Paradise Found

We just returned from our first family vacation - a trip to Club Med Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Anna got to play in the Baby Club Med during the day while her parents went off kayaking, sailing, archery, snorkling, and or just enjoyed relaxing on the beach. The majority of the people there spoke French and Spanish - at one point we couldn't help but wonder if Anna's first word was going to be Hola or Bonjour!

The view we enjoyed while eating breakfast and lunch..

Anna got to go swimming everyday....the hardest part was deciding which pool to go to...do we go to the one with the slide? The one with the fountain? Or the kid's pool next to the bar with the free drinks? I think many of you know which pool we went to!

But if I had to pick Anna's favorite vacation activity it would have to be playing in the sand!

Hmmm...what is this stuff???

Hey this is fun!!!

And with the discovery of sand comes other new discoveries....like palm trees...

But wait! Anna has discovered something else...what could it be???

Off to explore....

The sand is very distracting......

Anna has discovered the ocean...one giant bath!

She stops and stares for a bit....

And then crawls right in!

Anna found it hilarious when the "waves" would hit her!

And then we decided to put her in her float and set her off...

Oh what fun it is playing in the ocean!

Anna also played in the grass..

Alastair and I enjoyed kayaking

Everyday Alastair went sailing

Anna enjoyed relaxing on the porch...

And after a long day she caught a ride in her stroller and wore her Mommy's shades...

This is Anna with a French boy that just fell in love with her at dinner one night. The two could not stop laughing at each other....he kept patting her head and Anna would laugh hysterically. His parents kept telling hime to leave the baby alone but he kept insisting NO! it was his baby! He wasn't satisfied until his parents told him they would buy him a baby!

Anna also decided she liked walking while on vacation....she's not walking independently yet but she suddenly loves it when Daddy holds her hands and helps her walk.

A week in paradise....

Anna also had her first celebrity sighting...as we were leaving the airport I walked past a man talking on his phone. I glanced over and as I took my next step I realized it was Steven Tyler from Aerosmith. So I turned around, pointed to Steven Tyler and said to Anna,"This is your first celebrity sighting". I don't know if Steven Tyler was amused but I did see his really big bodyguard laugh!