Cancun 2010

We've been home almost a week now and I think I'm almost done crawling out from under the pile of laundry! Actually now I have 1 more suitcase in the hall as Chris just got home from a Kia convention in Atlanta last night. Although there's a bit less laundry there as I will not be washing his suit since I will only hopefully make that mistake once! (They just looked like regular black pants!) It was weird to have him gone but as I said the laundry kept me occupied. And then there's the coughing... Carson has been coughing now since before Christmas and it sucks to hear him like that. He coughed the entire time in Mexico and we just want him to get some relief but there's not a whole lot we can do. He has a ventalin puffer but that doesn't seem to be doing too much.. I will be at the doctor later today and get him checked again. It's tough sending him to school with that bark but he'd miss tons of school if I kept him home because of it.
Anyways, we're glad the weather is mild at home right now although when you're away you always hope it's freezing at home! Then again it's good it didn't snow as then we did not have to ask anyone to fix up our driveway. Unfortunately we did not have good weather in Mexico as we had that cold front that Florida had. Good thing for the weather forecasts as I had packed our suitcases a bit differently. We did wear the same few hoodies alot though, oh well. I was disappointed because I wanted my mom to have the best experience possible but I needn't worry because her and Stacey had a great time! We had so much fun together and had lots of adventures. We just didn't lay in the sun and bake which we shouldn't be doing anyways! We were lucky to be in Cancun where there is so much to do and lots of shopping which thrilled my sister! The designer stores are endless and we had fun walking through them. She got some really neat stuff and we had fun watching her! We went to a dolphin show one day at the aquarium and then another day we swam with the dolphins at a waterpark and also had fun with the slides. If you ask Caleb his favorite thing, he always says the bumper boats. We rented a car for 2 days which was easy and fun, except for Carson and his car sickness. We went to a place called Crococun where there were crocodiles, spider monkeys and other animals and Carson was in heaven. We had a great time in Playa Del Carmen where we were able to park, eat, drink and swim at our sister resort for free. Great way to see the sights there. We weren't able to do alot of swimming in the ocean but we picked shells, took walks and were able to swim in the heated pool at the resort. That was a lifesaver and fun for all of us. The food was fantastic and going to the restaurants 3 times a day and eating like pigs seemed to take up a lot of the day. We also enjoyed some amazing cocktails that were always beautiful to look at and yummy too. The mango tango was my fave. All in all we had an amazing trip and enjoyed our time with my mom and Stacey (the help was great too!) It truly was relaxing - even though we were always on the go but the break from cooking and cleaning was amazing! Here's some pictures...