Wishing he were bigger......

I found a toddler stool and set it up so Luke can watch the kiddos play outside in the snow.  I'm not up for playing out there with him.  He falls over every 2 seconds, gets snow on him and then cries.  That is after it takes 15 minutes to get him all bundled up.  Until he gets bigger he has a cozy spot indoors to see the fun.  He actually likes it and bangs on the window and laughs at his siblings as they throw snowballs at the windows.

My boys

I love these guys.  Yes they exhaust me, frustrate me, make me want to pull out my hair.  But........they're pretty great too :)

Last Day - Great Stirrup Cay

Nassau - Atlantis

On the 3rd day we stopped in Nassau and visited Atlantis resort.  It was amazing.  Rob and I ran around like kids the entire day.  We ate a huge breakfast on the ship and then packed oranges and muffins and didn't eat til we got back right before the ship mandated time to leave (I think 5:30 or so). 

We rode the lazy river, waterslide after waterslide, played in the pools, swam in the lagoon, snorkeled for fish and found sea shells!  We actually found tons and tons of conch shells (huge) which we ended up being able to bring one back to the ship (b/c it didn't have a live conch inside anymore). 

It was so much fun. It was expensive, but worth every penny. They had a shark waterslide Rob did (I was too scared b/c it was a huge drop) and the atlantis underwater ruins, aquariums with everything imaginable.

I had an awesome digital underwater camera (thanks michelle!) so I was able to take pics while snorkeling - pretty hazy, and while riding the waterslides and lazy river :)

Oh my, just looking at these pics make me miss paradise!

 

 

 

Cruise December 2012

In December Rob and I were able to go on a cruise together.  Without kids.  It was amazing.  It was our most romantic vacation we've ever had.  It trumps our honeymoon (which was great), but we didn't have the appreciation of free time, sleeping in, alone time, no schedule to keep, worry about ourselves, only ourselves.  3 kids later, we 10000000% appreciate all those things. 

We went out of Miami and went to the Bahamas. It was amazing. It was a 4 night cruise. Here are a few pics of the first couple days.