Vacation over, back to work

OK, the vacation is now over for the three of us. Brenden had a vacation away from us and we had a vacation away from him. It was a much needed break for all of us.

Cuba was great! 30C weather everyday, only one evening with rain, and a tan to boot. The beach was awesome, other than the naked parts of it. Old, hairy Europeans that do not to be tanned in the private regions. Quite scary at times. Try sitting across from them at the dinner table afterwords.

We enjoyed Cayo Largo while we were there, but I wouldn't advise anyone with a sense of adventure to go there. Let's just say, there's not much to do. If you just want beach, sand, ocean and just to laze around all day, then this is the perfect place to go. The only excursion we took was the Catamaran tour. It was pretty good.

I'll be posting pictures online of our vacation soon and will post a link when I have. I will, as I promised earlier, be adding some new pictures of Brenden soon as well.

Thanks,
Dave

A Vacation

Well, for the first time since having Brenden, we are leaving him for a week. Leaving him with his grandparents of course. We are taking a much needed vacation to Cuba. We leave in about 5 and a half hours from now. By noon on Saturday, we'll be lying on a beach in Cuba. I can see it now. Pina Colada's and big German's with tiny Speedo's. OK, that kind of grosses me out, but oh well. Hot sun, hot white sandy beach, relaxing on our all inclusive vacation. Brenden will get the same. A needed break away from us. Now's a good time for him to start learning that we won't always be the ones taking care of him. Afterall, he needs some non-parent time too.

This being the first time we're spending a week away from him will probably be a good test for us as well. It's hard enough to go 2-3 days without seeing him, and now it's going to be a whole week. It's not like we can just drop what we're doing and leave to go get him. There is no turning back once we board the plane this morning. I think it'll be a bit easier on me, since I am normally working for the most part of the day and only see him 2-3 hours a day as opposed to Michelle who sees him all day everyday. This will be a good test for her. If she starts getting ansy, I'll be sure to force some more drinks into her to mellow her out a little.

Anyway, we'll post a message when we return next week to let you know how the week went, without our son.

Hope it's cold here at home, that way the trip will be more worth it. I can live with 24-27C in Cuba. Not going to like it when we return home though. Lets not think about that right now.

Dos Margarita's Por favor!

Happy New Year

First of all we would like to say Happy New Year to everyone who reads this BLOG! Best wishes from our family to yours.

Brenden had his first swimming lessons today. Michelle took him in the pool. He loved it. Never complained one bit and slashed his heart out. He was very tired after though. He just about fell asleep putting him in his car seat. His lessons will last a number of weeks on Saturday mornings. We're a little nervous about the dunking stage, which didn't happen the first day. Michelle doesn't want to dunk his head, alhtough last week he had his first experience with water poured in his face. I was bathing him and gave him a cup full of water, which he loves. This time it tipped towards him and the water landed on his face. He cried a little (I think it scared him), but he was fine after a few minutes.

Brenden is quite the shopper. Loves looking around and tries to grab ladies purses as we walk by. I taught him well...haha.

Brenden is picking up so much stuff from us. We try and teach him new things, like clapping hands, and he tries, but hasn't quite got it. He still isn't crawling yet and no teeth are showing yet. It's just a matter of time.

I'll post some more pictures soon. Again, Happy New Year!