Trinidad & Tobago

Well we're back from T & T. What a trip! My biggest concern was whether or not David would actually join us on this trip, with his fear of flying keeping us wondering up until the very end. But with the help of some Xanax and behavior therapy he did it! Trinidad was a great beginning to our trip, and we were all very comfortable at our cousin Andy's townhouse. The first couple of days were filled with a fabulous morning spent at Maracas Beach with AMAZING bake and shark sandwiches, the wedding rehearsal and dinner, and then the big event on Saturday with the wedding of our cousin Tricia and her hubby John. Sophie was selected to be one of the flower girls which was nice. She looked so cute in her dress, like a little angel. But as I expected, she didn't do too well walking down the aisle. In fact, she didn't walk at all! Instead there was lots of screaming and crying with me carrying her down. But it really didn't matter because everything else went perfectly and the bride was so gorgeous she took everyone's breath away!

The following day everyone took a ferry ride to Tobago where we spent 5 days relaxing under the (HOT!) sun. We ended up staying at a beautiful luxury hotel right on the ocean with an amazing pool and view. It was really, really hot which proved to be a challenge for both me and Sophie. It really is hard being pregnant in the Summer as they say! But with many dips in the pool and breaks in the cool hotel room, we managed. Sophie did pretty well sleeping in the pack n play the hotel provided for her, even though it was too small and she was all squished in there! It took her a day or two to get used to it though. Her eating was another issue. She really wasn't interested in the buffet breakfast they provided daily at all. Only drinking some orange juice and a bite of muffin. Most days she had only some milk, oj, raisins, bread roll and some chips for the entire day! She definitely lost weight as towards the end of the trip I could see her little ribs sticking out a bit. But other than that she still had boundless energy-enough to keep her up late almost every night-once until midnight! I wish we had access to a pool here at home as she really enjoyed swimming. We got her some floaties and she was able to swim without assistance for the first time. Boy did she look proud! I definitely want to get her some swimming lessons within the next year so that next Summer she can hopefully swim all by herself. She sure loves the water, just like her Mama : )

It was wonderful spending time with family, although I do wish we could have spent more time with our cousins than we did. But with so much family there it was hard to see enough of everyone.