Life In Paradise

Scott and I had a blast in Mexico. When my sister pick us up from the airport and asked what our favourite parts were, I said, Reading (I read The Help and The Secret Daughter)! And Scott said, the Tours we went on. But there was many favorite parts. Another one of my favorite parts was the fact I had a nap every day! The sun started to set around 4:30 pm. At that point we went back to our room for a afternoon nap before dinner! Lovely!

We stayed at a really nice 5 star hotel called, Sunset Princess, in the Maya Riveria. It was a massive resort, which was nice because we were able to walk off the huge amounts of foods we consumed. I will be honest and say we didn't love all the food but a few things we could always count on being really good was the bread, ice cream and mango's!

We left the resort 2 times. The rest of the days we enjoyed the warm weather and the sun! The first time we left the resort we went into Playa de Carmen and walked the 5th avenue strip. Which had tons of little shops and restaurants. We bought Boston some Mexican dress up clothes. The other time we left we did a tour of Tulum and did a tour by a LDS company called Alma's Tours. 

The tour only took a few hours and after that we went to Xel Ha which is basically an outdoor water park. We went snorkelling, floated down a river and just enjoyed the water, wildlife and sun.

And of course, we missed Boston. We skyped him 3 times. He was excited to see us the first time but by the last time, we only got a few waved from a far.

My favourite story from my mom over the week was when she went into get him after a nap. Boston first showed her his socks, then his pants and then Boston pulled his diaper up from the play pin. Then he pointed to a spot in the bed where he had peed! Scott's mom said that he got this from Scott. Scott did that to his mom when he around Boston's age, but in his case poop was involved!

Boston was very sad to leave. He loved all the attention from my family. He had more fun in Edmonton in one week than he probably has in Regina in about 1 year!

My sister and mom took a few pictures to document his time in Sherwood Park.

Thanks Mom, Dad and Alyssa for watching Boston! We can't wait for the next time!

Boston's Cousins

When my family came to town, my sister brought me the pictures from our Ontario photo shoot of the grandkids for my mom. It was almost impossible to get a good picture with all 4 kids, especially with my child! Luckily my sister in law is amazing and captured a few.

Can't wait for the next time these 4 are together.

Mississauga Ontario

Boston and I went to Ontario to visit my brother Jeff and his family. My sister Alyssa, also came flying from Edmonton. It was a lot of fun and so nice to get away and see family. I have missed seeing people! Here are a few pictures from our trip in random order.

Niagara Falls

Playing/breaking his cousins chalk

Showing off his new shoes

Passing time on the airplane reading books on the iPad



The kids in front of the Falls



Not liking the splash park

Lake Ontario

At his first sushi restaurant... and no he didn’t actually eat this

Learning to play basketball

After waking up from a wonderful nap... this nap was my favourite nap of his all trip! We went to this yummy buffet (I love food, especially all you can eat... might be why i need to lose 40 lbs) and he slept the whole time and I could actually enjoy myself without worrying about Boston!

Can't wait to go back. Next time I will have to bring Scott and show him around. My brother and his wife were amazing to us and spoiled us in everyway! Thanks Again!

Mugshot

I think Boston has had to much vacation....

He is getting into way too much trouble in Mississauga!

Just Shut!

It was more funny the first time when we didnt have a camera on him. He was trying to use his whole body to shut the door.

Random Thoughts

1. Boston this last couple of weeks picked up a sentence! I am so proud of my boy. His sentence is... What's That?! He point's at everything and says, What's That? Haha.


2. Last Sunday we had some friends over for dinner. Boston has this small stuffy he has never plays with, I gave it to the little boy to play with and Boston took it right out of his hands. He then put it up to his shoulder, gave it the biggest hug and smiled the biggest smile. Acted like it was his favourite toy ever! I have a little brat on my hands, haha!


3. We are trying to teach Boston to eat with a fork. I put it off so long because our living/dining room is carpeted. It has been a huge mess and I knew once I started, he will never let me feed him again... I was right and our carpet is a mess! (I know you can get mat for under the high chair, but every time I go looking for one, i can never find one.)


4. Boston and I are going to Ontario at the end of the month to visit my brother and his family. We can't wait, Boston is so excited to meet his cousins and Uncle and Aunt. My sister is also going too. Any tips on surviving a 3 hour plane ride with a 16 month old?!?!

Regina Beach

We spent the afternoon at Regina Beach, about 30 minutes away. It took Boston a good 30 minutes to touch the sand and about an hour to stand in it. Little guy hated the feeling of sand between his toes.

Long Drive Home

We had to leave Calgary a few days earlier than planned to head back to Regina. Scott got offered a summer job and we had to get back for an interview. He is going to be working as a summer student for the same company that he is doing his internship with starting in September. I think they wanted him because he is so amazing that they decided to offer him a summer job and get a years worth (instead of 8 months) of his smarts and abilities :0


After a few hours packing our car to the max and then a trip to Chinook to get Scott an iPhone replacement (the sound went on his while in Arizona), a few last minute Bath and Body products and a couple Pottery Barn pillow inserts (the best inserts I have ever found for any home made pillows covers), we headed off to our home.

We have found that Boston falls asleep for a few hours and then is wide awake for almost the rest of the trip (about 8 hours). We also figured out that Boston is way happier with Dad in the back seat and not me. I drive and Scott sits back with Boston keeping him entertained.

About 2 hours out of Regina, Boston was getting very sad. We took our seconds stop at McDonald's and this one happened to have a play ground. Boston's first McDonald's Playground! There was this little girl, maybe almost 3 and her and Boston had so much fun playing together. Boston was a bit confused when the girl would climb up the steps and head down the slide. Didn't understand 1. where did she go?? and 2. why can't he go with her??

And we are back. Boston didn't go to bed till about 1 in the morning. He was just too excited to see all the stuff on the ground and the endless unpacking he could do. He was in HEAVEN!

Shopping

As many of you know, I love shopping. I was very limited on space to bring anything back. I was allowed only one check bag and that bag was to be shared between Boston and I. But I sure did some damage to our bank account even with the limited space (scott also purchased things). We did do a big shop in Great Falls at Target, Bath and Body and even Victoria Secret when we landed before we headed to the hotel to spend the night and that allowed for a whole truck full of shopping plus no tax (here we picked up everything from Honey Bunches of Oats, Cherry Diet Coke, Face Wash, Baby Food, ect)!


Oh and that was a horrible night in Great Falls. Boston just wouldn't go into the play pin, but really I couldn't blame him. It was the hotels and it looked horrible. He cried when I tried to put him in and then when I would take him out he would just hold on to me for dear life and fall asleep. Finally we padded the play pin down with pillows and I got him in asleep. BUT i didn't sleep a wink thinking he is going to suffocate because he was sleeping on pillows. 


Anyways, I love shopping! Here are a few random purchases that I was able to find quick pictures of online (the shirts and ties aren't exact pictures, but we did buy a whole bunch of that stuff at Nordstrom Rack). I knew my mom would appreciate this post.

Mother's Day & Football

I think Boston knew it was Mother's Day! From the moment he woke up he kept hugging and hugging me. It was the sweetest thing! It really meant a lot especially since I had to ask Scott to wish me happy mother's day... haha! After church we went for a yummy dinner at the Fullmer's friends house.


My sweet boys outside the Urry's home!

These next few pictures are for my brothers. I think we have a future football star on our hands!