Why are airports so cold

Seriously,I am freezing right now. But I know as soon as my flight is over, I will be super hot. 

Nathan and I are on our way to Panama!!! We are super excited, but missing Jack.  

We are on our layover in Miami. I have probably only gotten 4 hrs of sleep. It could be more, but I'm so cold that I can't sleep. Husband is lucky an doesn't have that problem right now. 

Wish us safe travels, because I am already thinking about how I want to go home and snuggle with my baby 

Catalina

Back in August 

we did the now bi-yearly 

(does that mean every other year?)

trip to Catalina with Nathans family 

It was a great time 

and relaxing like always 

This year they had paddle boards that were a lot of fun 

I enjoyed just laying out on one like a mini raft

I also enjoyed trying to tip people off of their paddle boards 

We conquered the rock wall 

played games 

ate a ton of food 

but in my case a ton of veggies and fruit that I don't normally get 

and had fun being with the family. 

It was especially fun playing with our nieces 

those girls are cute 

and love my little pony 

We are excited for when our little baby boy gets to go 

Baby Moon

My laptop charger broke and I just got the replacement today so I can finally blog again. (all the pictures were on my laptop) 

Everyone and their mom has told Nathan and I to travel as much as you can before you have kids. We have always been good about taking some sort of little vacation a couple times during the year. This year we have been a bit eccentric. England, Hawaii, Catalina, Santa Barbra, and now the Bahamas/Florida. Let's just say we really took the advice to travel to heart.

We have been wanting to go on another cruise since we did one for our honeymoon. It's kinda fitting that we did a cruise for our baby moon too. At the beginning of the year, we did a timeshare presentation where the gift was a cruise. (yes those things really do work) So we only had to pay for the taxes which was a sweet deal. We originally were planning on cruising in December when it's summertime for the Bahamas. But alas Carnival has a policy where you have to be less than 25 weeks to cruise. So we went for the 23 week mark. After finding a killer deal on airfare we were set to go.

So on Saturday October 20th, Nathan and I took the red eye flight from San Diego to Orlando where we then went to Port Canaveral to sail away on the Carnival Sensation.

We ran into a few hiccups at first. Like our room door being open upon arrival and a dirty towel was left on the counter. But we were able to get our room steward to come finish cleaning. Also, since our cruise was booked through a travel agency we were a little surprised to find our room only had one twin bed and one pull down bunk bed that had to be done by a crew member. Naturally I expressed my concern that Nathan would roll off the bunk bed onto me squishing me and baby so we were able to get an extra bed put in. No big deal really.

Can I just say how much I love cruises. So relaxing, no worries, and all of your activities planed for you. We spent our first day at the beach and market in Freeport. I love how warm, waveless, and clear the water was. It was a lot of fun. We even got baby a little shirt. Nathan and I can't believe we are having a baby and that he is going to fit in such a tiny shirt! Our second day we spent in Nassau. Unfortunately unlike the first time we came here the weather was cloudy and a little windy. We did a sail and snorkel adventure which was fun. The fish got crazy close to us. I could touch them if I tried. Nathan didn't like the fish getting so close to us. Our third day we spent at sea trying to run away from hurricane sandy. This made for a super rocky voyage our last day. It wasn't bad, but it did take my body longer to find my sea legs. We had fun watching ice carving, people doing silly games, playing bingo, and a little black jack. But most importantly it was nice spending quality time together and talking. It's weird to think that in a few months, our lives will change forever and they will never be the same.

After our cruise ended, it was off to universal studios. Why might you ask? Harry Potter World! Yep we paid $90 for us to ride 3 attractions and walk around Harry potter world. Let's just say I am a big fan. I was so tempted to buy baby a Hogworts onesie. We had great weather while walking around the park. However, right when we started walking to the parking lot we got caught in a massive downpoor. We ended our trip by driving to west palm beach to stay with Nathan's aunt. Unfortunatly, because of the rain we had to stay indoors and couldn't go golfing.

We always have mixed emotions ending a vacation. Sad because it was nice relaxing, talking, cuddling and just being together. Nice because we hate spending money and we probably spent almost $10 just in tolls in Orlando. But overall it was a great baby moon trip and I am so glad Nathan was able to get the time off from work so we could have one last hurrah before baby comes.

More from Hawaii

Check out some of the video we took while in Hawaii 

Thanks Jo and Aaron for filming and editing it

it looks great! 

PS: I obviously need to work on looking cute while swimming, my hair does some funky stuff 

Here are a few more photos from Hawaii 

Ponders Beach 

Laie Point 

Pali Lookout 

Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the back

Sunset over Honolulu 

Hope to be back soon 

but next time 

with Husband! 

Vacation almost over

Nathan and I have been in the Bahamas/ Florida this past week. We are sad to go but are happy to get rid of hurricane sandy. Hopefully our flight out of Florida goes well.

More on my trip to hawaii and florida to come soon.

Day 3 in Hawaii

On Sunday we woke up early

 and went to the North Shore again.

 Only this time we went to Waimea bay. 

Again we found a shady place to layout

 and enjoyed watching

 the surfers, bodyboarders, waves, and people jumping off of jump rock.

 I did not jump off the rock like I did 5 years ago, 

I don't think baby would have liked it. 

I am 22 weeks pregnant in the above picture

Eventually I went in the water where the waves were not so big. 

I have to say I think that Wiama is my favorite beach for swimming.

 I love the texture of the sand, clarity of the water and ample space.

 After we spent half the day at the beach, 

it was off to One Love Surf Shop to get the Acia bowls. 

However when we got there,

 we found out they only had enough granola to make one more bowl.

 Let's just say that bowl was gone in 3 min.

 Deliciousness! 

We stopped at Turtle Bay 

and watched a little bit of the amateur paddle board competition

and walk around the resort  

We then stopped at Ted's for another pie. 

I had one bite and called it good. 

I am seriously having a food/sugar overload. 

My poor body is not used to eating so much rich food. 

I would say I should do one of those cleanses when I get home, 

but I don't think baby would like it very much.

 After Ted's we stopped at the Laiea temple and went to the visitors center. 

We had to have some sort of spiritual experience since we missed church.

 From there it was off to Pali lookout 

where we battled with the fierce wind. 

Way back in the day

 when King Kamahmaha was conquering the islands

 his men would fight each other in those mountains and push their enemy off the cliffs. 

Kinda extreme. 

 From the lookout it was Thai for dinner. 

This was my second time having Thai, it was pretty decent, 

but baby or my digestive system did not like it. 

Most of the girls were out at 10pm,

 but I stayed up to finish my book The Great Gatsby. 

My verdict, I still didn't like it. 

First time was because of Daisy,

 second time because of Gatsby. 

I mean seriously I want to slap these characters for the way they act. 

Overall it was another great day in paradise.