More from Mexico- Eating, drinking and being eaten!

EATING

We spent a lot of time on vacation eating...each night we picked a somewhere to try out and had some amazing food!!

We never had to venture too far from our condo to find good food...this night was at a great Italian place across the street from our condo. We only strayed from Mexican food 2 nights...this being one of them.

mom and dad Troge

dad and mom Russell

We hit two of our favorite places twice...this one providing a great photo opp!

Our first afternoon there I saw a sign for fondue at this place across the street

we FINALLY mad it to fondue on one of our last days!!

DRINKING

The sad thing about being pregnant while in Mexico is not being able to have all of the wonderful fruity drinks! Sam got one by accident above because he and the waiter had a bit of miscommunication...he was so sad when he got it and we all laughed.

But it was quickly replaced for the real margarita he ordered and all was good again.

At our favorite place the first night we went no one had a camera and Sam ordered this coffee drink...little did he know a show was included in the making of it. So on our last night we went back again this time with cameras and video to document.

The final product!

BEING EATEN

We went to dinner at this fancy Thai food place where eat table was under one of these little huts. They were all right out on the water...the food was amazing...

All the lights are on at night...we really enjoyed the food...
and apparently some little bug REALLY enjoyed me! I had 87 bites on one leg alone. The most anyone else had was 5!! :(

More from Mexico- Time for relaxin'

The purpose of the trip was to relax...and we did a lot of that! Lots of reading (I read 6 books), swimming, lounging, walking, napping...it was AWESOME!!

me on one of our walks
mom and dad Russell by the pool at our place

me with the jellyfish at the aquarium

rounds and rounds of dice

me on the raft...my ideal setting...in a pool (non-saltwater) while being able to hear the ocean (saltwater...blah!)mom and dad Troge by the pool

me lounging...notice sam asleep in the far left corner

our pool...no one else was ever there!

dad (they somehow missed the true photo element of this pic by getting all of the surroundings in the shot as well...but at least they had fun!)

mom's pic...a little bit better

and mom #2

some more lounging...it's rough!
and one last dip in the pool on our last night
time to head back to the snow...for all of us!

More from Mexico- Iguanas EVERYWHERE!!

Well...it has been over a month since we went to Mexico so I figured it was time to finally finish up the blog pics from our trip. The first set shows our iguana friends we saw EVERYWHERE!

Weeks 24 AND 25

Well...it has a been a busy few weeks which means I am once again behind so I thought I'd start with the easy two. Prego pics for the last two weeks!

Week 24Week 25

The belly is for sure popping out there!!

23 Weeks!

Here you go...the latest belly pic. We have finally had some nicer days which means more spring time clothes which I am very excited about...however I am ready for summer!!!

Pirates

Well the reason for this post is twofold...first of all Sam is obsessed with the pirates because he finds it amazing that they have made the front page of the Wall Street Journal for the past week or so...even over the Italian earthquake, and secondly because these graphs are very funny!

Of course Obama didn't personally kill any pirates, but just so you know:

Now consider this...

An Easter Break

Well I am taking a break from our trip photos to bring you Easter photos.

Egg Dying-

We started the Easter weekend dying eggs at our friend Clare's place

Sam is working VERY hard on his egg...pic to come
Me and my friend Clare...making typical Clare faces

the egg dying set up...they found neon food coloring which made super bright eggs!

Sam now showing off his egg pre-dye

and after the dye...quite impressive I know! Sam LOVES crayons (as many of you know based on the vast amount of homemade crayon cards I have received)

here are a few of my eggs and a few others

Easter Morning-

Many people get up early for Easter sunrise services...in fact last year we did as well...but this year we were up at the crack of dawn to watch...a cycling race!

Sam's favorite two races of the year are back to back Sundays in April. The first is the Tour of Flanders also known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen which he and Jack were up for at the crack of dawn last Sunday drinking Belgian beer and eating fries with mayo...mmmm. This week I gave up on trying to sleep and joined them for Paris-Roubaix. He loves these races for so many reasons but most of all it comes down to the fact that there are really only 8-10 guys in the world that have the skill set to win either of them, and they ride on cobblestones.

He bought the cycling tv package that we just hook up to our tv from the computer.

Going along with the beverage/food themes Jack brough some French red beans and rice

and we made some chocolate croissants and espresso

The race was very very close until a crash at the end that allowed one of Sam's favorites to run away with it. This is Tom Boonen winning his 3rd Paris-Roubaix. (Many of you will remember a beta we once had by this name...he has now been replaced by Bruce Lee)

Easter Day-

We had some friends come over for brunch...Isaac Cornell was celebrating his first Easter with all of us.

He didn't sleep much at all the night before so we teased Bri all day about what an easy baby he is since he was so worn out during the day...we really should have let her take a nap when he did!

and one more...he's such a cutie!

If you are a faithful blog follower you will remember that at Bri and Joel's baby shower we lost the guys after the pinata to a new game they created with the bouncy balls from inside the pinata. They have so aptly named the game...Bouncy Balls. The drizzle on Sunday did not phase them as they played this game for about 3 1/2 hours! There is still a TON of mud outside in our courtyard to prove it.

Joel apparently has quite the technique as he never lost the entire time...no matter who he was with!

They were a little wet and a LOT covered in grass and mud by the time they were done.

While the guys were outside we hid eggs all over the house for them to find. We knew they would not be too motivated by finding eggs with candy in them...so we motivated them by making it a competition between all 4 of them. They all took off before we even stopped talking...some of them already with hands full of eggs.

Ben checking the plant

we hid one egg in a bra on the drying rack to see who would go for it...Ben...no problem!

Joel and Josh running through the baby room

Sam trying to beat Joel to a few more in the baby room (more actual baby room photos will eventually be posted on the blog...it is still a work in progress)

and back to the kitchen they all went...Ben "wait are there still more upstairs?!"

Sam with his final stash of eggs

Josh with his

and since we didn't really make it into many photos (me, Crystal with Isaac, Bri and Catherine)

and the boys (Ben, Joel, Sam and Josh)