Mexico Cruise!

We are back and yes, we caught the boat this time! Not that we had a chance missing it, Nate's dad made us get up at 3:30 in the morning so needless to say we were there a few hours early. We went with Nate's parents, his little sister Katelynn, his little brother Daniel and his wife Brittany. We had so much fun, I can't believe how fast it went. Daxton absolutely loved the cruise and he was very upset when we got off the boat. We went on the Carnival cruise to the Mexican Riviera (Puerto Vallerta, Mazatlan, & Cabo San Lucas) for seven days and here are some of the events that happened:

- Brittany and I got really sunburned the first day at sea and then spent the next couple days soaking ourselves with aloe vera.
- My legs/ankles/feet swelled up like the nutty professor for most of cruise due to the sunburn and sodium in the food. That was pretty much the joke in the fam for the week.
- Daxton LOVED camp carnival (basically daycare for kids) for the first three days and then wanted nothing to do with it after that. Thank goodness we were with family and he was in seventh heaven being the center of attention.
- We rented a jeep in Puetro Vallerta and cruised around the city. We also got to see the jungle were Predator was filmed. Dan took us to a scary taco stand where we got fifty cent carne asada tacos - can't believe we didn't catch a parasite!
- Nate & Katelynn went para sailing in Mazatlan! (Lame you can't do anything when you're prego!) Nate ate squid and octopus and LOVED it!
- We played in the waves pretty much all day in Cabo on lovers beach where Nate & Dan saved a guy from drowning. I had to rent snorkel fins that were a mens size 13 because my feet were so swollen they wouldn't fit in anything else!
- Every time we got in the elevator on the ship, Dax would sling his spider man web at everyone in the elevator and then turn it on himself and fall to the ground. He got the same desired reaction every time.
- Nick Swardson was on our boat (he's the guy in Chuck & Larry that plays Jessica Biel's gay brother and he's also in Blades of Glory and Reno 911) and Nate & Dan thought they were his groupies! Ha ha!!
- Favorite foods were: fresh pineapple, frozen yogurt (24/7), Lobster, chocolate melting cake, bagels for breakfast, grapefruit & turkey sandwiches from the deli! (Can you tell I am pregnant?)
- Every night we played continental rummy as a family on the lido deck.
- Daxton got pulled up on stage at a show one night and surprised us all. There was a ventriloquist that said the kids that wanted to meet his puppet could come up on stage. So he went up by himself, told the guy his name and how old he was in the microphone in front of 500 people and gave the puppet a hug. Nate Jr in the making!!
- This one's for the family - "Do you like cheese?"
- Nate's dad thought I was starting to get toxemia (yes, I was retaining THAT much water) so he had me go down the infirmary and get my blood pressure taken. Luckily it was normal therefore I did not have to stay on my back the rest of the cruise, that would have been a bummer!