Vacay Day 2 {The Carnival Dream}

We woke up early (WAY too early!) to meet the Gillette's for breakfast. It turns out that we were both in Orlando at the same time so made it work to get together, even though it was only for a short time. Their youngest is about Eliza's age. He made me miss my little bug... After breakfast we loaded our bus and headed to the ship. Jesse bought the whole group their own cases of water to take. I had to take a picture it was so funny. We got to the ship and of course went to eat lunch. Clark raved about the lasagna at the pasta bar so we had to try it. It was pretty tasty! After lunch we walked around the ship, checked out our room, etc. Right outside of our balcony a manatee was lurking around. It was fun to see sea life so soon! After we unpacked and settled in we went to dinner. For some reason they split our group up and we ended up with two other people for the night. They were interesting to say the least. After dinner we went to the spa. We were all in spa suites so we had private access to the spa. It was wonderful! After relaxing in the spa I went and hit the gym. The gym doesn't help much when there is the traditional fries and pizza and midnight. This year we added to the mix the Gwendolyn. Wendy invented this drink on their last cruise. It's vanilla ice cream and lemonade. It sounds kind of weird but we all loved it! After eating and eating and eating we went to a laser show on the big screen. We went back to our room and tried to watch a movie but both fell asleep. The first day on a cruise is always tiring but worth it!

Ben brought a white board marker and wrote me the sweetest note on the mirror.

The Gwendolyn

The first towel animal on our bed. Not sure what it is...