Christmas on The Beach

Well Sweet Boy,

You are now 2 and a half and spunkier than ever. I am going to try and catch up this blog because you had quite a year last year. We wrapped up 2016 with meeting your grandma, papa, uncle booger, teetee on the beach of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. It was the greatest Christmas present that grandma and grandpa could have given us. We spenT 7 nights there and you enjoyed every minute of it! I have a funny story that I'll put here just for a good laugh down the road; I'm sure you will one day read it and think how crazy your parents are. It was our first night in Punta Cana; it was a long day of traveling. That evening we put you in the pack and play for bed and you were having a hard time going to sleep because you could see mom and dad. So we decided to step out onto the patio where you couldn't see us so that you could get a good nights rest. We dead bolted the front door, stepped onto the patio and slid the door shut. The moment we did that you could hear the "click" of the door locking. Turns out that since we were on the ground floor, the patio doors automatically locked when they were shut. We had absolutely no way to get back into the room since we dead bolted the door. After several attempts to jimmy the lock of the door, dad had to go to the front lobby and tell them what happened and to let them know that our child was in the room alone. Turns out that this doesn't happen often because they really didn't know what to do. They ended up having to remove the entire window from our room and crawl in the window to go unlock the door. Goodness it was so stressful. It's hard to find English speaking staff in Punta Cana so it was quite the adventure. Once we got inside the room; you were sound asleep and had no idea what had been going on. The resort that we stayed at had a large water playground that you adored and spent most of your days. It's safe to say that you played hard and you slept hard. It was an incredible vacation and you are an incredible good traveler! My heart explodes just thinking about what 2017 holds for you and our family!

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