We had a fabulous time in Mexico. It was so nice to get away, enjoy the company of our old neighbors, relax, sleep all night without interruption... :)

Our first official vacation made us realize we need to definitely take more!

The kids had a great time with their cousins, too. They got to go to school, Awana, the Zoo, Sea World, parks. They were very sad to have to leave them. We're SO thankful to Matt and Jessica for their willingness to add two more for a week so that we could have a nice vacation.

We also agreed that an all-inclusive such as this would be a PERFECT way to spend a family Christmas. Skip all the gifts, preparation, etc., and just go away for a week to somewhere warm, beautiful, and where you're waited on hand and foot. We'll have to start planning.

Unfortunately, upon our arrival home, D was coughing in his sleep. My first reaction: great, he's sick. He wasn't too bad, and was basically himself on Saturday. However, he woke up with a fever on Sunday. I was worried we'd have a smelly van by the time we got home, but thankfully, we made it home with no incident -- and thanks to Benadryl, he took two 2 hour naps! Monday, he still had a fever. What better way to end 8 days off work with having to take another one off due to a sick child! Jon stayed home with D on Monday. Tuesday, he still had a 100* fever. Great. My turn to stay home. I took him to the doc. Verdict: Strep Throat. Great! So antibiotics were ordered and meds began again. Unfortunately, he needed 24 hours worth of meds to be able to return to day care -- so Jon and I took turns on Wednesday staying home with him and working.

Thankfully during our vacation, we were able to relax and catch up on sleep. Often, you come home from vacation more tired and needing to relax. We're glad for the sleep we got, because we definitely were hit with stress and sleeplessness when we returned! But I think we're all on the mend again. Hopefully the rest of us are able to avoid the strep!