Off the Grid.
I haven't blogged in a few weeks, but I have a good excuse...we spent 10 fabulous days in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. We've had this trip planned for a few months now but with the way our schedule has been (3 months of non-stop traveling... East Coast > Midwest > Baja California plus a whole lot of preggo appointments in between), it's been a little crazy trying to maintain some sort of a consistency on the blog. I'm happy to say that we will be home for a while and I don't plan on traveling much of anywhere via plane.Our trip was incredibly relaxing. We packed the bare minimum, which is so unusual for me. I usually overpack and regret it so this time I left all electronics (with the exception of a cell phone) at home. I chose not to bring my DSLR camera for a number of reasons...one being the fact that I just wanted to enjoy my trip and not feel pressured to constantly document it. I did, however, bring my film camera along which as served me well on previous travels. I loved that I spent my days makeup free and lived in flops and sundresses. I brought along my Bible, a book, and some watercolor paints which served as recreation on our off days. We spent a lot of time just lounging around the pool, seeing the city and hanging out at the beach. We stayed at a little inn which was several blocks from the tourist area. It was the best decision we made for the trip. It was a family-operated inn with amazing reviews on TripAdvisor and the service was way more personable than our last night at an all inclusive (they didn't have our last night available which is why we switched hotels.) We had homemade breakfast every morning and we slept in our own bungalow. The manager went out of his way several times to make our stay comfortable by doing little things like buying Kaiden baby-anti-mosquito lotion or building Ethan a carrying case for his new fishing pole.I'll probably share more about the trip once I get the pictures developed. (That's the only pain about film...I probably won't get them for a few weeks.) But if you want to see more pics from the trip, be sure to follow me on Instagram >> @dianne_j. I'm constantly posting pictures from our every day life and this trip was included. I wish I could say I'm at home feeling refreshed from the trip, but Kaiden and I are sick with a pretty gnarly cold so I'm hoping to feel a bit better sometime soon.I hope you all had a merry Christmas!