Hola Mexico

For Halloween this year the girls were She-Ra (Anya) and a ladybug (Elin). In case you don't remember, She-Ra was a 1980's cartoon character, the Princess of Power, and twin sister to He-Man. Anya has been watching old cartoons on You Tube after she asked me what I use to watch as a child- she was hooked and decided She-Ra was her ideal princess this year. Both Myles and I have some experience as He-Man and She-Ra from a Halloween years ago- (BC- before children) so we could easily recreate a costume in a smaller version. My mom helped with the sewing and the end product was nothing less than fantastic. We went trick or treating with friends in Newport Shores and Anya scored more than one full size candy bar- cha ching!

Bright and early the morning after Halloween we flew to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Our flight left at 7am so I do mean EARLY!!!

Our original destination was Cabo, but after it was hit by the terrible hurricane our timeshare (and much of the city) remain under construction.  Our travel companions were Susie and Karl and they have the timeshare hook up so Karl was able to get us re-booked in two lovely condos in Puerto Vallarta. Alaska Airlines even changed all our tickets for free and didn't charge us extra even though PV is farther than Cabo.

The trip was lovely but got off to a little rocky start when Miss Elin had a seizure in the airport as we were leaving to get our rental car in Mexico. Thankfully she came out of it and we didn't need to use her emergency medicine. We had the airport doctor/nurse check her out and give her some blow by oxygen. She seemed to be acting like she normally does after a seizure so we opted to just get to our condo instead of head to the hospital. She recovered after about an hour and the rest of the trip was smooth sailing with her.

Her little incident did leave all of us a bit on edge the entire time though. Plus we didn't have cell service so if Myles and I went out by ourselves Susie and Karl wouldn't be able to reach us if anything happened. What in the world did we use to do before cell phones? I don't know how I could survive without mine now having a medically fragile child. Sheesh.

Anya had a blast and was swimming like a fish by the end of the week. She was also asking when happy hour was so she could have drinks in the pool- like mother, like daughter. Elin loved the pool too and wore her waterproof CI in the pool everyday. Based on the amount of stares we got, we assume they don't see a lot of CI's in Mexico.

It rained a bit more then I would have liked but it was warm and beautiful most the time so I can't complain. Myles and I had some amazing massages on a pier overlooking the beach and got some much needed R&R. Travelling with grandparents is the only way to travel (if you need to bring your kids with you). Susie and Karl played with both girls and Myles and I were able to get quality one on one time with each of them as well. Elin liked her one on one with us at 6 am which we didn't really appreciate but it extended our days so we could get more in.

We took some day trips to Sayulita to check out the town and play in the surf. Anya spent hours in the ocean swimming, floating and getting thrown over waves by her dad. All and all the trip was a major success and everyone returned home happy and rested.