Duck goes Mexican

On another fabulous evening in Mexico, the three of us (duck, Brian, and myself) got to eat at the reservation only Mexican restaurant at our resort. It was amazing! I think it was Brian's favorite of the whole trip. Duck was happy because none of his close relatives were on the menu at this place. After dinner we sat outside, listened to a great saxophone player with his band, and went for a walk. Here are some pics from the evening-









And just to prove duck's impeccable manners- here he is kissing the boo-boo of the poor person slipping on the floor.

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Have no fear fellow bloggers, I am still here and well. I have decieded that I need a vacation from coming home from vacation. It was great to come home and be reunited with Johanna! She was very happy to see us, but had a fabulous time with both sets of grandparents. I have several blogs that I am still working on about our trip. It was such a fabulous trip. We really enjoyed spending time together- just the two of us. It once again reminded me that I truly married my best friend.

Adjusting to post-vacation life has been a little rough. Brian has been working third shift ever since he went back to work (to cover for someone else on vacation). It has made things very interesting around here. Let's just say I am excited that tonight is his last night :)

Also, my grandma is in town from Florida. We had a family reunion yesterday, and have been getting together with family pretty much everyday since grandma got here last Wednesday. It has been really great to spend time with her. Johanna really love her Great GaGa!

Johanna is doing great. I think she has officially entered the "terrible twos" even though she is only almost 18 months. It's not really that bad except when I am really tired which has been often lately. She doesn't listen as quickly as she once did. When asked to comply her eyes often seem to say "and what are you gonna do if I don't!" She also has broken out into a pretty steady chorus of "no" and"mine" lately. At the library, she waits to see what toy some other child is going to play with and them runs up and says "no, mine!" We have been working a lot on sharing and not saying "no" to mommy and daddy. At least she does well when redirected. It's the initial act which is so "terrible" two-ish. It is good to know that she is normal, and the "mine" thing means that she is recognizing herself separately from others. She has also started occasionally calling her daddy "Brian" which of course cracks Brian up. At least it means that she now recognizes that one person called be called numerous names.

That is a brief synopsis of what is going on in the Miller household. Crazy as usual, but I wouldn't miss it for the world!!

Hibachi Duck

Our second day here, Duck got the unique opportunity to eat at the Hibachi table at the specialty Japanese restaurant here at the resort.

Duck was so excited to go to the Hibachi restaurant (called Miso) that he almost broke a webbed foot jumping in excitement! This is duck all ready for his night out (he fluffed his feathers for over an hour).
We were seated quickly and had a five course meal. It was absolutely delicious! Here is duck at Miso
We met some cool people while out. We chatted it up with a couple from Texas (one of whom was originally from England) and another couple from Canada. Here is duck getting up close and personal with the hibachi grill while anxiously awaiting his meal-


Afterwards, we walked around the front of the resort for awhile, and duck stopped to take a dip in one of the gazillion fountains-


Here are a couple other silly shots taken that evening-

This is looking up to a small part of the main desk/ lobby area


This is looking out toward some of the buildings that hold rooms, but it's hard to see anything because it is so dark.


Stay tuned because next Duck went to the Mexican restaurant!