Puerto Rico!!!!

About a month ago, Vic found out he had received an award at work, and was invited to attend the "expedition of honor" which is the yearly awards retreat for his company. I am so proud of him, this was a huge accomplishment and I was VERY excited that this meant a totally awesome trip to Puerto Rico for us!!! And since Abby still refuses to take a bottle, she earned herself a ticket to come along too....hmmm, maybe she is smarter than we think :-) We spent 4 days at the El Conquistador resort and it was the most awesome trip I have ever taken - we were treated like royalty and enjoyed every minute of the beautiful setting. Vic had so much fun, he did things I have never seen him do before - gamble in the casino (he came out a dollar richer!) and get "manly" body treatments at the spa (yes, feel free to tease him about this). It was a great escape from our daily routine, but I was excited to come home last night and see Luke again! Here are some pictures.....

Arriving at the resort

The resort is on several levels built into the side of a mountain, so there is a funicular (I still don't really know what that means) to take you up and down the mountain.

View of the lower levels of the resort


Getting ready to swim!

The resort has a private water park, and Abby loved it! This was her first experience with a pool and she just had a blast splashing the water. She also rode with us on floats in the lazy river and watched Daddy make big splashes coming down the water slides!

The water park

While Vic was at the spa, Abby and I lounged by the pool....we could get used to this! While I missed Luke, it was nice to have relaxing time with just Abby.

There is a private island that is accessed by this catamaran to get to the beach.

It was a fun ride (about 10 minutes) and as you can see, Abby liked it too!

Palamino island in the background

The beach was beautiful!

Our last day :-(

More swimming :-)

Pools on upper level

This was from our balcony - it was wonderful to wake up looking at the ocean :-)

Our attempt to get a picture of the 3 of us....

Ready to go home! This trip was Abby's first plane ride. She did great, a little fussy when tired but Vic was a pro at getting her to sleep on the plane.

And a HUGE thank you to both sets of our parents for watching Luke while we were gone, they probably need a vacation to recover from that!