Thursday, June 18, 2009
Just for Fun!
And for the Eckley family votes. Ben is voting for a girl for sure. Everyday I ask him if he wants a girl baby or a boy baby and every time the answer is "girl." Matt and I really don't care. Everyone says that we know but we really don't. We know what to do with boys and think they are lots of fun. It would also be great for Ben to have a little brother. But it would also be great to have a little girl! Everyone knows how I like to dress Ben up in girly boy clothes so it would be fun to have a girl to dress up. So really we don't care. With Ben I had dreams that it was a boy so I just knew it was a boy but I have had no dreams this time. No gut feeling at this time.
We will see if this scientific poll is right in about a month!!
Monday, June 15, 2009
6 Years & Counting...
We have made it a rule that we will go to a different restaurant every year for our anniversary so that I won't forget here is the list so far...
Year 1 - Pauli's Chophouse (Huntsville, AL)
Year 2 - Baker's Peters Jazz Club (Knoxville, TN)
Year 3 - Cafe Ciao (Birmingham, AL)
Year 4 - Elway's (Denver, CO)
Year 5 - Grille 29 (Huntsville, AL)
Year 6 - The Melting Pot (Huntsville, AL)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Days 3 & 4
We then got to the place where the sea turtles were and all got in the water. We were very nervous about how Ben would do but he did awesome!! He loved the water. Who wouldn't?? It was beautiful and warm! There were sea turtles everywhere. It was great to get to be so close to them. Some even came to the surface so that Ben got to see them! I love this picture of all of us in the water!
Kelly & I breaking it down on the way back in!
We then went to an old plantation where we saw them processing coconuts and cocoa beans. Here Ben is trying out so fresh coconut juice.
And Matt!
Then the tour continued at a waterfall that was beautiful!
We made our way back to the ship where Ben and I spent the afternoon at the pool! This is the little boy who wouldn't even go in the water last year. He was like a fish!! He loved swimming!!
And sliding!!
More to come...
Monday, June 1, 2009
Day 2
They have a great program for toddlers on board where each day for 1 hour they get to play with Little People and since they are Ben's favorite he had a blast. Each time we went there were other toddlers there and most of them were from other countries and did not speak English. It was fun to watch the kids play even though they couldn't speak the same language.
We loved hanging out with Andrew and Kelly!!! Ben took great naps during the whole cruise so in the afternoons we took turns resting with Ben or doing other fun things like laying out by the pool.
Ben enjoying one of his many cookies on the cruise!!
It was the first formal night which was lots of fun. Everyone else in the family was eating at a different restaurant so it was just the 3 of us at dinner. Don't we look nice!
We finished off the evening with a show. Ben loved watching them sing and dance! He did great through the whole thing. It was at this point 10:30 and time for bed!!!!