1. He now has 8 teeth (he finally got his two middle upper teeth and no longer looks like a vampire ... his dad was very sad at this.)
2. He can suck out of a straw (thank you, Lita!)
3. He is cruising along furniture
4. He is no longer a vegetarian (he loves chicken!)
5. He can wave goodbye
6. He can grind his teeth (and it is the most horrifying sound in the world to me! Agh!)
7. He has an obsession with the dishwasher and the refrigerator
8. He has figured out how to open drawers (time to baby proof the kitchen!)
9. He has gone swimming in the Atlantic Ocean and a swimming pool (and loved both)
10. His latest fascination is shaking his head back and forth in a "no" motion (uh-oh!)
Now onto all of the Disney extravaganzas that we've been on. Well, maybe a few pictures to start:
(The Disney Dream Cruise Ship)
(On the cruise: with our cousin, Naya!)
(On the cruise: at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay, just after swimming in the ocean)
(On the cruise: King Seth ... wearing his bandana for pirate day)
(Can you see the water slide up top? Fun!)
(On the cruise: a re-creation of Andy's room from Toy Story! Seth's crawling inside Slinky!)
(On the cruise: the Diaper Dash! Seth took 1st place for his age group, 2nd place overall)
(On the cruise: our stateroom with a towel monkey left by housekeeping)
(Animal Kingdom Safari)
(Magic Kingdom Carousel ... this one's for you, Aunt Julie!)
(Magic Kingdom: meeting Cinderella! I honestly have to say I was so excited to meet her ... haha ... you never get rid of that little girl inside!)
(Magic Kingdom: meeting Snow White)
(Tired baby!)
(In Animal Kingdom ... do you see both of our sunglasses? Yeah, they're no more. We both left them on Space Mountain the next day. So sad.)
(Magic Kingdom Castle)
So overall the trip was fantastic. I think most of all, I just loved spending time with Jack's side of the family. We really got to spend some quality time together ... all of us. I'm so thankful for a great family-in-law!
Seth, overall, did good. The cruise, however, was not his forte. He did not sleep good at all! And therefore, Jack and I didn't either. I'm thinking he was a little sensitive to the motion of the boat, put on top of being in a new place with new sounds, etc. But he was great splashing in Nemo's Reef water playplace on the top deck and loved cruising around the ship, discovering new things. One day on the ship they had something called a Diaper Dash crawling race. Haha! I had never heard of such a thing! So we put Seth in the race and he won for his age group and came in second place overall! It was so funny to watch!
The ship stopped in Nassau, Bahamas on the second day, where Jack I went out snorkeling. Can you say a-m-a-z-i-n-g?! Jack's mom watched Seth while we went out and it was simply perfect. The warm ocean water, lots of colorful fish, and cold rain on our backs. Seriously amazing. The third day we ported at Disney's private island called Castaway Cay. It was so much fun! They had lots to do there and that's where we brought Seth out swimming in the ocean for the first time! He was a little apprehensive at first, but was loving it soon after. We spent a good majority of the day out on the island, but when it started raining down in sheets ... I've never seen rain that heavy before ... we got back on the ship. (What's crazy to me is how it can be pouring down rain and still warm, beautiful weather. I'm just not used to that living where we live. Normally if it's raining, it's freezing cold and windy.) The fourth and final day we just spent at sea and went swimming on the boat and did other random activities with the family.
But the fun doesn't stop there. We still had four days in Disney World after we docked the ship! We stayed in Disney's Contemporary Resort and our rooms were gorgeous! We had a fantastic view of Cinderella's castle at Magic Kingdom. Seth's sleeping, though not perfect, was much better than it was on the cruise ship. He was such a champ, riding around in his stroller to all of the different parks with us. It was really hot and humid there, so we were fanning him down and giving him lots of water (which is how he learned how to drink out of a straw ... he loves it now). Each of the parks were so different and fun. We took Seth on as many rides as we could ... I think his favorite was Winnie the Pooh ... he was captivated by everything on that ride! One thing I loved about all of the parks is their Baby Care Centers. They had a couple private rooms for nursing moms, a big room with a bajillion changing tables, and rooms with tables and chairs and high chairs for feeding/crawling/watching a movie, etc. Those were havens for us when Seth was getting antsy.
The plane rides ... um ... can we just not talk about those? Ok, they weren't horrible, except for the last one coming from LAX to SFO. Seth was so exhausted, so ready to be home, that he pretty much cried the whole way. Yes, we were that family with the crying kid on the plane. Nothing we would do would stop it. But as soon as we got in the car, he was out like a light.
It was a great trip. Truly it was. But I'm never going to do it again with a baby. ;)
Yeah for you all!!! And thanks for carosel pic. :-)
ReplyDelete