This past Christmas my parents took our family on a cruise to Mexico. We took a limo to the port- because that was the cheapest option to get us and our stuff there. We had a fun time hanging out, relaxing, not having to worry about cooking and cleaning. Beckett enjoyed all the attention. He had a little fan club of waiters and waitresses. Beckett had a favorite waiter- for some reason he really took a liking to this one waiter and would look for him anytime we went to eat. He would always do a soft forehead bonk with him when he would see him- and would pat his head to signal that's what he wanted. His other favorite thing was the telephone since he could reach it in our rooms so easily. He liked going hot tubbing with daddy- but was a little nervous at first. He unfortunately started doing a fake beaver smile with his eyes closed anytime he saw the camera or you told him to smile. He had a bit of a picture overload I would say. Bytheway I didn't bring a camera so all these pics are from my mom's camera. Next time I'll make sure I bring my own.
Our cruise was for a week. We stopped at 3 towns on the Western Coast of Mexico: Mazatlan, Puerto Vallerta, and Cabo San Lucas. Dan and I went to Puerto Vallerta on our honeymoon about 5 1/2 years prior, so it was kind of fun to see what we remembered. We mostly just did sightseeing and hang out on the beach. Beckett could not get enough of the sand! He loved the beach and playing in the water. I never was brave enough to get in the ocean (or swimming pools) the water was a bit chilly- Beckett didn't seem to mind. The instant his foot touched sand he would plop his butt down and start playing. Beckett also like seeing the fish in the glass bottom boat. When we were getting back in the boat- some how Dan slipped and fell on the stroller. After a few minutes into our boat ride we noticed a big puddle off blood on the floor. Dan checked his foot and his big toe was missing a chunk. The stroller screw or something carved a little piece of meat out apparently. That ended our touring of Cabo San Lucas a little early. In Mazatlan we did a hike up to a lighthouse which was kinda fun. The statues are along the Malecon in Puerto Vallerta- which Dan and I have similar photos from our honeymoon.
We got back into LA from our cruise Christmas morning. This is the hotel that we stayed in.
We opened a few gifts- mostly just watching Beckett- at my brother, Alex's apartment. Beckett loved his soccer goal, jersey, balls, and other noise makers. He got pretty excited about it all. We played games and hung out. We played "Shout About Movies" and then Beckett unfortunately learned that you shout at the TV. For the rest of the trip he would yell at the TV. We stayed in LA for about a week. We went to the park we did a bike ride along the beach- pulling Beckett in the bike trailer. We got some good exercise. The weather was really nice- only a little rain. Thankfully we missed all the floods they had while we were on the cruise.
We also went to the science museum. It was a lot of fun. They had many things to see and I don't think we even saw half of them. They had many "Discovery rooms" for toddlers which Beckett loved. One was a kitchen which made Beckett feel right at home. Except this kitchen had live mice and cockroaches in the cupboards. He loved playing with all the toys- his other favorite area was playing with the tools. Beckett loves fish- they had a huge aquarium with lots of different fish- that was probably Beckett's favorite spot. He even tried to climb into the glass wall aquarium. He enjoyed climbing onto the many exhibits (that u weren't supposed to) and seeing different animals and creatures.
We went and checked out the old Las Angeles zoo. Apparently when they built the new zoo, they didn't demolish the old zoo and left some of the animal cages for you to explore- kinda fun. We were going to check out the real zoo but they were full so we went to a nearby railroad museum and park. Beckett liked waving to the kiddie train as it drove by. We enjoyed eating out at new restraunts. One of our favorites was a Cuban Bakery- can't remember the name right now- had tons of different options desserts and sandwiches at a good price.
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