Playa del Carmen

We just got back from Mexico where it was nice and warm and beautiful. We went down for a wedding on the beach and it was absolutely beautiful! We stayed at the all-inclusive luxury hotel where the wedding was and it was really nice. I've been watching what I ate pretty closely through this pregnancy, but the food there was great and I indulged in dessert at just about every meal... the desserts there were to die for. I figured there was so much I couldn't do that I wanted to that I was going to let myself at least enjoy the decadent desserts they had.

We were going to go on a snorkeling trip because we couldn't go scuba diving, but decided not to when John remembered and reminded me how horribly bumpy the boat ride can be getting out to the snorkel site. It's painful on your pelvis and tailbone even when you're not pregnant!! We did snorkel off the shore though, and though I didn't expect to see anything but sand (we've tried snorkeling off shore before with never any luck) we ended up seeing some pretty cool stuff. There was a huge school of some really small silver fish just hanging out and swimming around. We swam through them and they just parted around us. And there were two swordfish-looking things circling lazily above this huge school of fish... I don't know if they were hunting or what, but they seemed to be just kinda hanging out too and the little fish didn't seem too worried about them. They were about a foot and a half to two feet long and really skinny. Their snouts weren't super long, but long enough to scare me... I kept trying to get close and see them but everytime I did they'd turn and look at me and I'd have to scramble back real quick because I was scared they'd charge me. And we saw a few small but really pretty tropical fish. They were hanging around a head of coral at the bottom probably 10-12 feet down. Every time I'd get close to look, the little blue one would stop what he was doing and turn sideways to face upward and point his big old eye at me. It was pretty funny.

Flying was no problem, the midwives approved it and the airline had no restrictions either. (Delta is the only one I could find that doesn't). The only thing was that I think I didn't drink enough water the day we traveled down and so I had swollen feet and ankles for a day or so. And I've started having braxton hicks contractions. Sometimes I'm so miserable uncomfortable I think I could scream in frustration because I'm so ready to have her, other times I feel almost spry (very rarely though!!). Not to mention the fact that we are both so crazy excited to meet and hold our tiny little baby. They say the last month is hard and drags on, but I'm hoping that it'll go by quick. The holidays will help, I'm sure. This week is going to be super busy - we haven't even started Christmas shopping and we have yet to unpack and get resettled from the trip.