Oh, Mexico!

We're back! A little tanner, a little chubbier and already planning on how I can get back to Puerto Vallarta. We spent seven glorious days at the Crown Paradise Resort eating, drinking, swimming, eating, drinking, playing on the beach, shopping and oh, did mention...eating and drinking?? We all took full advantage of the resort being ALL INCLUSIVE! We booked Crown Paradise because it is designed for families. And if you have one, I recommend it highly. It has a kid's pool with slides/fountains, Baby/Kids clubs where kids can play and mom and dad can enjoy the adult activities, specialty kid drinks/food, a great beach and best of all the staff was AWESOME. Amelia had a great time and was able to let her water-baby side come into full play. She enjoyed the food, playing (eating) in the sand, and swimming in all the pools and the ocean. It was a great way to celebrate Christmas, practice some Spanish (Wade, not me) and have some quality family time.

We took almost 200 pictures. It was so hard to decide which ones I should post without boring whoever is looking at this post. Here are a couple that only start to tell about our trip: Amelia has learned to climb. At one point she got so high she tipped
the chair and got a face full of sand.

Of course it isn't a family outing if dad/daughter don't do their trick.
The staff loved this crazy pair.

"Carlos (our favorite bartender)! Make it another."
"Oh mom, not another picture. How embarrassing."
We resorted to using a spoon and an empty cup for a shovel and a bucket.
I didn't think she would get the concept when we did our shopping earlier that week.
I guess I was wrong. Oh well, Amelia didn't know any different.

Once we arrived in Mexico we were warned about the "crazy" bus rides.
Amelia thought the ride more soothing then rough.

The waitstaff at Senor Frogs got it right!

"Una mas margarita por favor!"

One of the many slides at the kid pool.
Amelia got a workout going down it, but also trying to climb her way back up it.
I left it to Wade to take her on the bigger ones. Of course she loved those too.

Just riding some waves.

Drying off after a family swim in the ocean.

Just like the crabs.