Our trip to Krabi, Thailand

What a great vacation we just had!! As I mentioned, we went to Krabi, Thailand for our 1st trip with our newest Thompson and everyone had a wonderful time. We had some fantastic weather and Cooper thoroughly enjoyed all his firsts....1st airplane ride, 1st boat ride, 1st time in the pool, 1st time at the beach and 1st time in the sea!! The plane ride on the way there went somewhat smoothly....Cooper was a bit "crabby" (no pun intended), but that was because it was right in the middle of his nap time and both our boys only seem to nap well when they are in their beds and Evan, who now has to have his own seat had a bit of a time staying put for an hour a half, but other than that...we made it there with no problems. Although on the way back, Andrew was about to call off our Christmas trip when Evan had a bit of a meltdown while we were waiting in the immigration line. To Evan's credit, it was 3pm and he'd had no nap! Anyhow, I myself, did recognize we ARE going to have some fun on our trip back home in a couple of months with only one of us per kid....we had Marte with us on this trip and it was still complete chaos!! Oh what fun to look forward to! I just have to remind myself it is only 28 hours there and then we get a break since I'm sure grandparents will be ready to spoil them like crazy!

The boys loved playing in the pool and Evan loved playing on the beach in the sand and looking for seashells. Andrew and I even got 3 or so hours every afternoon to ourselves while Marte stayed in the room with the boys while they napped. We spent one day just having a few cocktails relaxing by the pool (let me tell you how nice that was...we could have done just that everyday!), another day kayaking, and another day going into the nearby town of Ao Nang. It was a private beach we were on, so the only way you could get to town was by boat or trekking about 10 minutes over this mountain pass through the jungle (where we saw tons of monkeys!). Needless to say, it was nice to spend some quality time alone together. We also loved our rooms....we had two rooms connected by a large terrace outside that had 4 big loungers on it with overhead ceiling fans. With the breeze and the sound of the ocean, it was a perfect place to relax at night after the boys had gone down for the night. It was so comfortable in fact, that Andrew actually feel asleep outside while reading a couple of nights - only to wake about 2 or 3 in the morning to come back into the room...which was a good thing, because one morning we woke to a monkey on the terrace rifling through some of our things! Good thing he didn't come to join Andrew in the middle of the night!

Anyhow, we are back home again eagerly awaiting our trip home in December. They don't really celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving here so Christmas is the next big holiday to look forward to and we are! Hope you enjoy the pics from our vacation: