34 and still growing.

Today is birthday # 34. Yikes. Well, its not a big one and I'm down with letting it slide on by. But the best birthday present, by far, is having the day (nestled into a few weeks) with my little guy. I got a real kiss this morning.. on the lips, kissing sound and all. Priceless!

Sharing a smoothie with my little man on my Birthday. 

Our time in Tikal came to an end. We awoke on our last morning to 50 or so White Nose Coati and a dozen birds (they looked like a combination of a Turkey and a Peacock) eating insects on the lawn outside our hotel room. It was a real safari. Later, we hung with some howler monkeys - have you ever heard those suckers? They are for real! Totally loud and even scary sounding.

White Nose Coati outside our room at Tikal Inn

Yesterday we came back to Flores. Henry had his first major (MAJOR) meltdown last night at dinner. That was fun! It involved throwing food, screaching and foot stomping, not to mention crying. The whole nine yards. He was hungry and tired and it was all too much. Things are better today. Thank god.

We're having a leasurely day around town and will fly from Flores to Guatemala City tomorrow. There, we'll catch a plane to San Salvador. From San Salvador we will head on to a town called Suchitoto.

Plane from Tikal to Guatemala City- en route to El Salvador

I did a little trek to a real grocery store to get some baby provisions (cans of peas, garbonzo beans and formula - were doing formula instead of milk since we dont always have access to a refrigerator). I love going into grocery stores in foreign countries. I love seeing what they have and the differences.

All in all life is good. And, thank you to my amazing sister for her blog post- www.weekendssosweet.com. Such a thoughtful and sweet birthday present.