a lengthy entry!
it's been a little over a month since we lost our little one and a lot has happened.
as you can only imagine, every day has been an unending roller coaster of emotions. the bad days have been bad and the good days have been a blessing. fortunately, the good days are finally starting to outweigh the bad days.
on the day we found out the bad news, mark and i had plans to see a
Cirque Du Soleil show. because of the news, i was on the fence about going. but we had planned for it for so many months that i finally got the strength to get out of bed and go. i'm glad i did. the show was awesome. if you haven't seen it yet, i suggest you go. it was the
Michael Jackson, THE IMMORTAL World Tour.
so what else has happened? after a lot of bad days, i had one day of hope and wanted to try again. but, because of how far the pregnancy had gotten, it would be a while to "flush" the pregnancy hormones out of my system to prep for a new pregnancy. to this day, it's still not completely "flushed" out. so, with that news from the doctor, mark and i decided we (mostly me of course) needed a getaway, some time away to recharge. so we decided to take an early birthday (for me) and early anniversary (for us) trip before we started again with the treatments for the next pregnancy. enter
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
at first we wanted to just go to one place and relax on a beach somewhere, but that wasn't friendly to our wallets seeing as we were about to go into another IVF cycle. so after some thought, we decided to go on a cruise instead. we decided to go to the Eastern Caribbean - Nassau, Bahamas, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten. best idea ever.
it was
exactly what i needed. some photos for your viewing pleasure.
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| husband testing his new snorkel gear at the hotel pool |
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| me testing my new snorkel gear at the hotel pool |
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| husband next to a giant bottle of johnny walker black label |
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| bon voyage champagne toast! |
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| aqua theater on our cruise ship |
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| in "central park" on our ship |
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| atlantis resort - our excursion for nassau, bahamas |
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| husband in the beautiful water at the beach at atlantis |
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| me in the beautiful water at the beach at atlantis |
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| husband underwater at atlantis |
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| me underwater at atlantis |
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| can you see the tiny fish? |
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| view from our jetski |
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| another view from the jetski |
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| more fish! |
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| us underwater! |
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| shark! in one of the ponds around atlantis |
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| us grabbing lunch at one of the atlantis restaurants |
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| very strong pina colada |
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| our rings keeping my pina colada company |
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| conch ceviche... it was just okay. |
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| us in front of most of our ship |
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| our little towel friend |
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| at the rising tide bar on our ship. it was a bar that rose up and down in the middle of the ship! |
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| our massive ship |
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| husband in the clear waters of st. john - our excursion trip for st. thomas port |
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| me! such beautiful waters |
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| here fishy fishy! |
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| some little island close to where we were |
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| us! |
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| creepy little stingray that kept circling around us! |
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| so beautiful |
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| tiny little fish |
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| more fishies! |
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| enjoying our rum punch on the way back to the ship |
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| one of the MANY iguanas sunbathing on the rocks at the dock near our ship |
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| hello! |
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| mmm carib beer... reminded us of our honeymoon! |
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| awesome marble map in the ground at the st. maarten shopping port |
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| another night at the rising tide bar |
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| finally a pic in one of the pools on the ship |
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and now we're back... more later.
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