Weekend in Breckenridge

Last September, Jason & I went to Breckenridge with our neighbors on a "free" weekend trip. All we had to do was sit in on a 90 minute timeshare presentation and the whole weekend was free. No way were we going to buy a timeshare! Well...we came home timeshare owners..... There were many reasons that we bought, but the main reason was because I grew up going to my parents timeshare in San Diego a few times a year and have such fond memories of it. Horseback riding, learning to swim and dive, playing around in the pool with my brother, rolling down the big grassy hills and playing ping pong to name a few. I knew once we started listening to this presentation that I wanted our child (whom I was not yet pregnant with) to have some of these memories too. Plus, it was affordable!

This weekend we used our timeshare for the first time. It's in Breckenridge, Colorado; just two short hours away. In the days before, I started writing a list of things that we would need to pack- SO MUCH MORE than when it was just the two of us!




We booked it only a month ago and really had no idea what we were in for bringing an 8 week old on this trip. All we wanted to do was walk around Main St., do some shopping, perhaps have a nice lunch sitting outside on a patio and take Anderson swimming for his first time. We were lucky enough to do all that!

The first day we got there before our room was ready, so we went to Main St., walked around and then went to Bubba Gumps for lunch- Anderson was great and slept the entire time! We walked around a bit more, enjoying the stream and the beautiful mountain views. Then we went back to our place, unpacked and hung out a bit and then we went outside to the BBQ's and Jason made us some steaks for dinner. YUM! Anderson was so good that day and night. He slept the entire ride there, thru lunch and he was great that night too! I was concerned since he hadn't slept in his Pack N Play before and since we're only going on a week with him in his crib. He slept great and woke up 3 times.

The next day, we got up and went back to Main St., walked around some more, took some great photos and went to lunch again at this WONDERFUL dive pizza place called Eric's. The food is great and SO not on Weight Watchers! I kind of gave up on that this weekend (not to worry, I'm back on the wagon tomorrow) After lunch, we decided to put on our swim suits and see how Anderson would do in the pool. We planned to put him all the way in and had no clue how he'd do. The first second that he was in, he had this "What the heck??" look his face and then for the next 20 minutes or so he totally loved it! He was smiling and laughing and just really enjoying it. I even dunked him one time and he wasn't thrilled, but he didn't cry. We were both so proud; we talked about it all night. We didn't stay in too long as it wasn't too warm for a baby even though it was an indoor pool. Headed back to the room where Jason again made a nice dinner and then because AJ was fussy, we took a nice long walk in the woods. There are all kinds of trails near our place so we picked one and just walked. It was wonderful and relaxing.

Anderson was good again last night; not as good tho as he was in our bed by 3am. Mommy didn't get much sleep, but I was ok.

We came home today and though it was a quick trip, it was just the right amount of time with such a young baby. It's obvious he was ready to be home as he was pretty crabby today. Crying or sleeping much of the day.

Here are a few pics from this weekend:

Family Photo



Swimming with Daddy!


Swimming with Mommy!


Someday this child will hate me for making him wear this hat:


Tired baby ready to go home...