at the pic below, at the far left you will see a tall white tower. Adam and I actually walked all the way over to that section of the island. It was well over 6 miles. Luckily for $1 we could take a bus just about all the way back to our boat. We ate about 2000 calories and then slept for a couple of hours after that outing.
Below is the beach that we went snorkeling at in Cabo. We had to hike along the shore, climbing over rocks and jumping over water to get there. But once we got to the beach, with soaked shoes, we had a blast. There was one really exciting and scary moment when some old guy had to be pulled out of the water. I think he was only a little shocked when he discovered his savior was 5 months pregnant. We chatted for awhile with the guy and his wife and then headed back along our hike, which was much easier since the tide had gone out.
Here is part of where we had to hike.
the trip was wonderful. Of course, you have to throw out the last day where I spent 18 hours either in bed or in the tiny bathroom. I either had food poisoning or sea sickness. Either way, it sucked. I got absolutely no sleep but luckily I had a red eye scheduled for the next day so I got no sleep that night either. By the time I got to my moms house to get the boys I was totally exhausted. I still found enough energy to take the boys to Chuck e Cheeses before we headed off to the airport.
The boys made super friends with my moms cat. They wanted to take several home with them and while I was fine with that, Adam sadly said no. Probably because he would have to take care of the cat box for the next 4 months.
The boys were great as usual on the plane. They both fell asleep. Which made getting them out of the plane very interesting. I ended up carrying 3 backpack, Jonathan and pushing Alex while he moaned. A lady ended up helping with the backpacks, luckily. Once I told Alex that we would see daddy he freaked out and started wailing. This is the same reaction he had when I got home. He wanted nothing to do with me. By the time we got our luggage and were settled in the car he was back to normal and laughing with daddy.
This was really a great vacation all in all. I completely crashed on Tuesday but by Wednesday the rest I got on the trip kicked in and I felt great. We probably won't be going on a trip like this for a couple of years but we sure will be looking forward to it.
