First Overnight

While Nana and Papa were in Saudi, I decided to take full advantage and get a night away from Mom and Dad. It would be my first time to spend a full night away from my parents but I was so excited to have Nana and Papa all to myself.  Nana was at my house when I woke up from my nap and then around 6pm we headed off to their apartment.  Once there I had a whole new place to explore.  Nana and Papa let me get into all sorts of stuff that Mom and Dad usual won't let me.  I played with the entertainment center, the drawers in the kitchen, and even the toilet!  I crawled as fast as I could down the hall way hoping they wouldn't catch me but they shut the doors on me.

After a while of playing, we all sat down for dinner.

Of course Nana and Papa let me stay up way past my bed time but eventually it was time for bed.

At first it seemed like fun....

And then they left me... 

I played so much with Nana and Papa that I slept until 9 am!  I just wanted to make sure they would want to keep me again in the future.  Once I woke up, Papa brought me into bed with him and Nana and we had fun playing.  

At last, Mom started calling and asking for me to come home.  She must have missed me!  I had so much fun spending the night with my Nana and Papa.  I can't wait to do it again!

Papa and Nana in KSA

Recently, Papa was asked to come to Saudi Arabia to help out at the plant which means that Papa got to come visit me for free and without taking vacation time.  He says that the only reason he said yes is because of me! It was so much fun to see Papa every night and get to play with him.  Some nights he even put me to bed.  He also brought with him some supplies to help get my outside swing put up.

Me and Papa at Pataya 

Although it was fun having Papa, we were sad not to have Nana too.  Then one day Papa said that Nana had found a way to come visit me too!  I was super pumped. Finally, Nana made it to the Magic Kingdom to spend some time with us.  It was great to see Nana all day and have her play with me, put me down for naps, give me baths, and even sometimes put me to bed.

 One day I even took everyone out to my favorite place on Murjan, the beach!  It was a little cool so we didn't get in the water but we all had fun playing in the sand.

I'm so happy both my Nana and Papa were able to come to Saudi Arabia to see me!

Dubai

Recently, I hopped on a jet-plane with 4 of my closest friends for a nice long weekend in Dubai.  Me, Gavin, Miles, Brooklyn, and Savannah all planned to spend some time shopping and swimming. Oh, and just to be nice, we let our parents tag along.  We had a blast.

Our hotel had awesome views of the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa and the fountains that surround it.  We were in perfect walking distance to the Burj and to the Dubai Mall.  We arrived at our hotel kinda late in the evening and they were out of baby cribs so Mom had to make me a homemade baby crib.  It was very fancy!

My Crib

View from the hotel room

We spent our first day taking a leisurely stroll to the mall and then shopping till we dropped.  Well, at least thats what Mom did.  Dad and I hung out and shopped some and let Mom have some alone time. For dinner we ate outside at near the fountains at P.F. Chang's and then we took a nice stroll back to the hotel and stopped to watch the fountains along the way. 

Walking to the mall

Next up, I had booked us a sweet resort called The Atlantis Palm. This place is it's own mega-resort with lots of restaurants, shops, a water park, aquarium, and even a dolphin bay. Once we made our way to the Atlantis we didn't leave again until we were headed for the airport. Upon check-in, I explored our awesome new room.  It had a great bathroom to play in! I loved crawling around and exploring the new place.

Once I was done exploring we headed down to the kids area of the water park.  I had explored so much in the room that I was worn out before we even made it to the water park area. So the first thing I did was take a nap along with my buddy Miles.

 Finally, I woke up well rested and ready for some water-park fun!  I played with Dad and my friends in the water.

The next day we booked our very own beach side cabana where we were able to hang out and play ALL day long!  I even took my naps on the beach.  As usual, I just loved playing in the sand.  I would even crawl my way to the water. Mom thought the salt water would make me mad but she was wrong. I still loved splashing and playing in the salty beach water.

Napping on the beach

During the beach time, I had lots of fun time to play with Daddy!

Of course I hung with Mom some too.

After a long day at the beach, I decided I wanted to spend a nice quiet evening in the hotel room so I ordered a nanny to come stay with me while Mom and Dad went out.  She was a really sweet lady from Kenya and did a great job putting me to bed.  This is what Mom and Dad saw when they returned:

For our last day in Dubai we decided to hit up some of the spots we hadn't seen yet so we headed down to the Atlantis pool and then cleaned up and went to the Aquarium.  I loved splashing in the water and can't wait to go to the pool more often.  I also really enjoyed the aquarium.  The fish were so bright and pretty and moved around a lot!

At last it was time to head back home. Although Dubai was fun, I was excited to see all my toys again!