{"id":9659,"date":"2008-01-06T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/?p=9659"},"modified":"2021-03-12T19:42:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T00:42:05","slug":"barbados-nolans-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/2008\/01\/06\/barbados-nolans-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados – Nolan’s First"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since we can’t travel due to covid, we’re going to continue travelling vicariously through our memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, 2008, when Nolan was 4 months old, we spent 2 weeks in Barbados (Jan 1-15). We were so fortunate to stay with Aunt Mary and Uncle Tony, and spend loads of time with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lounging with Uncle Tony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Where am I? What is this new world? Where’s the snow?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking at the place we’re staying in from the back yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Aunt Mary busy with her knitting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wheee!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wow – look at how Neil’s hands compares to Nolan’s torso.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nolan was a pretty good sleeper – during the daytime!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crazy new parents … bring cloth diapers on vacation. What the heck were we thinking!?!\ud83e\udd14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Traveler’s Palm, related to the Banana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some kind of GIANT cactus. It’s either really old or grows really fast. Which do you think it is?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bare Frangipani tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vacation means eating and reading. Actually, any time is good for eating and reading \ud83d\ude02<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The play pen in which Nolan slept – he can’t roll\/climb and fall out of it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Scenes from around the house – it revolves around the baby \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aunt Mary and Tony took us for drives to see the different landscapes of Barbados:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abandoned old resort on the coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A frequent activity while out and about – diaper changes on available flat surfaces.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cuddles!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Mercedes-Benz bus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Crane Resort, the first resort in Barbados:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cooling off!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We spent one afternoon at the beach (update from Aunt Mary: this beach was Miami Beach, also called Enterprise Beach). The beach had almond trees, which provided lots of shade. As usual, every chance Neil and I got, we READ \ud83d\ude09 This was also where Aunt Mary had Nolan in her lap in a sheltered cove to experience the ocean for his first time (unfortunately, no pictures of that momentous event). How wee he was to fit on that beach chair. [Click to view more slides.] <\/p>\n\n\n\n