Jamaica!

We are now home again after a wonderful week of vacation. We left last Thursday for Arkansas to go and drop off Eli at my parents' house before we headed out for Jamaica on Friday. Eli developed a 103 fever the  day we were leaving and it was SO hard leaving him knowing he was sick. I knew my parents would take such good care of him but that didn't seem to ease this mom's heart. :( We called the first two nights we were there and then emailed daily after that. His fever went away after two days and Marc and I both felt much better and were able to really relax and enjoy ourselves.

We stayed at Iberostar Grand Rose Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica and loved every bit of our trip. Our resort was REALLY nice. We had never stayed anywhere with such amazing service, food, and accomodations and felt pampered all week. There were three sections to the resort and we had access to all three. The middle section was for families and they had a lazy river that we enjoyed one day and we ate at one of their Mexican restaurants one night. Overall, we felt like our trip was well worth the investment and I would recommend this resort to anyone for a honeymoon or anniversary. We also heard the Iberostar Grand in the Riviera Maya is great as well. Here are a few pics of our room.

This was the view from our room. Beautiful!

Marc and I spent a lot of time on the beach. They had these beach beds that were so comfortable and perfect for resting in the shade to enjoy a good book.

The people behind me were about to start ocean water aerobics. I tried it one day and it was lots of fun.

We also enjoyed plenty of rays by the pool.

When we weren't relaxing, we were kayaking, snorkeling, or enjoying some complimentary golf.

You never know what kind of food you are going to get with an all-inclusive but we had very full bellies all week. :) Here are some pics from our evening meals. There was an Italian, Japanese, and French restaurant as well as a steakhouse. There was one lunch day during our trip where they had a Jamaican BBQ on the beach and we got our fill of jerk chicken. Here are some pictures from our dinners.

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves this past week. It was refreshing for our marriage to get away and great to have a break from our busy lives (especially before life gets busier!). We certainly missed Eli and were ready to come home by the time our last day arrived.

Here was our last picture before we checked out.

Eli changed so much in just a week (and his hair is much blonder!) so I will try to post an update on him later on this weekend as well as a pregnancy update. :)