Embarkation Day! (a.k.a. Cruise Day 1!!!)

These are shots from the day we left for our cruise. They don't actually consider the first day a day, which is nice because you get on the ship as early as 12:30 in the afternoon. Elliot had a long day of car (driving to the airport), then the plane, then a train (to baggage claim), then a bus (to the ship), then the ship.

Towel Animals on Carnival Cruise

We took a Caribbean Cruise from Aug 15-22 to Nassau, Bahamas & St. Thomas & St. Maarten. We ended up in Grand Turk instead of St. Maarten thanks to Hurricane Bill. I have tons of pics to post, so I'll do a few at a time!

Each night that you go into your cabin on the cruise, there is an adorable towel animal awaiting your arrival!

Mommy's 30th Birthday - August 25

Well, Mommy has hit the big 3-0! Dave got me a Canon T1i Digital SLR camera for my birthday. What a great husband! He smartly gave it to me before our cruise, so all our cruise pics were taken on it. Elliot used to tell us that Mommy is 29, Daddy is 29, and Elliot is 2. Now we tried to teach her that Mommy is 30, but when she says it, it sounds like "furty." Too close to forty to me!

We went to Maureen's Kitchen for brunch on my real birthday. Here are some pics!

Oh yeah! Elliot has been without diapers during the day at this point for about 5 days now. At Maureen's Kitchen, she had an accident. Don't know if we're welcome back there again :)