While in line at the dessert buffet (yum), some guy asked if we were on our "babymoon." I had never heard that term before, but that's what it was! And boy did we love it :)
We went on a 7-day Holland America cruise to the Caribbean. I missed a week of school, but it was sooo worth it! Here are the pictures...
Enjoying the view of our first port, Grand Turk
Oh, did I mention we got a free uprade to ocean-view? And a plate of chocolate covered strawberries? Thank you, Buddy from vacations-to-go!
I sure enjoyed it :)
Ok, back to Grand Turk...
It was so beautiful, possibly my favorite port. We got off the boat and were right at the beach, and we were the only cruise there so it wasn't crowded at all. Here is Jonny with our lovely boat, the Eurodam:
Our next port was San Juan, Puerto Rico
It was really neat, we walked around the city and took a tour of an old fortress. We took it nice and slow for me, so we took a lot of breaks. Probably more than I needed, but Jonny was so worried about tiring me out :)
There were iguanas everywhere, we had to be careful not to step on them because some of them blended in the grass a little to well!
The coast by the fortress
San Juan was wonderful, but even with all of the breaks Jonny made me take, and all of the water he made me drink, it still wore me out. My feet were huge by the end of the day.
Next stop: St. Thomas!
(notice the huge ankles/feet, they stayed swollen for the majority of the trip. I couldn't fit into my shoes!)
In St. Thomas we took a cab to the shopping area, which ended up just being jewelry stores. We took another cab to the beach, which was nice, but crowded. It wasn't my favorite port, but we still loved it.
For whatever reason, Jonny insisted on taking pictures of me with all of the towel animals. Silly boy.
But this time, I went to give the thing a kiss and his head fell off!
Our last port was Half Moon Cay, the island owned by the cruiseline. It was similar to Grand Turk, so I loved it. We enjoyed a gorgeous day at the beach.
Being pregnant kept me from doing a lot of stuff, but I still let Jonny have some fun. Here he is parasailing..
(ok, so I have no idea if that's him, but you'd never know! There were a few others that he went with, so it could be one of them...)
The beach was so pretty..
With perfectly soft sand...
I miss it already :(
I also miss the food. It was unbelievable! This is from the last night where they put on a show..
Jonny really got into it :)
We loved getting away and spending alone time together. It was much needed. One of my favorite moments was when we were salsa dancing (we took classes for salsa and west coast swing). Oh my goodness, Jonny loves to shake his hips! He had a little group of old ladies watching him, I could hardly dance I was laughing so hard :)
And I forgot how big of a deal being pregnant is when you're not in Utah! All of the cute old people (Holland America is definitely an older-person's cruiseline) couldn't get enough of my belly. And the servers in the lido all called me "mother" and Jonny "father." It was so fun!
We miss the Caribbean, but are glad to be home. Now we just have to focus on school/GRE/applying for grad school/work/teaching Gospel Doctrine/baby. Now you see why we needed a break :)
