Firstly, apologies for letting a whole week go by without putting up the brilliant pictures that I promised (it's been even longer since I started this post! Sorry!). It's been one of those weeks that feels so so busy and then you look back and can't understand why because nothing seemed to get done... I did put some pictures up on facebook though, and I'm going to try not to duplicate them here - but if you haven't seen my facebook album, you can link to it here after you read the blog for just a few more pics: Antigua Album
But anyway! Antigua! The beach! Finn in a bathing suit (or swimming costume as it's called here)!
Before I get to the pictures, I will just say that it was a fantastic trip. It was very hot and humid but so lovely to get to hang out with so much of James' family. And I really liked the beach and our little paradise - except for the sand. Sand is... well... I best not put into words how I felt about sand by the end of the trip... this is a family blog after all. Finn likes it though:
So what did we get up to?
Well Finn handled the flights well, as always. It's a bit harder now that he wants to be rolling about but we were able to distract/entertain for the most part without any meltdowns.
And the overnight flight back he actually slept! I don't know how, with the time difference and everything - but it meant that he was a lot less jet-lagged on return as James and I were! He was certainly on the wrong time when we got there though - so James and I (and then just James while I slept) got to see lots of Caribbean sunrises!
Finn loved all things to do with the water, splashing especially.
The heat meant that he slept a LOT (which I was totally ok with)... so here are a series of pictures of Finn asleep in different places...
And when it did rain, it was a very quick downpour that dumped loads of water and then was done. This was no big deal - you were usually already wet, and the rain was lovely and cooling. There was only once that it was a problem...
Most of the restaurants there were open air at the sides with a roof over top, including the tiered place where the wedding reception was held. During dinner, Finn fell asleep so we laid him down on some towels on the next tier down (so he was away from the noise but we could keep him in view while we ate). About 30 minutes later the skies opened up with a torrential downpour - at which point we realised that the lower tier was NOT under a roof. You've never seen two people leap from a table faster. We ran to get him but by the time we got to him he was a) awake b) wet and c) ANGRY. He calmed down very quickly but was not about to fall asleep again. And obviously word got round the reception (as you would expect when two people run out at the first sound of rain) that we were the couple who left the baby in the rain. OOOOOOOPS :)
We took a trip out to see a bit more of Antigua than the resort - it was pretty cool (though, again, very hot!).
And of course there was the wedding which was gorgeous! As were all of us :)
It was also my birthday, and James gave me an amazing present. Remember my old blog Bump and Beyond ? Well James spent ages copying, pasting, formatting, adjusting etc and had it printed out in a book! It's incredible! I love holding it - it may be the only copy but it makes me feel like a proper published author :) I love the internet and all, but there's something very satisfying about holding all your words in your hand in the form of a hefty hardcover. And over the holiday I re-read the whole thing. I haven't looked back on it much since Finn was born so it was really interesting to go through it all again. Anyway, it is fantastic and I will treasure it for a long time. Here're a few pics:
I think that's all the description of the trip... but there are still a few pictures of Finn that I LOVE. So I'll just stick them all here if that's alright. And if you want more, don't forget to have a look at the album link above.
