Punta Cana

While fall in New England is beautiful, as the days grow shorter and the weather gets cooler, it's easy to long for summer again.  We migrated South this past week to the Dominican Republic to get our sun fix and attend the wedding of one of Chris' good friends from college.  The week in Punta Cana was fantastic, the weather was beautiful, and Carter swam his little heart out.  Grandma and Grandpa Nelson joined us to assist with entertaining Bear and we couldn't be more appreciative for their help!

The travel was a bit rough on our little toddler.  We put Carter in our bed to clean up and came back to find him like this:

The majority of the week was spent at the pool and the beach.  Carter mastered the puddle jumper life vest which allowed him to have lots of independence in the water.  He and Chris loaded up on the strawberry and banana smoothies to keep cool poolside.

We enjoyed an all inclusive stay at our resort which meant ice cream at every meal!  We usually went to lunch right after our pool time and I forgot clothes for Carter more often than not.  The blondie in the diaper at the buffet was a hit with the Dominican servers.

The wedding was beautiful and the weather couldn't have been better.  Thanks to Dan and Jill for including us in their big day.  Congrats!

Our last day in the DR we lounged until it was time to begin our journey back to Boston.  We loved that Carter's hair went back to its old curly self in the Dominican humidity.  Sadly it didn't last.  Once we hit Atlanta for our layover, his hair was straight again.