Mexico

At the end of February we finally used our timeshare and took a family trip to Puerto Vallarta. We were even able to talk my parents into coming with us which was a lot of fun. I knew traveling with Cooper would be an interesting experience and it was. He was really good on the plane for the most part. It's hard to sit still for 4 hours as an adult let alone an active toddler that can't sit still ever. Because he is under 2 years old we didn't have to buy a seat for him, thankfully it wasn't a full plane so he was able to have his own seat on both trips. I do feel bad for the lady sitting in front of us on the way home though, she got a baby wipe thrown on her head. Especially after Cooper had been kicking the back of her seat for about 2 hours.

Cooper loved the water! The first time he saw the ocean he would laugh and laugh as the waves hit his feet. Unfortunately Rob and I missed this, we got tricked into a timeshare presentation, lucky us. Though it was really painful, we did get a great deal on two day trips for the five of us. We had an awesome deck on our room complete with a Jacuzzi tub which Cooper loved! It was covered so he could be out of the sun and still be in the water. He was fearless in the water which scared the crap out of me. He would walk right off the edge of the pool without a care. He even wanted to go on the water slide so we put him on at the bottom and he loved it. I went on it and I was a little scared, it was a steep slide.

One night we went to the Mexican fiesta at our resort. It was a blast! They had great food, open bar, a mariachi band, dancing and a great show. Cooper of course loved the music and was really good. There was a guy going around to each table making balloon hats for everyone and another person going around putting sombreros on people's heads and taking pictures.

One of the day trips was a whale watching adventure and adventure it was. We started it out by getting kissed by a sea lion (I will try and scan the picture to add it) then got on a boat for breakfast and headed out on the water. We did see a lot of whales which was exciting. Cooper had a minor freak out so we missed snorkeling but that is fine. We then stopped at this beach where we had the choice of sitting on the beach for three hours or staying on the boat to go to the next stop and go see a waterfall. It was a mile walk or you could ride a horse up, we opted to go horseback riding after being told it would be fine by one of the guides on the boat. Never again will we make that mistake again. What they failed to mention is we were going up a mountain on a crappy path! Cooper rode up with me and both of us were terrified! Thankfully the horse had made the journey a couple times because I wasn't able to hold the reins at all. I had Cooper in one arm and I had a death grip on the saddle with my other hand. We finally get up to the waterfall and we were so disappointed! The Minnehaha Falls are more interesting. We had a beverage at the snack shop and then started the journey back down. My horse must have drank the water because it was crazy. At one point it took this crazy path and I ended up screaming. Thankfully a cameraman came to my rescue and lead us down to where the path was "safer". The kicker? As he was helping me he asked if I had been carrying my son the whole time and I said yes. He looked at me like I was crazy at told me that was really dangerous. Really?!?

Most nights we would try and watch the sunset from our deck and Cooper would scare the crap out of me by climbing on the railing.

All and all it was a great trip and really nice to spend the time with my parents. Cooper didn't know what to do when we got back and he couldn't go see grandma and grandpa on our deck every morning and being completely spoiled by them.