Vacation #2

Chris & I just finished a few days of rest & vacation without the kids. It was so relaxing & we're very thankful to those who took the kids & made it possible for us to take time off. We have a wonderful Home! Following are pics of some of the highlights of these days.

Thanks to this wonderful woman we were able to go out to a very nice Argentine restaurant for dinner.
Simona was so sweet & provisioned a gift certificate for each of the couples to go eat there on their vacation. Thank you! We got some pics taken at the restaurant but I look so incredibly fat in them (and I'm not being bashful, even Chris said I shouldn't use them, Ha!) that you'll just have to be happy with these.

Chris at the 'Meson Gaucho'.

Something very nice was that our vacation happened to include the day of our 6th anniversary, January 23rd, so we were able to celebrate that. I wanted to say a special THANK YOU and I LOVE YOU to a friend who sponsored a very nice meal for us but wishes to remain anonymous. I don't know who you are but I want you to know that I/we felt very loved and really appreciate your gift. Thanks for such a sweet gesture of friendship.

We love you!

Chris and I had originally thought of going out to eat but then he came up with the brilliant plan of including our Home in our special dinner. So instead of going out to eat we went shopping and Chris made a wonderful dinner of BBQed meat, Argentine chorizo (YAY!), Caesar's salad, bread, chips & dip and ice cream with peaches & cajeta for dessert. It was so wonderful. We had a very nice time relaxing with everyone and it was also a different way to celebrate our anniversary.

Almost everyone except for Cel who's taking the pic & Manolo who is hiding his radiantly handsome face, don't ask me why.

Something else I really enjoyed was a trip to Taxco which we've been wanting to do for quite a while now. We've been in Mexico for 7 years and finally got to visit the 'silver city'. Cuernavaca is actually very close to Taxco and I'm happy we did it before the baby came as I realized that it really isn't such a child-friendly place.

An outside view of Taxco.

I must say that I didn't like the town half as much as I liked the markets and town of Tepotzlan, but I'm still happy we visited it. The streets are all cobblestone and VERY slanted. The silver markets seemed to be hidden away in very narrow streets, or maybe it just seemed that way to me as I'm so big & everyone kept bumping into my belly, heh. I didn't take many pics as it was very hot, crowded and we were more interested in getting good deals on silver and making sure my belly wasn't in anyone's way which was quite a feat but in the end we got some beautiful silver jewelry at very affordable prices for some very special people.

Chris on the bottom floor of a 3 story silver market. It was incredibly crowded.

Aaaaand, I scored a very nice anniversary present from Chris. I'd been wanting some of these for a very long time and I was so touched by the fact that he remembered what I liked.

The silver bangles Chris got me as an anniversary present.

That's all for now. Just 10 days till the squirm comes! LY!

Acapulco vacation with the kids

Thanks to the Lord and a wonderful friend who provided 2 comfortable apartments we were able to spend 7 happy days vacationing in Acapulco. We had so much fun! We spent time at the beach, got to visit the 'abuelos' & cousins, met the newest addition to our family, relaxed and enjoyed the week.

Even though I am 8 months pg, the trip wasn't so tiring as Chris worked overtime to make sure I got enough rest. He took over with the kids most of the day so I could enjoy the beach and then drove the singles we went with out at night so they could enjoy a little nightlife. He must've been so tired but he never complained! I have the best husband ever! I love you Honey! Thank you!

Fun at the beach!

Ben showing off his slimy snail. Daddy & Lily collected a whole bunch to use for projects at Home. They also found lots of small jellyfish in the water which was cool as we'd never seen one before.

Lily lost a tooth at the beach and asked if the fairy would let her ride a horse instead of put something under her pillow, ha.

The kids were able to ride the horses every time we went to the beach & they loved it! We even took their 4 cousins with us to the beach one day and a sweet man let all the kids ride for free. He gave Chris & I the reins and let us take the kids for a walk. So nice!

Fat belly on the beach!

Yup, I got a lot of stares but people were really nice and even complimented me for being out on the beach with such a big belly, heh.

A very nice man whom we'd met last year let us use his tents for shade, tables & chairs, boogie boards, brought us fresh coconuts and let the kids ride his horses all for free every time we went.

One day daddy took the singles to the beach without the kids and ended up getting a very good deal on a ride on one of these cool contraptions that I have no idea what they're called. He said it was a blast! Julie went on it as well and I'm posting her pic cuz I don't have one of Chris.

Daddy's foolishness.

Last year we met a very nice lady who owns an apartment that overlooks the beach. We hung out with her again this year and the kids had so much fun at the pool.






Daddy being a monkey.

Like father, like daughter.



My beautiful babies!

And you just have to agree with me that he is the handsomest of all the handsome ones out there!