What I loved about my Cruise

I am still so glad we went on a cruise for my 30th birthday( that is next week)! I loved it so much!!!

1. The service on the cruise was excellent! 

The ship had 1200 crew workers. Mr.Wonderful and I were 2 of 3600 guest on the cruise. I feared everything would feel crowded with so many people but that was not the case!

These two guys were our favorite waiter and housekeeper.My husband and I both love learning about people and their life's. We conversed with these two all the time in passing & at dinner. We learned that crew members work for 6 months straight & only have 2 months off.

2. The Entertainment & Activities

We attended 3 Shows on 3 different nights after dinner. The songs and dancing was really good!

We attended 2 comedy shows. We were really laughing!

We also attended a real life marriage show with random married couples that were picked to come up on stage.

We could always find live music. Everybody had talent!

What would a cruise be without a Pirate!?

3. I loved cruisin' around the ship

This is what I had for breakfast everyday while cruisin'. Egg white omelet, fruit, oatmeal, coffee and a yummy pastry

I got my tan on as we laid in the sun eating frozen yogurt and drinking mai-tai's!

My husband got a couple shades darker too!

We cruised around in hats, that were so fitting for the occasion!

One of our favorite places was in the hot tub and it came with an amazing view of the ocean!

We were also able to see Gabby do her thing throughout the ship!

Every view on the ship was worthy of a picture!

I loved cruising with this guy that decided to go down the big water slide. It was too funny!

4. We also enjoyed our room

It was much bigger than I expected it would be.

The creative towels that greeted us each-day put a smile on our face!

On the last two days we came back from breakfast and took a long nap, yes after sleeping in and only going to breakfast! After our nap we then watched the Olympics & movies. Just a couple of things that would of been hard to do at home with the kids in the middle of the day. One of the best BLT sandwiches I had was from room service ,available 24hours a day at no extra charge!

Things that were not so fun

I got motion sickness 3 times when I wanted to fall asleep at night. My husband was the best nurse. He found me these pills along with some good room service food. I felt better real soon after these babies.

Our room was on the 1st level of the 12 level ship. My husband and I decided to challenge ourselves.

We decided to always take the stairs, for exercise. We knew we had a lot of calories to burn from all the delicious food & drinks we were constantly consuming.

We only took the elevator 5 times(when we had coffee in our hand & bringing our luggage up).

We also ran on the most beautiful track overlooking the blue ocean & went to the gym a couple times.

Even though it did not feel good all the time I am so glad we had workouts! I would of came back 10 or more pounds heavier, I am pretty sure!

Back from Vaca & Kids 1st Dentist Appointment

Just got back from my 7 night 30th Birthday Cruise yesterday morning! It was our best vacation EVER, hands down.
Parenting started back up as soon as we reunited with Boy & Girl!
I  will share more of our vacation photos as soon as I get the hundreds of pictures organized. The above pictures are 2 of our favorites from our Extreme Canopy Tour in Puerta Vallarta! Below is a piece of our everyday reality.... the kids 1st dentist appointment!

I knew it was time to make a dentist appointment for the kids after taking Girl to her 1 year doctor checkup a couple weeks ago. The pediatrician reminded me that the dentists like to see kids when they turn one. I felt ashamed because boy is officially 3 and has not had one dentist appointment yet. I was pushing it off because I had heard a couple horror stories of kids not liking their 1st dentist appointment. After leaving Girl's Check-up I took his dentist referral and made the appointment....not just for one kid but for both of them. I know, for someone so scared what was I thinking? I wanted to get them both out of the way. I started to feel a little overwhelmed as the appointment date was approaching. Then I felt a little better when I realized that Mr. Wonderful's schedule would allow him to join us. I even started to get excited when the cute welcoming letter and pamphlets came in the mail.

I was also surprised when I was able to relax when we arrived to the appointment.

We entered into a great Waiting Room .....

for the kiddos and us!

The staff were all welcoming and the dental assistants took charge. 

They told us to just sit back and relax!

The kids got to pick a new tooth brush and they were so thrilled.

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I then accepted that this just might be an awesome 1st visit as I took in the precious moments.

Boy & Girl stood on a stool each and got to show off their cleaning skills. The Dental Assistants then showed the kids & us some great tricks.

We were educated on the proper ways to brush & floss the kids teeth. The types of foods to stay away from & some dental facts.

It was very informative & fun.

The kids then got to pick a sticker for their great cleaning skills.

It was a divine appointment, they had the Boy & Girl's favorite characters.

Next we headed toward the Dentist chair. Before we got into the chair the kids got to see their very own balloon get blown up.

And finally the moments that I had been dreading..the chair.

The Dentist was nurturing, they had already formed a relationship with the Dental Assistant, and of course Mommy & Daddy were their to hold their little hands & legs!

It went just fine and there was not one tear!!!!

Then the kids said goodbye to all the staff and got a toy each & a ticket for the No Cavity Club.

They have a chance to win a Target gift card if their name is picked this month. Can you say awesome!?

The kids left with stickers, balloons, a toy, and clean teeth. I left with a smile on my face and my heart. What a simple but great memory made for our family!