Jamaica Part I

It's time to start blogging about our fabulous Jamaica trip! Our trip started out at 5am--we were being picked up at 6am. We got the opportunity to fly first class non stop to Montego Bay. Although it was still hard to fly with a toddler, I must say it was awesome in first class! We had a really good breakfast on the plane and got to enjoy a couple drinks for free! 3.5 hours later we landed and went through the terrible customs and immigration that Jamaica has to offer. By now AJ was ready for a nap and I don't blame him.

From Montego Bay to Negril we had the option of taking a 1.5-2 hour shuttle or paying some more money and taking a 15 minute flight. We chose the flight. We were SO glad! The pilot picked AJ up on the way to the small plane:

John was co-pilot. He even got to fly the plane!!!!

Scary! Here is a beautiful view:

We landed and were taken to our resort, about 3 minutes away. We arrived and went to conceiarge to check in. We stayed at the Beaches chain because we had a good experience last year in Turks and Caicos. Anyway, of course, we got there so early that our room wasn't ready! We went to each lunch--while at lunch, Cookie Monster was walking around! AJ and I ran over to him!

By the time we got back our room was ready. We quickly changed and went on the beach--but we decided to go for a walk. AJ LOVED THE WATER! It took a long time to get the kid to go 1/100th of a mile! Finally he wanted to be held and John volunteered to hold him while we walked--AJ soon fell asleep on his shoulder. We mainly just people watched with our feet skimming the water. Before we knew it, it was dinner time! We made it back to the resort and had dinner at the buffet. Afterwards we were so exhausted that we just went back to the room and crashed. I think we were out by 8pm!

The next day (Sunday) we woke up refreshed and ready to go. After breakfast we went straight to the beach. It was a perfect day. AJ loved the water and one of his favorite activities was to throw the sand into the ocean. Almost like he was telling the sand to go away!

I went on this huge water bicycle (you can see them in the picture behind AJ) while AJ and Daddy hung out in the water. Afterwards, John went jetskiing. He ran over to where AJ and I were and told us he had it for an hour and wanted us to come on with him. I guess in Jamaica they let babies jet ski. We went slow and stayed close to shore with AJ. The jet ski guy even had a toddler life jacket in his jet ski compartment! AJ loved it, but after 5 minutes, he fell asleep! Who falls asleep while you are jetskiing! After that we laid out on our lounges while AJ slept on my chest.

Afterwards we went on the lazy river. Sadly, we all enjoyed this too much that we didn't get any pictures! Before we knew it Sunday was over and we were yet again in bed by 9pm. This was the night that AJ climbed out of his crib--and so it began a week full of him sleeping with us!

Monday was another relaxing day spent at the beach and pool. That evening, we had dinner: my boy and I, just to prove I was actual there since I take the pictures:

After dinner they had a Sesame Street Stage Show. Beaches is a sponsor of Sesame Street. AJ loved the characters!

Look at how he is concentrating!

AJ got to touch Elmo and get a big hug--this made his night!

There is so much more to tell you about, but I will have to wait!