MELT reunion

Three of my high school girlfriends and I got together a few weeks back.  We do it at least once a year and start planning months in advance to make the calendar work.  The first letter of each of our names spells the acronym MELT and that is how we've referred to ourselves since high school.  Erin and I have been friends since diapers.  Leah's mom and my mom were in Le Leche League together all those years ago.  E & L met Mindy in middle school, but she and I became particularly close sitting next to each other our freshman year in Environmental Science.  MELT was born...

We all have very different interests and hobbies and went four different ways after high school graduation.  But through it all, we've maintained an amazing friendship.  There was really only one hiccup that I can recall, and yes, it did involve a boy.  Fortunately, we resolved that and I didn't no one married him.  We have seen each other through a lot of things - college, boys, weddings, career changes, health issues, buying homes, babies and much more. 

There are a lot of miles between us, but when we get together it feels like just yesterday we were cruising the loop together.  I am blessed to have these girls as friends.

A look back... always a smile

February 2008

(2 months old)

February 2009

(14 months old)

February 2010

(2 years, 2 months)

Chu Chu Ua

On our trip, our resort had a children's music show.  The show was in the theatre bar and we would gather there for a drink before dinner, so we saw the show a few nights.  There were several songs the kids would sing and dance to including The Hokey Pokey and Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.  Of course, these were all in Spanish, so we couldn't exactly sing along.    One particular song really caught our group's attention and really stuck in our heads.  Chu Chu Ua. Chu chu ua means "I can make you move."  There are lots of different hand motions and gestures that the kids loved, like sticking your butt up and tongue out! 

What do you do with a song when you can't get it out of your head?  Make someone else think about it!  This is from You Tube, so you won't get the exact feel for it from our lounge seats, but you get the idea.  (I apologize if the clown freaks anyone out. The resort music leaders were much cuter.)

First dentist visit

Lucas had a successful first visit to the dentist.  Fortunately, Dr. Anderson is a dear family friend and Lucas really didn't have any issues letting her investigate.  Plus we'd been hyping it up that Sara was going to brush and count his teeth.  He did great!  I hope Lucas inherited Brent's no-cavity history because I have had a mouthful lots of cavities (it's not my fault - it's the sweets). 

Lucas sat on Brent's lap in the big chair and Brent forbid me from taking pictures, so I had to wait until we were all done.  A sticker and toy from the toy chest go a long way with a two year old. 

Showing off his pearly-whites:

RIU Palace Mexico

These might look like postcard photos, but they are the real deal (some are Trista's, some are mine)).  You might see a yellow caution cone in a couple of them - the sidewalks were slippery from the humidity.  Hey midwesterners, remember what humidity feels likes? 

I'm ba-ack!

Brent and I had a relaxing, rejuvenating, fantastically warm and sunny vacation.  Most of my views for the week were this:

And I also saw the back of my eyelids a lot, but that would be difficult to take a picture of.  :)  I will share more once we get settled back into reality.

We both really, really, REALLY missed this:

But we brought him presents, so he hasn't held it against us.  In fact, he had so much fun with Papa and Gramma, I'm not sure he noticed we were gone.  I was glad to do this when we got home:

*Notice my nice golden tan?