PR Trip

We just got back from our trip to Puerto Rico. We drove to Dallas spent the night there at the hotel in the airport and on Thursday morning taking a direct flight to San Juan. We were off to a rocky start on Wed since apparently Izzie had a 24 hour stomach bug. She had diarrhea and after we got to the hotel while we were having dinner in the restaurant she threw up. We were expecting a fun trip the next day but thankfully it only lasted one day and she was fine while we were flying. The flight from Dallas to San Juan is almost 4 1/2 hours, which is the longest they have been on a plane for. Other times we had gone to PR we always stopped in Miami which was halfway from Raleigh, plus we had never flown to PR with Izzie.

They both did extremely well on the plane, I thought they would get bored but they did ok. It was harder for Izzie since she wanted to crawl around and walk. Natalie we could entertain with coloring books and stickers.

So we got to PR on time and my Mom picked us up. We got to my parents house and Natalie was fascinated with it. I guess she did not remember it from last time. She was looking at all the plants and just running around getting a feel for the house.

We did not do much, my parents have a pool so we swam almost every day in the pool and we visited my grandparents. Natalie was a scared of them, I guess she does not understand that they are a little sick. Izzie was having a lot of stranger anxiety so she pretty much was with Aaron or me. But after some time the girls opened up and were being less shy. Natalie liked my aunt a lot and kept hugging and kissing her.

On Saturday we went to Luquillo beach. It is about an hour drive from my parents house. It is near the rain forest and the beach there is awesome. We did not know how Natalie was going to do since she is not that fond of the beach. We have taken her there before and she did not like it. Izzie was very happy and wanted to stay in the water the whole time. Natalie was definitely more excited than before but she does not like being dirty so the did not want to play in the sand and she did not want any sand on her feet or hands. Kind of difficult to achieve since we are at the beach..... In the water she wanted to be held and would not even stand in the shallow. In the afternoon while Izzie slept I took Natalie back in the water and she was watching the other kids play so she decided she wanted to walk. From that moment on she was just crazy. Running around and jumping. She was not coming in and out of the water, she was just running along the shore but she was having fun. We saw fish and she had a great time. We were there pretty much all day and both kids were exhausted.

Monday it rained all day and by that point the kids had had enough. Yesterday was an interesting travel day. Unlike when we left we had to do the plane and the car ride on the same day. The car ride from Dallas is about 3 hours. Izzie was so tired in the car and ready to be out and free. Both kids were very happy when we got home and they could play with their toys.

Parker & Abi stayed home, we had a girl from the neighborhood come 4 times a day to feed them and put them out. They were happy when we got home but they did very well. Parker did not eat or destroy anything.....

Well here are some pictures from our trip.


Here is Izzie helping me pack before we left.




It was very hot and humid. Very different from the Texas summer. We missed the dry air from Texas. But we found out that Izzie's hair gets curly with the humidity. I loved her curls, I wish she had them all the time.




Here is a picture of Luquillo. It is hard to see in the picture but Natalie is walking around in the water and I am laying down in the water following her.




Swimming at my parents house.