Cancun: A Week In Pictures

This might be the biggest post in the history of this blog. We took over 600 pictures and I've tried to cull it down to the best.

Colton falls asleep on the flight to Houston.

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Going through customs in Cancun.

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The view from our balcony at the Solymar resort.

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In the pool area.

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On the beach.

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Uncle Richard and Janet at the spa about 45 minutes before the wedding.

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Kelly and Micole walking out to take pictures.

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Taking pictures on the pier.

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Brothers gotta hug. At the beach at the Grand Mayan Riviera resort.

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With Pappy.

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Playing in the sand. A woman came up to me and asked if she could take some pictures of them playing, because "They're so cute!"

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Taking more pictures for the photographer before the wedding.

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My new nephew, Alex, a pretty good hockey player, turned 18 just two days earlier and he got to enjoy Mexico's lower drinking age. Before we left for the evening I had to wrestle him as a rite of passage. It ended in a draw, but he had the advantage. I expect a rematch in about 3 years. I may have messed up my right shoulder. It still hurts a little bit a week later.

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Walking down the aisle.

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My new niece, Anna.

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Colton playing in the sand during the wedding.

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Cooper doing the same.

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Listening to the pastor speak about marriage.

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Saying their vows. One of the boys kept running into my leg.


The new family.

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The mariachi band. They didn't know "Smoke On The Water", but they did play "La Bamba".

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Taking a picture of Janet taking a picture of us.

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Colton with an eggroll. He would later bury the remains in the sand.

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Getting ready to eat.

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Kelly playing with Cooper.

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Tequila shots and a kiss.

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The first dance.

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Video of the first dance.


Cutting the cake.

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Colton eating his cake.

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Mommy and the boys.

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The boys playing in the pool.

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Someone getting a massage. That water is so blue.

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On the beach.

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Driving through Cancun. I only broke the traffic laws 9 or 10 times.

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"Cheese!"

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One of the iguanas that could be found on the resort grounds. They really seem to like that rock.

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Colton on the beach during the evening.

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Getting ready to be taken out by that wave.

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"Cheese!"

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A pic of Cooper smiling on the balcony.

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Watching Diego on the portable DVD player. Those things are a godsend for traveling with small children.

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Janet, Colton, and Cooper on the beach. Colton is wearing Janet's hat.

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Say no to crack.

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Janet wears Colton's hat.

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At the Rainforest Cafe.

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The bathroom stall.

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The kiddie potty.

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Mickey Mouse balloon hat.

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Donald Duck.

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In the big pool or as Cooper called it, "Big, big, water".

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Last day at the beach.

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The last night.

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Just Because

Cooper was sitting in this chair and demanded that I take his picture, so I got up and got the camera and took his picture

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He really played it up for the camera. Colton on the other hand was camera shy today. He didn't want me to take his picture.

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Blogging At A Regular Pace

Strange things are afoot this evening in our household.

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The boys tried on their Halloween costumes. Colton's a monkey or as he calls it a "Bobo" (from Go! Diego, Go!, of course).

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Cooper is a zebra.

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He absolutely demanded that I take a picture that shows his tail.

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A Few More Photos For Good Measure

We went to the park tonight but the gate was locked, so we played in the backyard.

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One thing of note: Cooper has started a songwriting career. His first song which we might call "The Potty Song", goes "I go poo-pee in the pot-tee. I go pee-pee in the pot-tee." That's pretty much it, but he'll sing those two lines over and over and over.

A Couple More Photos From The New Camera

Two photos from playtime in the backyard this evening. Gotta get my money's worth out of this camera.

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An Evening In The Park

I go months without posting and then suddenly I post two days in a row. It's the new camera, I suppose. I want to put it to good use.

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Everytime we play at the park, Cooper wants me to get up on the playground equipment with him, because there are sharks on the ground that are out to get us; They can't get us if we're off the ground. It's funny to watch his imagination grow and run wild. It must be great to not have a care in the world like that.

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With the brown jackets and their hoods up the boys kind of look like the Jawas from the movie Star Wars.

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Looking for sharks. Eventually it was safe and we got to go home.
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New Camera

Our old camera broke, so we finally got a new one this week. I felt that it's about time for some new pictures of the boys on the blog.

In the bath.

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Playing at Aunt Heather's house.

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Getting ready to sing "Happy Birthday" to Mason.

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Here's Cooper getting mad that his cousin is pushing him on the swing.

Please, Diego, Stop!

The boys are currently into the Go, Diego, Go! cartoon phase. While I like the show, I don't like watching 10 straight episodes of it every day.

Colton will say: "Deego! Deego!"

Cooper will say: "I wanna watch Diego, daddy! Please, 'nother Diego!"

We got kind of the same treatment with Thomas the Train, but never quite like this. They're completely hooked. I miss Thomas the Train.

Great Days In History

July 4, 1776 - The Declaration of Independence - "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.""

July 21, 1969 - Neil Armstrong walks on the moon - "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

July 9, 2008 - Cooper goes poopy on the potty - "I go poopy! I go poopy, daddy! I go poopy!"


He's already saying that he doesn't want to wear a diaper anymore.

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Hip hops

Cooper: Daddy, I got the hip hops.
Me: Huh?
Cooper: I got the hip hops.
Me: Oh! You have the hiccups. I see.

Finally, Some New Photos

Occassionally I still get the camera out and take a few shots. I wish I had some video of this evening. Cooper pushed Colton off the slide and while it wasn't nice of Cooper to do so, I thought it was pretty funny. Then he did it again. I laughed even harder, the kind of laugh that clears out your sinus and lungs. It was a perfect "America's Funniest Home Videos" type of moment.

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Even though they spend a lot of their time pushing, shoving, smacking, and yelling at each other, they have a lot of good times together.

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Colton is saying "cheese".

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Last week we bought a new pool for the boys to cool off in this summer. When we got home I threw it over the fence to get it out of the way while I unpiled groceries out of the van. Within a few minutes, Micole asked me if I had pulled the pool over for the boys and started filling it up. I hadn't. The boys took the iniative on their own and dragged it all the way over to the patio and started filling it up. While doing so, Cooper took the time to soak his brother with the hose.

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Turn your back for a few minutes and this is what you get; A couch full of marker ink. This masterpiece is the work of Colton. It's got a Picasso-esque type feel to it. Luckily the markers are of the washable variety.

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Random Conversations with a 3-Year-Old

We're All Characters in Thomas the Train
Cooper: Mommy is Percy. Colton is Toby.
Me: Who am I?
Cooper: Hewi-copper.
Me: Well, who are you?
Cooper: I Thomas.
Me: Who's Pappy?
Cooper: Uh...Uhh..Uh..Gordon!

Like Poop for Chocolate
(me changing Colton's nasty diaper)
Cooper: Look, Daddy! Chocolate!
Me: No, no that's not chocolate!
Cooper: Chocolate! Chocolate!
Me: It's not chocolate. It's poop!
Cooper: It's chocolate, daddy!
Me: It may have been chocolate, but it's not chocolate now.
Cooper: It's chocolate, daddy...

Dinosaurs Don't Have Butts
(note: Cooper's favorite movies right now are The Land Before Time Movies)
Cooper: Mommy, dinosaurs no poop.
Micole (perplexed): Okay...Why is that?
Cooper: Dinosaurs no butts.

Daddy Airplanes, Baby Airplanes
(In the parking lot of Meijer, we see an airplane on it's descent to the airport)
Cooper: Look, thats a Daddy plane!
Me: It's a Daddy plane? What's a Daddy plane?
Cooper: It big. Baby plane little.

Jazz

We got a new family member yesterday. The four of us went to the "Everything Pets Expo" at the convention center in Cincinnati and by the time we left we had adopted this adorable 13 week old black terrier mix, that we've named Jasmine, (but we like calling her Jazz). She's a bit shy but she is getting more comfortable in her new surroundings and opening up little by little. She's really a very sweet girl and likes to sit on my lap and follow me around. She doesn't bark very much, if at all. When I first saw her I thought she was a Lab, but her snout is a little thinner and more like a Jack Russell.

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We adopted her through the Stray Animal Adoption Program (SAAP) for $100, which was really a great value. For that amount she already has been spayed and comes with all of her necessary vaccinations. We also got a sample of dog food, a dog training DVD, and some valuable coupons for various dog necessities.

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The boys weren't too keen on her at first. We were looking at adopting a 2 year old beagle at the SPCA, but the boys would have none of it, so we decided we would come back later, but we found Jazz right after that . I asked Cooper if he wanted to get the dog and he said firmly and defiantly, "No, dog!" She was just too cute and Micole and I knew the boys would come around. Once they realized we were taking her home, they warmed up too her.

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She might grow to be 30-40 pounds, but she could very well be much smaller. Right now she is about the size of medium sized cat.

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