Thank you

Thank you all for the well wishes and prayers. We appreciate them.

Morning sickness is here and kicking my butt. It's the kind that starts in the morning and keeps going until the evening. It should be called All Day Sickness! I know it's a small price to pay and in a weird way it is reassuring to know that something is going on since I can't feel anything with the baby yet. But, it won't hurt my feelings to get out of the first trimester. I'm just praying it stops in the second trimester. People tell me it just magically stops one day. I sure hope so.

Yes, You Read Right.

Well, the stork stopped in our room on the cruise. We're having a baby.

We had the first doctor's appointment today. We're 7 weeks along. The baby's heartbeat was 128 beats per minute and the doctor said it was nice and strong.

We'll be delivering in the middle of July.

Attached is the baby's first photo. It's supposedly the size of a blueberry at this stage of the game.

We're Having A Baby!!!!

Walking with Sharks in Atlantis...

Well, were back from vacation and I've been slacking in the update department. Sorry. I've been busy decorating the house for Thanksgiving and getting a jump start on my Christmas shopping. Yes, I said Christmas shopping!!!

Vacation was a blast. The weather was beautiful. We parasailed in Key West for the first time. I've attached the videos at the bottom. We had a great time. Key West was very layed back and we did a lot of walking around and sightseeing. We ate a lot of conch fritters too!

The other two stops on the cruise were Freeport and Nassau, Bahamas. In Freeport we did a day long beach break. It was very relaxing. The water was a little cold because of the breeze but it was perfect for just laying in the sun and reading.

In Nassau we went to the megaresort Atlantis. We got lost walking around when we first got there and it started to rain. I think we were all thinging it was going to be a crappy day when the sky cleared and the sun came out. We found our way and the day was a great one.

While we were there we rode the water slides and did the Walk with Sharks adventure. That's the pictures at the top. As you can see, you put on a wet suit (very sexy) and a heavy helmet and climb 20 feet down into the shark tank. From there you walk around while the sharks are swimming about. It was very cool.

Roxie spend the week in luxury accomodations with her grandparents. She came back fat and happy!

We're already planning our next cruise so I'm going to leave the countdown thing on the blog. Hopefully it will be soon.

Parasailing Part I

Parasailing Part II

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

Gimme a V, Gimme a A...

It's finally time for vacation. I couldn't sleep last night I was so pumped. And then when I did sleep I woke up a 5:30 thinking about what I needed to do to finish getting ready!

Roxie is with her grandparents. Tommy asked me who I thought would gain the most weight while we were on the cruise. Us or Roxie. Let's just say her grandparents indulge her a bit. I'm sure right this minute she's still snuggled up in bed with them dreaming about snacks and catching squirrels.

This is a landmark cruise for me and Tommy. It marks our 10th cruise so we'll be VIPs on the cruise. It means they do our laundry for us for free and we get priority seating at dinner and priority embark and debarkation. It will be nice to walk right up onto the ship without having to stand in the long lines today.

This cruise is with our friends Craig and Allison. They've cruised before but never with us. Tommy has shown Craig the finer points of smuggling beer onto the ship. Hopefully no one gets busted today. The worst that will happen is that Tom loses a case of beer hidden in a carry on suitcase.

As usual, I have over packed and could probably be gone for a month without wearing the same thing twice. I like to have choices on these trips! I never know what I'm going to feel like wearing and options are a good thing.

We'll be out of pocket for the next week, but we'll be thinking about you all. I know we're going to parasail in Key West, so we'll have some photos and maybe a video for the link. We'll see.

Love to all!