Cruise to da Bahamas-Part 1

The first thing we did as soon as we got on the boat was eat!  They had a fantastic Italian buffet set up so we filled our plates and headed out onto the deck.  We ate our food and watched dolphins playing in the water bellow us.  This is all before the boat even left the port!  We still had a little while until we were allowed to our rooms so we explored and then tanned our pasty white little selves :)



Charleston, SC



Charleston, SC

Day #2 was a fun day at sea.  We tanned some more, ate some more, and played some mini golf.  We even took a Cha Cha lesson!  We had our Elegant dinner that night.  I was a dummy and forgot conditioner AND a blow dryer so my hair looked like a big pile a poo the entire trip :(  After dinner we went to a show and then went and saw the comedian.  Neither were very good but we were just happy to be out after 8 pm!  I did end up getting pretty sea sick this day(along with half of the people on the boat).

Day #3 we watched out of our window as we pulled into Freeport, Bahamas.  I was expecting white sandy beaches, blue water, and palm trees.  I was surprised to see that it was mostly just industrial and really kind of ugly.  We decided that we were going to swim with the dolphins but we didn't want to spend the 200$ per person that the boat was going to charge for booking with them.  So we hopped in a "taxi" and headed over to Lucaya.  The drive was ugly.  It was mostly brown weeds, some ragged pine trees, and ugly orange coconut trees.  Our driver had no idea how to drive a stick shift so the grinding/screeching noise and the fact that we were driving on the wrong side of the road  at 90 mph with no seat belts had me praying for my life.  When we got to Lucaya we could see the UNEXSO facility so we just walked over and paid for our excursion.  We saved a TON of money and we arrived a good 15 minutes before everyone else from our cruise got there so we had time to stand on the dock and watch all the tropical fish swimming around which was pretty fun. 

We had to ride on a little boat to the place where the dolphins were.  I don't really like being on boats so I was a little nervous.  The captain of the boat was really funny so that helped. 

Ben and I got to go into the water first which was the way to go.  I feel like the second group didn't get to swim as long as us.  I got bit by the sand fleas while we were sitting in the water waiting for our turn to swim but I didn't even notice.  I was too excited!  I got to swim with Exuma and Ben got to swim with Robala and her baby.  He kept getting head butted by the dolphin he was with.  I stayed far enough away that I could still touch them but they couldn't hit me.  I'm kind of a baby about that stuff.  My favorite part was diving under water and watching the dolphin dive down with me.  I only wish that I had brought goggles!  I was lucky that my contacts held up in the salty water or I would have really been in trouble!  We got to make them do some tricks and then Ben and I rode in with them and then they gave us a hug and a kiss.  They are such sweet creatures!  

The boat ride in was WAY less intense.  We went and found a little Greek restaurant to eat at for lunch and then did some shopping.  When we went on a cruise to Mexico you can barter with the people selling souvenirs and get some pretty cheap stuff.  That's part of the fun!  But the people in the Bahamas are not willing to barter more than 2$ so it took a lot of fun out of it.  We met this guy carving walking sticks and looked in his shop.  He had these "hand carved" boxes (or so he said) so I bought one of those.  But other than that we really didn't buy much because it was so expensive!  I was so mad when I saw the same box in every other shop.  He totally lied!  I asked him "Did you carve this?"  He said "Oh yes I did everything in here"  LIAR!

My Sand Flea bite :(

Tyson is 10 months and some Sadie funnies...

I love this funny little man!  I hate it when he goes to bed because I just love to see his little face.  We are leaving the kids here when we go on our cruise and I'm dreading it.  I'm going to miss them both SO MUCH!!!

*He's getting really good a copying us.  He copies lots of words and even says some on his own.  He can say clearly Mom, Baby and All Done.  He also says (not as clearly but still understandable) Da, Sadie, Ty Ty (When he sees a picture of himself), Hi, Bye Bye, arms up and many more!  It looks like he'll follow in his sisters footsteps with speech.

*Not walking yet!  (Sadie was walking at 9 months)  When we have him hold our hands to walk him around he just side steps.  We've noticed that he is a LOT more cautious than Sadie.  Which is good because she was always covered in bruises and scrapes.  He's only had a couple of good bumps.

*He is extremely afraid of heights.  He completely freezes on the hard changing tables (like the ones at stores) He starts to shake and his toes point because he's holding his body so stiff. 

*He likes to chase the vacuum

*NO teeth yet!  He keeps getting fevers and drooling and he's been fussy pretty much this whole month.  Poor boy!  I wish they would just show up already!

*He can eat pretty much anything.  He is really good at mashing stuff up with his gums so I give him all kinds of fun things to try.  The only thing he HATES is fish.  I gave him some Tilapia and he started gagging.  He's not a big fan of baby food though.

*He has a raspy old man voice.

*He had to go to the emergency room this month because he had a fever of 104.5!!  Scary!!!

*In size 4 diapers.

*Wearing size 6-9 clothes.

*He sucks his thumb and tugs on his (or my) hair.

*He's into shredding paper for fun.

*His back is REALLY ticklish

*He loves to be looked at and played with.  He lights up if he sees you looking at him.

*He learned how to throw a ball.  He gets really proud of himself when he throws it far.

I Love you Little Man!  Slow down on the growing PLEASE!

Alright!  Now for some Sadie funnies...

****This first one is not for the easily offended.  If you don't like hearing about body functions then skip it!

Ben took her potty yesterday and she pooped.  He said something like "Wow that's a big one!" and she said "Save that.  We need to show it to mommy."

While sweetly finger painting she suddenly looked up at me and growled "Murderer!"

Oh man!  I know there are more but its 2am so my mind is blanking!  I'll just have to do more later.