Here We Go....

So I guess that I have to start attacking the vacation and all of the pictures and funny stories that go with it. I think I can only do a little at a time though, or it gets totally overwhelming! We got to LA on Sunday and headed to the Port. Cam and Mand met up with us just in time. We got onto the boat and the first thing we did?....eat, of course! I am very grateful that I do not have a scale in my house and I do not have before and after stats available...let's just put it this way, even Brian gained weight!!! Monday was spent on the boat and we spent Tues, Wed, and Thurs doing some fun on-shore activities. Friday and Saturday were also on the boat and we were back in LA bright and early on Sunday. I can catch up on the excursions in later posts. We LOVED being able to have some alone time and also getting to see the fam for more than a couple of days in a row. Which, I might add, is getting harder and harder with Kate-she's so popular! We ate ourselves silly, ordering practically everything on the menu, relaxed, saw hundreds (I'm not kidding) of dolphins one night, and even got to dress up.
The only thing missing was Cole, but he was safely in the care of Aunt Jess and his new favorite buddy, Harman. We saw people that brought their babies on the ship and all we could think about was how hard it would be for the parents and the child! Cole came back to us a little fatter, a little taller and a little more spoiled. I really missed him and am really glad that I can stop having the dreams that I am a bad mother, I leave him, he dies, he gets sick, etc. etc that I had almost every night we were gone! (Please ignore the double chin in the picture). We're glad to be back, but not really glad. I could totally get used to cruising every other month or so. Alas, that it the catch of vacation-you have to come home!!