PANAMA :)

Our trip to Panama was amazing, there was no greater feeling than seeing my grandparents meet my son and spend quality loving time with him. Mi Abuela Belermina is 79 years old, and mi Abuelo Don Che is 88 years old. My mom’s sister Damaris was able to go to Panama from Canada, where she has lived for about 20years. And we were able to spend time with my mom’s brother Jose’s family a lot of the time too. We had so much fun at Playa Blanca Resort, and with my family in Panama City. On the other hand, traveling internationally with an 8mos old is crazy. I am still undecided if I were to do it again! We lugged around car seat, stroller, playard, 3 suitcases, 3 carry on’s, passport, $, and Dreycin in a Baby Bjorn. Do you know how many times we were like “Ok, do we have everything.” We made it all the way to Miami without losing anything, and then we lost the car seat base. But its ok that was a used set we had bought specifically for our last Dallas trip with the stroller & playard for about $90. Thank goodness we have 2 other car seats anyways. So for the first night it was HOT, and when I say hot, I mean humid sticky hot. You have to remember that in Panama, most people including my grandparents do not have air conditioning or even fans. Until this year they didn’t even have hot water, but let me tell ya that those cold showers work wonders in that heat so Derek and I didn’t even use the hot water! The very next day we were off to Playa Blanca for 5nights, and at least had air in our rooms, as well as meals three times a day without having to cook! Derek and I both got burnt the first day out in the sun. I simply forgot to put sunscreen on my back and only got sunburnt there. But my dear husband refused to put sunscreen on anywhere besides his face, and that was from much persistent from me egging on that he would be 30 later this year and didn’t want his face to look too old due to sun damage! Derek was burnt so bad he blistered on both shoulders, then peeled until we got to Miami on Tuesday. It was nice to have someone come in make your bed every day, clean up after you, and stock the rooms with clean towels. The only thing that was a little frustrating to deal with was Dreycin not being able to crawl around on the floor. All the homes/buildings are made with cement, and then have tile floors. We did our best to line the floors with blankets, but had to watch Dreycin like a hawk to make sure he didn’t bust his head open on those hard floors. So im pretty sure Dreycin got use to always being held by someone while on our trip! He was such a happy boy the whole time, and did AMAZING! He took long naps, and some nights even slept all the way through in his play yard! (No my son does not sleep through the night, I believe this is because he is still being breastfed?) It was an amazing trip, not sure if I would call it a vacation because we always had somewhere to be or something to do but definitely worth the time and money we spent!!!! Derek and I are even talking about building a house on my aunt’s land there for retirement, someday, one day soon. FYI Panama is one of the countries you can afford to live off of your Social Security income after retirement! After two days of being back, Derek and I are already back down to the weight we were before we left, thanks to all the natural/non processed foods we were eating while in Panama! I’ll post a few of my favorite pics because there is no way Im posting 250 pictures!
Pictures can tell a 1000 words!