We went to the Bahamas on a cruise ship to celebrate Josh's 40th birthday. We spent 4 nights on the Carnival Sunshine and enjoyed two days at sea with a day in Nassau in the middle. The boat left from Charleston on Thursday, making for a perfect getaway to celebrate Josh's milestone year! As you can see, we had three couples... Linds, Boom, Sarah, Josh, Zack and myself. We headed down on Thursday in our new ride (since we now have an extra row of seats)! We quickly made it to the ship where we checked out the buffet (and the always open ice cream dispenser) along with checking into our rooms. Then, we had fun heading to our muster station for our safety briefing. As you can see, we enjoyed taking pictures in the car and after we finished the safety session. Linds had to wear "sea bands" since she couldn't take the traditional sea-sick pill while being pregnant so she sported what I would like to call fashionable sweatbands for the duration of our vacation!
For our first day at sea, we fit in a workout, eating tons of yummy food, going down a water slide and time by the pool. Zack, not being one for spending time in the sun, took about a five hour nap the first day! haha I think he is truly exhausted from all the long hours he is putting in at work! He fit in about a three-hour nap on our last day at sea, and while I type this blog post, he is napping again before he heads back to work tomorrow. I'm hoping that this sleep will keep him going until his next couple days off! We ate delicious dinners each night in the dining room and made sure to check out the evening shows. They had an opening show, 70s themed show, 80s themed show and a love and marriage game which is always entertaining! In the evenings, we also played scattergories, participated in a late night dance party (to 70s/80s music) and sang karaoke (well... Josh and I sang a duet to "We're Not Gonna Take It"). In Nassau, we went to Paradise Island and walked around. We saw the Atlantis resort and Linds and Boom enjoyed a little time at the casino while the rest of us headed to a local public beach so Josh and Zack could swim in the Bahamian water! It was a great day exploring. We made it back for a late lunch. We even got to FaceTime the kids while off the boat for a bit! On the last day at sea, we had a similar schedule to our first sea day. We also fit in another water slide and ropes course while we were on the lido deck.
While we were away, Grammy and Grandpa had all three cousins!!! They are our heroes! Grandpa took Zander to a couple of his swim lessons. Grammy entertained the kids in the backyard with sprinklers and a mini pool. Both grandparents took the kids to the science center for the day with lunch at Freddy's afterwards. On Sunday, they took the kids to church and then Grandpa took the boys to a Dash baseball game while Grammy watched Emmy for her afternoon nap! The kids were so excited to have uninterrupted time with Grammy and Grandpa!! It will be hard to compete with all the fun they had now that I am on full time mommy mode until August.... wish me luck! ;)
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