We celebrated spring break in Puerto Vallarta. Manuel, Jacob, my step-mom Elsa, my sister Socorro, and I spent a relaxing week on the beach, at the pool, and sleeping! We didn’t encounter any large spring breaker crowds at our resort, the Krystal, but we saw the typical mix of families and young people. Nothing crazy, especially early in the mornings when we were out at the playground, at the beach or at the pool with Jacob.
Jacob had fun swimming and running around the cobblestone streets inside the resort, kicking his beach ball as if it were a soccer ball. We took turns chasing after him, and he had a great work out every morning and afternoon. Jacob constantly tries to open doors, and it was quite easy for him to open the doors in our suite due to the long flat handles – I saw him open the exit door and step outside in about 15 seconds, so I had to start locking that door!
Jacob has a great friend at day care, about his age, but that blond boy likes to bite. According to the teacher, they are best of friends and at the same time worst enemies because they want the same toys or space to play. Supposedly the biting is unprovoked, but after a month of increasingly frequently bites, either daily or twice every other day, we demanded that Jacob get moved away from that boy. Jacob ended up at the class that shares a common kitchen and changing area, and he was already familiar with the teachers and kids so it was a fairly smooth transition into a new environment. Although, there are two teachers and ten kids instead of one teacher and four kids. At least that biter can’t prey on my baby anymore!
March words: please (high pitched baby talk sounds like ‘peas’), shoe, baby (referring to self and other babies), ah-pooh (referring to pacifier – no idea how he came up with that one), no-no-no-no-no (copying mommy and sometimes using his index finger pointed up, moving side-to-side), outside (although it doesn’t quite sound like the real word he’s trying).
Jacob let’s you know when he’s happy or not happy. Typically he is happy, but when he’s not he might let out a low grunt or growl. It’s funny and he’s been doing it for some time, but it’s not very frequent. But it’s definitely a noticeable sound.
Jacob loves to be outside. He spends time every day outside playing at day care, and he constantly wants to play in the back yard. Of course he gets dirty, but that’s what baths are for. We started to get out the sprinkler, but it’s still not completely warm yet. Soon enough it will be.
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