Club Med Ixtapa, Mexico

In the early morning hours of February 21st, we woke the boys and headed off to the airport. Our flight was at 8am but we had to be there early (~5am) to try to get some seats together. In the end, we really lucked out. The plane was setup with 3 seats, then the aisle, then 3 seats. We were so lucky that on the way there, we had a whole row to ourselves. 3 seats for Saro and I; 3 seats for Ari and Serdal. We were pretty lucky on the way back too... We had 3 seats for the 4 of us together. Overall, flying with the boys was really not that bad!! they behaved VERY well and everyone around us told us so! I'm sure they were panicked when they saw us come sit right in front of them so they were relieved when Saro and Ari were the best behaved little guys on the plane!!

Overall, we loved the resort. The food was amazing. Our room was amazing. We would definitely go back and recommend it to others, especially others with babies. We could have brought absolutely no food with us had i known what to expect... but i hadn't trusted what they would have so we had ~3 days worth of food packed... You can check out general pics of the resort at Club Med Ixtapa . We stayed in a family suite which meant the boys had their own bedroom so that Serdal and i didn't have to sit quietly in the dark while they slept. It gave us a small amount of freedom that we enjoyed.

Here are some pics of our vacation.

Playing in the sand


Chillin' by the pool in the wonderful lounge beds


Playing in the pool


Serdal was so excited when Saro went for the tennis racket!


One of our only family shots


More hanging out by the pool



Hanging out in the high chairs in our room


Saro & Ari entertaining themselves while we eat some lunch


Ari, deep in thought

back again

i always surprise myself when i realize how long it's been since my last post. It honestly feels like i update this thing a lot more often than i really do... You must all be wondering what the heck can she be doing that keeps her so busy? uh... hello?? this blog is about TWO BABY BOYS. They are, and will continue to be, my best excuse ever. :)

well, since my last post, we had another doctor's appointment and the weight gain wasn't great but I have been told (again) by the doctor to stop worrying about it and that they are doing just fine. so i'm trying. We're trying very hard to get the boys to start eating real foods (i.e. stop our dependence on those baby purees). So far, we are making a little bit of progress with Ari... a little bit less with Saro... They both have made no progress with the stupid sippy cup for ages. I shiver at the thought of the stupid cup. Really, how hard is it to drink from the darned things!? argh! hehe

Speaking of progress... Saro is WALKING!! He probably took his first steps about a month ago and now walks across the room in his adorable way. He still prefers to crawl but is walking more and more often. Ari is just too fast at crawling; he doesn't see the point in making so much effort to go so slow! How would he ever run after the ball if he has to think about every step? He will walk soon enough, i'm sure.

We just got back from a family vacation in Ixtapa, Mexico. It was beautiful and relaxing and a wonderful change of scenery for us all. We especially LOVED having baba around all the time for a full week! Posting pictures always takes a long time so i will create a new post for that... otherwise, this message will never see the light of day.

one week left until we can officially say we made it through their first year! wow, pretty amazing to think how quickly it flew by!