Cruise!

We just got back from a great cruise with some of our friends. There were 9 of us all together. We went on Norwegian Cruise Line. Not my favorite line, but it was still tons of fun. We stopped in Roatan Honduras first. (see pic of Nate kissing a fish) I think this was my favorite stop. Mostly we just laid on the beach and snorkeled off the shore. We stopped here last year too, and there has been a ton of development since then. But the sea life seems to have survived it so far. The snorkeling was great! The highlight for Nate was ordering deep fried Yellowtail for lunch and getting the entire fish.

Our second stop was Belize. The boys went scuba diving on the reef, and the rest of us went snorkeling near by. The water was pretty choppy but we say some small rays, a lobster and lots of fish. Afterwards our guides took us back to a little private island for a few hours. It's the end of tourist season there so we were the only cruise ship in port, so things were a little slow for the local. Which means we had the whole island pretty much to ourselves! It was awesome. There were tons of sea shells all over the beach. I took a few handfuls of tiny ones home. One of our friends found some huge conch shells just lying on the sand.

Third stop was Cozumel Mexico. The boys went scuba diving again. Nate say a reef shark and and some more rays. I was pretty sunburned so I went with a couple of the other girls on a reef tour in a semi-submarine thing. I was worried it would be cheesy, but it was actually really cool. Just like snorkeling, only i didn't have to get wet, and there was someone telling us the names of everything we were seeing. After that we went shopping!

Our last stop was a private beach owned by the cruise line. More snorkeling for most of us. We also rented a huge floating raft, big enough for 3 people. I spent most the day floating on the water and getting really really sunburned. But that's okay, it was the last day.

Good Morning

Trey usually gets up between 7 and 7:30 in the morning, and he always makes a lot of noise to let me know. The other day he still hadn't gotten up by 7:45 so I went to wake him up myself and get him ready for daycare. Turns out he was awake already, he had just been quietly trying to take his shirt off by himself. I thought it was cute so I took a picture.

Bath Time

Trey Loves Bath Time! Lately he has been taking a cup and a spoon or straw with him. He like to stir water or bubbles or the wash cloth around in the cup. Last night he discovered a new trick. Spinning the cup on the straw. He kept doing this for about 15 minutes and only stopped when he saw me watching the video I had just taken. Then he wanted to watch too.

Sweet Ride!

It's finally warm enough that Nate has brought out the motorcycles. Including the child size eclectic bike we have been saving for Trey. He is still only big enough to sit on it by himself. That probably would have been enough, but then Dad took him for a ride around the block and he LOVED it! If anyone knows where to find leather chaps in toddler sizes please let me know!

P.S. Nice socks Nate!

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Boy!

Our biggest news of late, if you haven't heard already, is that we are expecting our second child. Today we found out it will be another boy. We are very excited that Trey is going to have a little brother to play with. I still feel like my mid-August due date is accurate, but the baby is already extra big. The nurse said he is measuring 10 days ahead of my due date. Trey was over 9 lbs. so it looks like I'm in for another big one.

Happy Easter!

Nate had to work on Easter, but we did get Mike, Dave and his girlfriend Emily to join us this year. Trey didn't really seem to have any real idea what was going on, but he does know what candy is! The highlight this year was probably the electric tooth brush the Easter Bunny brought him. I also tried to show him some real colored eggs that I had boild and decorated earlier. However he seemed to think they were bouncy balls and smashed them on the floor. Better luck next year.

Bringin' Home the Bacon

Literally! Nate went hunting with some of his work buddies a couple weeks ago in Idaho. He shot a wild pig with his trusty new black powder rifle. He was very proud of it and the head sat on our lawn as a kind of trophy for a week. Which is a week longer then I wanted it there. We finally got the meat back from the butchers yesterday. I was really apprehensive about trying it, but it was actually very tasty. Way to go Nate!