50 Weeks!

Hola everyone! See that is about the only bit of Spanish I spoke and understood in Costa Rica!!  We are clearly back state side after a fabulous whirlwind of a vacation!

Landon is now a world travler.  He did amazing on all the flights, considering both traveling days were well over 12 hours.  When we got in to Costa Rica we had to go buy a car seat at Walmart since the one the rental company tried to give us was a giant safety hazard.  I think he would have been better off riding just with a seat belt in the car! We ended up buying one of two infant car seats in the store and at the end of the trip donated it to the rental car company! I hope some family will be able to use it if they choose to rent a car from that company.  After all those escapades we got to the resort around 10 pm only to find out we didn't have a crib! The owner of the property rental company came over with food, beer, and vodka and called the manager to find us a pack n play! So we finally got Landon to bed around 11:45!

On Friday I woke up super early and headed out for a morning of bachelorette activities with the girls and horseback riding! We rode up a steep mountain for about an hour.  The horses were slipping and galloping...I held on for dear life! We finally reached a point where we had to get off and walk down to a waterfall.  We were able to swim in the pools and go down the rock slide.  We also played some bachelorette party games and even had a Costa Rican Rum! We the rode back to the stables and headed back to the resort.  It was a fun day!

Heading out!

Bridal party!

This is my super stubborn horse WALTER!

Rock slide!

Saturday was a fun day of zip lining and rehearsal activities.  My parents had Landon the majority of this day with the exception of mid day.  He was a hit at the rehearsal dinner.  He flirted with all the girls and gave high fives to all the guys! He is a social little dude. 

Zip lining! So much fun!!

Sunset at the rehearsal!

Sunday was an all day wedding festivities! I got my hair done around 12 and then spent the rest of the afternoon doing pictures, getting dressed, and hanging out with the girls.  The wedding started around 4:30.  My Mom had Landon off to the side during the ceremony since everyone was directly in the sun.  I had a perfect view of them was was sweet to watch!  The ceremony was nice and short and then we had more pictures with the sunset! The reception was inside and was beautiful as well! It was a wonderful wedding and a great way to spend time with friends!

The beautiful bride!

At the reception!

Eating his own ice cream they brought him ha ha!

Monday we made the long drive down to Manuel Antonio National Park where we had planned on seeing monkeys, parrots, etc.   Come to find out the national park is closed on Mondays! Instead we ended up across the street at a picture perfect white sand beach. Landon LOVED the beach.  He loved splashing in the water, sitting in the waves, and crawling along the beach.  I tried hard to not let him eat the sand, but that was a losing battle.  He did learn how to make a funny face every time he tried to eat the sand since his Gigi would make a similar one and say yuck when he tried to eat the sand. 

The yuck face...he does this now while eating all the time!

Happy boy after the beach!

On Tuesday we headed back to the airport to head home! We had a delay coming out of San Jose, but we made our connecting flight to land in Richmond around 11 pm! We got home at 12 AM and were so happy to be able to be back in our own beds and see Logan! We missed him and wished he could have been in Costa Rica with us!

Until next week!