The Gaga Diaries

One of the many fun parts about co-vacationing with your family and sharing adjoining rooms? GOLDFISH SNACK PARTIES BEFORE BED! 

1) Babies are capable of staying up 13 hours with only 30 mins of napping if enough stuff is going on that distracts them. Oy. Travel days seem to last forever! 

2) You get a lot of sleep when your baby, the world’s lightest sleeper, conks out by 8pm every night in your hotel room.  

3) You also get first dibs at the buffet breakfast the next day when you wake up at 5:30am while on “vacation”. 

4) Going to both the pool AND the beach constitutes a busy day.

5) Babies love pico de gallo and some have even been known to eat it by the bowlful whenever it is placed in front of them. 

6) Going to the beach isn’t quite the treat one’s parents imagine it will be when you hate sand…

…with a passion.

7) Sand isn’t quite so terrifying when you are wearing shoes.

8) Even if you hate sand, it’s pretty hard not to love the water.

9) You don’t always need to speak the same language to make a new friend. 

10) Just when you are finally starting to adjust to the time change and your new vacation schedule, it’s inevitably always time to go home.

Thanks for the memories Cancun! 

I guess you could say sometimes I do things a little backwards.  While I never went to Cancun for spring break in college, I did go there for nine glorious days with my baby and my husband for our first official family vacation last week. 

We actually co-vacationed with Baby Gaga’s cousins and uncles, as well.  

Believe it or not, if you time things right to ensure you miss MTV and all the college coeds, Cancun can be quite the perfect place for a tranquil, rejuvenating, family-friendly getaway! 

While in Mexico I learned that vacationing with a baby is definitely a lot different than when it used to be just Papa Gaga and me.  

We slowed waaaaay down and did a lot more vegetating and a lot less go-go-going than we used to.  

We also returned home almost as pale as when we left.  We definitely sought out shade at all costs for the especially fair-skinned, redheaded member of our family! 

Our first vacation together sure was a lot different than our Papa Gaga and my previous vacations as a twosome used to be.  While a part of me was a little sad that we didn’t get to experience beachside massages, swimming with dolphins, or rappelling down ancient pyramids, more of me was thrilled to be able to witness the looks on our son’s face as he dipped his toes in the Caribbean Sea, listened to a mariachi band during dinner, or tried papaya for the first time. 

One successful family vacation down and hopefully many, many more to come!