...the rest of the story

We didn't have time or the internet access to post anymore after we left the island so now that I'm back in Kentucky I can add more pictures.

We woke up early on Friday morning and headed back out to the beach. Wyatt played in the sand some more and splashed in the water as Daddy kept a close eye out for renegade waves.

After we left the island, we stopped in Harlingen at Tila's (Lita's sister) restaurant for lunch. She fed us well and then we went to visit Great Grandma Carolina (Lita's mom) at her house. After that, we stopped in Mercedes at the new outlet mall where I went nuts! I bought a few things (ok I had to buy an extra carry-on for the trip back), but you should see the great deals I got! Finally we returned to McAllen very late on Friday night and crashed hard in our beds. On Saturday we went to Opa's house to pick him up for lunch. We came back to his house and watched football and napped a bit until it was time to go to Great Grandma Fay's house.

She had some friends over for a card game so she was able to show off Wyatt. We really enjoyed meeting the people that are taking good care of her and helping her out whenever they can. We spent the night there and most of Sunday too. She loved playing with Wyatt and watching him crawl around and entertain us all.

On Sunday evening, Lita's mom and sister Marty came over for dinner and to visit with Wyatt. Marty has two girls Sandra and Amanda that absolutely loved Wyatt. They took good care of him and gave mommy a break from chasing him around! Uncle Jason and Cris came to see us too and later that night Michael's friend James and his wife came by too.

We slept in a little bit on Monday and met Uncle Jason for breakfast and then ended up running a little late for getting to the airport. Luckily the McAllen airport is not that big so we got in and through security very quickly. We made it there just minutes before pre-boarding began and by the time we made it down the jetway, Wyatt was fast asleep. He slept the entire ride to Houston and then woke up to eat and fuss a little about not being able to crawl around. He fell asleep again on the plane from Houston to Nashville so he was very good during both flights home. Once we got in the car on our way back to Louisville, things quickly slid downhill. He was not happy about being strapped in a carseat after being contained in the airplanes or in his stroller all day long and he let us know about it. By the time we arrived at my parents house in Louisville, we were very happy to hand him over to Mimi and Pop for a break. The second we put him on the floor and let him crawl, he was happy again. We tried to wear him out a bit and he went to bed pretty easily after midnight and let us sleep until about 9am. Now we are gearing up for the car ride back home and look forward to unwinding a bit this evening before we go back to work and daycare tomorrow morning.

We had a great trip and a busy one. We were able to see just about everyone we planned to visit and they all loved Wyatt...but how could you not???