not so small

a few of us have recently formed the 'big baby club' and the newest member is lincoln brooks weighing in and taking the lead at 10lb 2oz! not small, but quite cute and shelly is looking fabulous! i got to visit the latest addition to the brooks family in the hospital yesterday and gerrit can't wait to meet him and play with the rest of the gang on saturday. check out the photo of mommy and baby lincoln.

sun & fun, puke & poop

we survived our first padmos christmas vacation with a baby in tow. definitely different from past vacations, but it was fun watching gerrit eat sand, splashing in the pool, and playing with his cousins. in the midst of all the fun, we also had a little sickness. gerrit had his first bout with the flu and we had our first experience with puke. and in the midst of all of this he got his first two teeth.

our days mostly consisted of sitting by the pool or down at the beach. as predicted, gerrit went straight for the sand, but we found the pacifier limited the intake and spent more time in the pool. breakfast was at whichever room was up and had food for us, lunch and happy hour on beppe and pake's porch, and dinner was typically out (with beppe keeping the kids occupied with presents, crafts, or other activities).

we took a few day excursions. one was to the rain forest where hugh got to test out the capabilities of his new camera while a gondola took us through a wet rain forest. we also took a day trip to soufriere--the day included our first taste of johnny cakes (fried goodness), getting a back massage from a water fall, a drive-in volcano, lunch between the pitons, lots of rabid dogs and of course there was the memorable blow-out which took three people to change on the side of the road.

we had a great time with family, but we are also glad to be back to the old routine. i have included a slide show of a few of our pictures, but check out all the photos here. we hope everyone is enjoying the new year!