Harper Grace Hale

On February 2, 2012, my sister welcomed her first baby into this world. Harper Grace Hale weighed 9lb. 4oz. & was 22 1/2" long!! That's amazing! I am so proud of her she did great having her first baby. I am even more excited that she made me an Aunt for the first time! Katie & Will already love her so much & they were even fighting over holding her the other day. Congratulations Rebecca & Tyler, she is beautiful!!

 

 

 

 

 

Our First Cruise!!

 

 

 

 

I don't know where to begin...we had such a wonderful time! We started our trip driving to Jacksonville, FL. Saturday morning. We had a flight but it wasn't suppose to land until 1:30 & it was pushing it too close & we were scared we may miss the boat! I was pretty nervous going into the whole process of getting on this massive ship & the fear of having motion sickness. I did pretty well though & never got sick, we did however feel the boat move quite a bit about the 3rd & 4th night. I couldn't belive how organized everything was & how all of the staff catered to you. It was nice being a little spoiled & having someone ask you if you needed anything everytime we turned around. We went on the cruise with some good friends of ours & we had the best time with them! The first night was by far the best but I will leave out the details ;). We took a 5 day cruise & the first day was at sea, docked in Nassau, then to Half Moon Cay, & another day at sea. I felt like we had been on there a week by the 2nd day but it was nice! I haven't been so relaxed in so long, it was by far the most relaxing vacation I had ever been on! I will let all of the pictures speak for themselves, the water was more beautiful than I could have imagined. I can't wait to do another cruise, we already started looking for next year!

I have to say a very special THANK YOU to Mimi, Papa, Gramps & Becca for keeping our "Sick" kids while we were gone. I hated leaving my little girl while she was sick & then Will ended up with an ear infection while we were gone. The day we got back Will had gotten even more sick with an allergic reaction to his meds & I had to take them to the Dr. & for a chest xray (NO FUN). After all of that Mimi & Papa ended up with a nasty cold & are just now getting over it! Now we are back to snotty noses at our house :( I am so ready for spring!!!