Cancun, Mexico

Christmas came and went, and we left for Mexico! It was nice to leave the cold weather and head to the beach for a week of fun with Trevor's family!

The week consisted of: early morning runs on the beach, long days at the pool, boogie boarding, playing in the sand (B), floating in a Disney Princess inner tube (B), reading Goodbye Jimmy Choo by the pool (well worth the read), way too much Diet Coke, daily dinners consisting of fajitas, fajitas, and more fajitas, late nights of Mexican Trains, naps by the pool, watching Bowl Games on the sling box, and mostly just having fun hanging out together. The weather was perfect and the scenery wasn't too bad either :)

It was blast and Brooklyn couldn't have been a better traveler. She loved the pool and sand, once she got used to it of course, and could have floated around for hours. She LOVES texture so the sand was heaven for her. I love that she is getting to experience all of these things so young. I think it was stimulation overload because she slept and napped like it was going out of style. I will admit that traveling with a wee-one and their all of their luggage (and there is A LOT of it) is very stressful at times but I was glad we still got have a relaxing trip in the sun. It was so much fun to play with her in the water and watch her take it all in.

The only real hiccup was Brooklyn's mega-meltdown on the way home. The flight was delayed so her sleeping was all out of whack and she was awake for close to 6 hours. She has never been up for longer than 4, so you can only imagine how tired the poor girl was. She finally reached her breaking point and screamed for 5 or 10 minutes. It felt like 5 hours. She finally fell asleep, more like passed out, and we, and everyone else on the plane, let out a sigh of relief. The poor thing did all she could to last the flight but had just had enough and I don't blame her. She is such a sweetheart for putting up with being on the go for a week! For all you new moms out there, that moment you imagine where your child is screaming and everyone is staring at you and you don't know what to do and nothing will calm them down really is as bad as you think it will be. Trust me. Minus that, she was champ and we are oh so grateful for it! We can't get enough of that little girl and her smile. Thanks for a great trip Mom and Dad Tripp!

Nickie took some great pictures of us while we were there - thanks Nick!

B and aunt Skippy

Brookie and Aunt Tiff/her swim coach

I made sure she was protected from the sun!

this makes me laugh EVERY time I look at it

I really can't get enough of this girl.

One of my favorite pictures.

B didn't always love the pool/beach...

we went to this restaurant, La Parilla, on our honeymoon and it was fun to take B back with us.

I love being her Mom.

Brooklyn and Grandma

The whole gang at dinner one night

parasailing

these two girls were our entertainment

she didn't mind the obnoxious amounts of sunscreen I put on her. It was actually one of her favorite toys, it even went in the pool with her.