Girls Trip to Mexico

I have officially come to the conclusion that there are few things better for your soul than a weekend away with girlfriends. This trip came together sort of randomly, but also weirdly perfectly, so I knew going into it was it was destined for great things from the start.

Flying out of LA with my girlfriend Shelby, made even the customs line part of the fun! No diaper bag, no problem over here!

After we made our way out of the airport in Puerto Vallarta, our driver had cold beers for us for the drive to my parents condo in Punta Mita. Talk about a smart way to get a good tip! 

  

We got into the condo and decided to hit the beach for a beer and some chips and guac while we waited for Jenna to make it in from Chicago. 

 

Once we got back to the house, Jenna made her way and the trip officially began. 

 

Our first night for dinner on the beach we hit up Blue Shrimp on the water. Whenever you make a reservation at these restaurants, since most people are on vacation, they ask "what are you celebrating"....well, tell them it's your 21st birthday and rest assured, you're going to end the night with a few too many tequila shots.

 

We were actually looking for more of a relaxing girls weekend as opposed to as crazy one, so we actually sipped the shots they brought and more so enjoyed the chocolate cake they brought out too!  

Saturday morning we started our day at our favorite coffee/breakfast shop in town - Boca Deli - and then took off for a walk around the village. 

 

Mexico in May is pretty hot and humid, so by the time we were done walking around 10am, the only place you really want to be is the pool. 

 

We spent the entire day reading, swimming, napping, listening to music....only breaking for fish tacos and beers on the beach.

 

 That Friday night, we went to another local restaurant favorite (Si Senor), and ended up having the best dinner ever. We brought "chat cards" with conversation prompts on them, and ended up closing the restaurant down answering wild, hilarious, boring, and funny questions.

   

And that night we did have too much tequila. 

Saturday - we honestly wanted to replicate what we did the day before. That was a big key to this weekends success = we all wanted the exact same thing from the trip: rest, relaxation, good food, good laughs, and lots of fun.

So we hit up our coffee shop and then took our 2nd cups of coffee on the road so we could get a little walk in. 

Once we got home, we resumed positions in our beach chairs and hung out all day long.

On Saturday night, we decided to get cocktails at the St. Regis and have dinner at a beautiful restaurant near there called Sufi. 

 

The view and vibe were sort of perfect for our last dinner out. We ordered an amazing bottle of wine and ate as much fresh seafood as we could.

We took the party home, sat outside for a few more hours drinking beer, listening to country music, and just telling stories....laughing and crying....until we forced ourselves to bed.

We snuck in one delicious brunch before we all headed to the airport to go home.

Shelby and I decided to upgrade on the way back....we figured why not. When we walked on the plane, the pilot was outside of the cockpit and started talking with us. I told him it was my birthday and my first mother's day as we made small talk.

Well, little did I know, before we took off, the pilot (Victor, from Alaskan Airlines) comes on the speaker, gives me a sweet little shout out and then had the entire plane sing happy birthday to me. I was as red as a tomato, but it kicked off the most fun (and funniest) plane ride I've ever had.

We landed at 4:15, and I was home with Leo, Joel, and my sister Hannah by 5pm. Just enough time to order pizza and open a few presents.

I honestly wouldn't have been able to make this trip happen without Joel being so awesome, but, truly, my sister was an amazing aunt and swooped in to substitute for me while I was gone like a champ.

She didn't miss a beat, and I didn't worry for a second, and it was the best gift she could have given me.

I'm pretty sure Leo didn't even realize I was gone, and I got to come home a better mom and wife because of it.

A birthday and 1st Mother's Day very, very well spent.

Day in the Life [with a 7 month old]

It looks like I'm getting around to these about every 3 months or so. Pretty crazy to think that my days have looked VASTLY different every 3 months for the last year! 

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and here we are, on Tuesday, April 26th with a 7 month old baby!

6:22am - Leo's up! We let him stir a bit in bed before Joel grabs him.

6:35am - I feed him a bottle in bed (we stopped breastfeeding this week), and after he's finished, we snuggle in bed. He is just sweet as sugar in the morning, and loves to watch Joel get ready in the bathroom.

7:20am - Joel walks out the door after making him and I a smoothie (amazing!), and I take my cup of coffee over to "Leoland" to watch Leo play. I have the Today show on in the back and we facetime my mom for a few minutes too.

8:30am - Leo goes down for his nap, so I snuggle him in his merlin suit and read a book before naptime.

 

8:35am - This morning nap is really unpredictable - sometimes he'll give me an hour, sometimes two and a half! So I always end up rushing on the front end, and waiting for him on the back end...but I get ready for the day today in workout clothes, dab a little make up and call it a day.

9:00am - I catch up on blogs and try to work on posting one myself. I also spend some time ordering a mother's day gift for my mom and ordering a few things on Amazon that we're running low on.

9:45am - Leemans up. We just put bumpers on his crib because he was getting his arms and legs stuck in the slats, and now of course, he likes to sleep right up next to them.

10:00am - Leo takes a bottle and then we pack our bags and head out.

10:20am - We park in Joel's office every Tuesday so we can attend a baby class at the Beverly Hills Public Library. Leo is in a good mood, so we stroll inside to say hi to everyone working before we walk the few blocks over to the library.

11:00am - Baby Class! It's one of our favorite times of the week. The class is 50 minutes long and we sing songs, listen to stories, do a sensory activity, and then let the babies play.

 

12:00pm - Once class is over, I take a long walk to go meet Joel for a little lunch date in the park. Today, (and most of the time), Leo fell asleep on our walk, so Joel and I get to eat lunch together and actually talk to each other which is a nice bonus.

12:50pm - We walk back to the office together and load Leo up in the car to head home. 

1:10pm - Bottle time for Leo 

1:25pm - Leo and I play in Leoland for a while. We just took out this new activity bouncer and he's been loving it. When we're home in the afternoon, I try to keep the TV off, and lately we've been listening to the Van Morrison pandora station.

2:10pm - I try to stretch Leo as late as possible for his afternoon nap, but he's exhausted, so I put him down and he basically fell instantly asleep.

2:15pm - I decide to take advantage of naptime and catch up on last nights Southern Charm

 3:00pm -  I always prep our dinner during Leo's afternoon nap. Tonight is Greek Chicken Salad, so I bake the chicken, and assemble all of the salad ingredients so that when it's time to eat, we're ready to go.

3:30pm - I also started cooking some of Leo's food, so I made froze some purred butternut squash and steamed whole carrots for him to chomp on as well.

 

4:10pm - My girlfriend calls me and tells me she is stopping by for a quick glass of wine, so I scramble to clean up my kitchen and put my bra back on ;)

4:30pm - Of course, as soon as she walks in the door, Leo wakes up from his nap, so after I fed him we took our glasses of wine to our play area, sat on the floor with him, and gabbed over toy music. 

5:30pm - We walk Miss Shelby out with Roscoe and see that Joel is home early!! Score!

 

5:45pm - After Joel changes out of his work clothes, he takes Leo to play for a little bit while I assemble the salad and set the table. 

6:10pm - We all sit down at the table to eat. Leo will give us about 15 minutes of sitting in his chair, so Joel and I have to eat pretty fast. 

6:20pm - We are doing a little BLW with Leo, and tonight he is working with a carrot, and getting spoonfulls of prunes and purred carrots as well.

6:35pm - It's bath day (we've had to start doing baths every other day because Leo's dry skin), and every bath time we Facetime with Coco and Papa. 

6:45pm - Joel cleans up most of the dishes during bathtime, and once I've gotten Leo dried up and into his jammies, I kiss him goodnight and hand him off to Joel, who feeds him his last bottle and puts him into bed. 

7:00pm - I finish the dishes, pack our lunches for the next day with leftovers from the salad, and sit on the couch and catch up on snapchat and instagram while I wait for Joel to finish putting the baby down. 

7:15pm - We both sit down on the couch. Joel has to send some emails, so he has his work computer with him but we watch two episodes of black-ish that we had saved on the DVR. 

 

 8:05pm - I take an US weekly magazine and take a bath

8:46pm - I get a text message that my cousin Erin had her baby girl Carter!!!! She had been laboring for 30 hours and I had been on pins and needles. The last text I got from Erin was at 2ish this afternoon so I was really hoping to hear something before bed! 

 

9:00 pm - I get into bed, play on my phone, and Joel and I are both ready to go to sleep by 9:15pm. 

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And that's pretty much our typical Tuesday around here! At least for now!